IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Docket No. 40261
STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2013 Unpublished Opinion No. 431
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Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: April 5, 2013
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v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
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GEORGE ROBERT JONES, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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,
Bonneville County. Hon. Jon J. Shindurling, District Judge.
Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of twenty-five years, with a
minimum period of confinement of ten years, for sexual abuse of a child under
sixteen years of age, affirmed.
Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Sally J. Cooley, Deputy
Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.
Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy
Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.
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Before LANSING, Judge; GRATTON, Judge;
and MELANSON, Judge
PER CURIAM
George Robert Jones pled guilty to sexual abuse of a child under sixteen years of age.
Idaho Code § 18-1506. The district court sentenced Jones to a unified term of twenty-five years,
with a minimum period of confinement of ten years. Jones 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, Jones’ judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.
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