50073 State v. Denny

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket Nos. 50072/50073

STATE OF IDAHO, )
) Filed: July 12, 2023
Plaintiff-Respondent, )
) Melanie Gagnepain, Clerk
v. )
) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
DEVIN DWAYNE DENNY, ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT
) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
Defendant-Appellant. )
)

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho,
Kootenai County. Hon. Richard S. Christensen, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of nine years, with a minimum
period of confinement of two years, for burglary and a unified sentence of five
years with two years determinate for eluding, affirmed; judgment of conviction
and concurrent unified sentence of nine years with two years determinate for
second degree arson, affirmed.

Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Ben P. McGreevy, 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; GRATTON, Judge;
and HUSKEY, Judge
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PER CURIAM
In these consolidated cases, Devin Dwayne Denny pled guilty to one count of burglary
and one count of eluding, Idaho Code §§ 18-1401 and 49-1404(2) (Docket No. 50072) and pled
guilty, by way of an Alford plea,1 to one count of second degree arson, I.C. § 17-803 (Docket No.
50073). In exchange for his guilty pleas, additional charges were dismissed. The district court
imposed a unified sentence of nine years with two years determinate for burglary and five years

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See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970).
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with two years determinate for eluding. The district court sentenced Denny to a concurrent
sentence of nine years with two years determinate for second degree arson. Denny appeals,
contending that his sentences are 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.
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). Our role is limited to determining whether reasonable
minds could reach the same conclusion as the district court. State v. Biggs, 168 Idaho 112, 116,
480 P.3d 150, 154 (Ct. App. 2020).
Applying these standards, and having reviewed the record in these cases, we cannot say
that the district court abused its discretion. Therefore, Denny’s judgments of conviction and
sentences are affirmed.

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