State v. Samuel David Ford

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 43001 STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2015 Unpublished Opinion No. 677 ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: October 28, 2015 ) v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk ) SAMUEL DAVID FORD, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT Defendant-Appellant. ) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY ) Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada County. Hon. Lynn G. Norton, District Judge. Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of ten years with three years determinate, and a consecutive sentence of ten years indeterminate, for two counts of felony injury to children, affirmed. Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Elizabeth Ann Allred, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. ________________________________________________ Before MELANSON, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge ________________________________________________ PER CURIAM Samuel David Ford pled guilty to two counts of felony injury to children. Idaho Code § 18-1501(1). The district court sentenced Ford to a unified term of ten years with three years determinate, and a consecutive sentence of ten years indeterminate. Ford appeals asserting that the district court abused its discretion by imposing excessive sentences. 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- 1 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, Ford’s judgment of conviction and sentences are affirmed. 2