Idaho Court of Appeals, 2019

State v. Koratich, III

State v. Koratich, III
Idaho Court of Appeals · Decided February 20, 2019

State v. Koratich, III

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 46307 STATE OF IDAHO, ) ) Filed: February 20, 2019 Plaintiff-Respondent, ) ) Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk v. ) ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED ROBERT E. KORATICH, III, ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT ) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Elmore County. Hon. Nancy A. Baskin, District Judge.

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

Eric D. Fredericksen, 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 HUSKEY, Judge; LORELLO, Judge; and BRAILSFORD, Judge ________________________________________________ PER CURIAM Robert E. Koratich, III, pled guilty to lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen. I.C.

§ 18-1508. In exchange for his guilty plea, an additional charge was dismissed. The district court sentenced Koratich to a unified term of life imprisonment, with a minimum period of confinement of ten years. Koratich appeals, arguing 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, Koratich’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.

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