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STATE v. THOMPSON, 39320 (2012)

Court: Court of Appeals of Idaho Number: inidco20120906202 Visitors: 13
Filed: Sep. 06, 2012
Latest Update: Sep. 06, 2012
Summary: THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY PER CURIAM. Nathaniel Forrest Thompson was convicted of rape, Idaho Code 18-6101(4); domestic violence with traumatic injury, I.C. 18-903(a), 18-918(2); domestic battery, I.C. 18-903(a), 18-918(3)(b), 18-918(5); and domestic violence in the presence of a child, I.C. 18-903(a), 18-918(2), 18-918(4), with a persistent violator enhancement, I.C. 19-2514. The district court sentenced Thompson to a unified life sentence
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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

PER CURIAM.

Nathaniel Forrest Thompson was convicted of rape, Idaho Code § 18-6101(4); domestic violence with traumatic injury, I.C. §§ 18-903(a), 18-918(2); domestic battery, I.C. §§ 18-903(a), 18-918(3)(b), 18-918(5); and domestic violence in the presence of a child, I.C. §§ 18-903(a), 18-918(2), 18-918(4), with a persistent violator enhancement, I.C. § 19-2514. The district court sentenced Thompson to a unified life sentence with twenty years determinate for rape, with concurrent fifteen-year determinate sentences for domestic violence with traumatic injury, domestic battery, and domestic violence in the presence of a child. Thompson appeals, contending that his sentences are excessive.

Sentencing is a matter for the trial court's discretion. Both our standard of review and the factors to be considered in evaluating the reasonableness of the sentence are well established and need not be repeated here. See State v. Hernandez, 121 Idaho 114, 117-18, 822 P.2d 1011, 1014-15 (Ct. App. 1991); State v. Lopez, 106 Idaho 447, 449-51, 680 P.2d 869, 871-73 (Ct. App. 1984); State v. Toohill, 103 Idaho 565, 568, 650 P.2d 707, 710 (Ct. App. 1982). When reviewing the length of a sentence, we consider the defendant's entire sentence. State v. Oliver, 144 Idaho 722, 726, 170 P.3d 387, 391 (2007). Applying these standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion.

Therefore, Thompson's judgment of conviction and sentences are affirmed.

Source:  Leagle

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