Idaho Court of Appeals, 2015

State v. James Lemar Parton

State v. James Lemar Parton
Idaho Court of Appeals · Decided November 17, 2015

State v. James Lemar Parton

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 42800 STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2015 Unpublished Opinion No. 720 ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: November 17, 2015 ) v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk ) JAMES LEMAR PARTON, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT Defendant-Appellant. ) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY ) Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho, Bonner County. Hon. Barbara A. Buchanan, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of twenty years, with a minimum term of confinement of ten years, for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Elizabeth A. Allred, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. ________________________________________________ Before GUTIERREZ, Judge; GRATTON, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge ________________________________________________ PER CURIAM James Lemar Parton was found guilty of lewd conduct with a minor child under sixteen, Idaho Code § 18-1508. The district court imposed a unified sentence of twenty years, with a minimum term of confinement of ten years. Parton 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-

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, Parton’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.

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