Idaho Court of Appeals, 2014

State v. Shawn Eric Wilson

State v. Shawn Eric Wilson
Idaho Court of Appeals · Decided August 6, 2014

State v. Shawn Eric Wilson

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 41664 STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2014 Unpublished Opinion No. 647 ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: August 6, 2014 ) v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk ) SHAWN ERIC WILSON, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT Defendant-Appellant. ) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY ) Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada County. Hon. Cheri C. Copsey, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of twenty years, with a minimum period of confinement of three years, for sexual battery of a minor, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Diane M. Walker, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. ________________________________________________ Before GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; LANSING, Judge; and GRATTON, Judge PER CURIAM Shawn Eric Wilson was convicted of sexual battery of a minor, Idaho Code § 18-1508A.

The district court sentenced Wilson to a unified term of twenty years, with a minimum period of confinement of three years. Wilson appeals, contending that his sentence is 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- (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, Wilson’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.

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