State of Idaho v. Jeremy Lee Hassett

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 50034

STATE OF IDAHO, )
) Filed: March 16, 2023
Plaintiff-Respondent, )
) Melanie Gagnepain, Clerk
v. )
) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
JEREMY LEE HASSETT, ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT
) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
Defendant-Appellant. )
)

Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, State of Idaho, Idaho
County. Hon. Gregory FitzMaurice, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of three years with one and one-half
years determinate for felony eluding a police officer, affirmed.

Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Jenny C. Swinford, Deputy
Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Raúl R. Labrador, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney
General, Boise, for respondent.
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Before LORELLO, Chief Judge; HUSKEY, Judge;
and BRAILSFORD, Judge
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PER CURIAM
Jeremy Lee Hassett pled guilty to felony eluding a police officer, Idaho Code § 49-
1404(2)(3). In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges were dismissed. The district court
imposed a unified sentence of three years with one and one-half years determinate. Hassett
appeals, contending the district court abused its discretion by declining to place him on probation.
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);

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State v. Toohill, 103 Idaho 565, 568, 650 P.2d 707, 710 (Ct. App. 1982). That discretion includes
the trial court’s decision regarding whether a defendant should be placed on probation and whether
to retain jurisdiction. I.C. § 19-2601(3), (4); State v. Reber, 138 Idaho 275, 278, 61 P.3d 632, 635
(Ct. App. 2002); State v. Lee, 117 Idaho 203, 205-06, 786 P.2d 594, 596-97 (Ct. App. 1990). The
record in this case shows that the district court properly considered the information before it and
determined that probation was not appropriate. Therefore, Hassett’s judgment of conviction and
sentence are affirmed.

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