State v. Matthew D. Miller

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 42034

STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2014 Unpublished Opinion No. 861
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Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: December 12, 2014
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v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
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MATTHEW D. MILLER, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
) OPINION AND SHALL NOT
Defendant-Appellant. ) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
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Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, State of Idaho,
Canyon County. Hon. Molly J. Huskey, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified five-year sentence with a minimum period of
confinement of two years for felony intimidating a witness, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Reed P. Anderson, 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 MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM
Matthew D. Miller was convicted of felony intimidating a witness, Idaho Code § 18-
2604. The district court imposed a unified five-year sentence with a two-year determinate term.
Miller 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.

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

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