IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Docket No. 41002
STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2014 Unpublished Opinion No. 500
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Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: May 9, 2014
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v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
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REYNALDO LUCAS SANCHEZ, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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 Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada
County. Hon. Timothy L. Hansen, District Judge.
Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of life, with fifteen years
determinate, for murder in the first degree, affirmed.
Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Justin M. Curtis, 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
Reynaldo Lucas Sanchez pled guilty to murder in the first degree. Idaho Code
§§ 18-4001, 18-4002, 18-4003(d), 18-903(a). The district court sentenced Sanchez to a unified
life term, with fifteen years determinate. Sanchez appeals, contending his sentence 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
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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, Sanchez’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.
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