State v. Sandra J. Shaffer

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 43961

STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 691
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Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: September 16, 2016
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v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
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SANDRA J. SHAFFER, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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 Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada
County. Hon. Deborah A. Bail, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of five years, with a minimum period of
confinement of two years, for leaving the scene of an injury accident, affirmed.

Eric D. Fredericksen, Interim State Appellate Public Defender; Andrea W.
Reynolds, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney
General, Boise, for respondent.
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Before MELANSON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge;
and HUSKEY, Judge
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PER CURIAM
Sandra J. Shaffer pleaded guilty to felony leaving the scene of an injury accident, Idaho
Code § 18-8007. The district court imposed a unified five-year sentence, with two years
determinate. Shaffer appeals.
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.
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,

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391 (2007). Applying these standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot
say that the district court abused its discretion.
Therefore, Shaffer’s judgment of conviction and sentence is affirmed.

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