50289/50290 State v. Bradshaw

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket Nos. 50288/50289/50290

STATE OF IDAHO, )
) Filed: December 15, 2023
Plaintiff-Respondent, )
) Melanie Gagnepain, Clerk
v. )
) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
MATTHEW AARON BRADSHAW, ) 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. John T. Mitchell, District Judge.

Judgments of conviction and sentences in the aggregate of life with twenty years
determinate, affirmed.

Erik R. Lehtinen, Interim State Appellate Public Defender; Jacob L. Westerfield,
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
Matthew Aaron Bradshaw pled guilty to battery upon an officer, Idaho Code § 18-
915(3)(a)(b); unlawful possession of a firearm, I.C. § 18-3316; and felony injury to child, I.C.
§ 18-1501(1) in Docket No. 50288. In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges were
dismissed. The district court imposed a sentence of five years determinate for battery upon an
officer; a determinate term of five years for unlawful possession of a firearm; and a unified term
of ten years with five years determinate for felony injury to child. The district court directed the
sentences to run concurrently with each other, but consecutive to the sentences in Docket Nos.
50289 and 50290.

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In Docket No. 50289, Bradshaw pled guilty to injury to jail, I.C. § 18-7018. The district
court imposed a unified sentence of five years with two years determinate. The district court
directed the sentence to run consecutively to the sentences in Docket Nos. 50288 and 50290.
In Docket No. 50290, Bradshaw pled guilty to three counts of possession of a controlled
substance with intent to deliver, I.C. § 37-2732(a)(1). The district court imposed sentences of
indeterminate life with thirteen years fixed for possession with intent to deliver cocaine; five
years determinate for possession with intent to deliver MDMA; and five years determinate for
possession with intent to deliver Ketamine. The district court directed the sentences to run
concurrently with each other, but consecutively to the sentences in Docket Nos. 50288 and
50289.
Bradshaw appeals, contending that his aggregate life sentence with twenty years
determinate is 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 records in these cases, we cannot say
that the district court abused its discretion. Therefore, Bradshaw’s judgments of conviction and
sentences are affirmed.

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