State v. Landers

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 46336

STATE OF IDAHO, )
) Filed: May 6, 2019
Plaintiff-Respondent, )
) Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk
v. )
) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
MATTHEW EDWARD LANDERS, ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT
) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
Defendant-Appellant. )
)

Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, State of Idaho,
Canyon County. Hon. Gene A. Petty, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of twenty years, with a minimum
period of confinement of five years, for sexual abuse of a minor under
sixteen, affirmed.

Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Reed P. Anderson, 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 GRATTON, Chief Judge; LORELLO, Judge;
and BRAILSFORD, Judge
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PER CURIAM
Matthew Edward Landers pled guilty to sexual abuse of a child under sixteen. I.C. § 18-
1506. In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges were dismissed. The district court
sentenced Landers to a unified term of twenty years, with a minimum period of confinement of
five years. Landers 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 and

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

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