State v. Ryan Howard Hill

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 41206

STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2014 Unpublished Opinion No. 484
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Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: April 30, 2014
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v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
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RYAN HOWARD HILL, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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 Seventh Judicial District, State of Idaho,
Bingham County. Hon. Darren B. Simpson, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of five years, with a minimum
period of confinement of three years, for possession of three or more ounces of
marijuana, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Shawn F. Wilkerson, 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 GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; LANSING, Judge;
and GRATTON, Judge

PER CURIAM
Ryan Howard Hill pled guilty to possession of three or more ounces of marijuana. Idaho
Code §§ 37-2732(e), 37-2701(t). The district court sentenced Hill to a unified term of five years,
with a minimum period of confinement of three years. Hill appeals asserting that the district
court abused its discretion by imposing an excessive sentence.
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.

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

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