State v. Jeremiah Owen Bennett

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket Nos. 39468/39582

STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 736
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Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: November 27, 2012
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v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
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JEREMIAH OWEN BENNETT, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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 Fifth Judicial District, State of Idaho,
Lincoln County. Hon. John K. Butler, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and concurrent sentences of a unified term of twenty-five
years, with twenty years determinate, for kidnapping in the second degree; a
determinate term of ten years for burglary; and a unified term of life, with twenty
years determinate, for robbery, affirmed; judgment of conviction and unified
sentence of seven years, with two years determinate, for burglary, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Sally J. Cooley, 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; LANSING, Judge;
and GUTIERREZ, Judge

PER CURIAM
In docket number 39468, Jeremiah Owen Bennett pled guilty to kidnapping in the second
degree, Idaho Code §§ 18-4501, 18-4503; burglary, I.C. § 18-1401; and robbery, I.C. § 18-6501.
The district court imposed concurrent sentences: a unified term of twenty-five years, with
twenty years determinate, for the kidnapping conviction; a determinate term of ten years for the
burglary conviction; and a unified term of life, with twenty years determinate, for the robbery
conviction. In docket number 39582, Bennett pled guilty to burglary. I.C. § 18-1401. The
district court sentenced Bennett to a unified term of seven years, with two years determinate.

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Bennett appeals from both cases contending his sentences are excessive. The two cases
have been consolidated on appeal.
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, Bennett’s judgments of conviction and sentences are affirmed.

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