IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Docket No. 39327
STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 585
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Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: August 9, 2012
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v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
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HARLEY LYNNE ORSHAL, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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. Michael E. Wetherell, District Judge.
Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of fifteen years, with a minimum
period of confinement of ten years, for aggravated battery, affirmed; order
relinquishing jurisdiction, affirmed.
Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Brian R. Dickson, 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 GRATTON, Chief Judge; LANSING, Judge;
and MELANSON, Judge
PER CURIAM
Harley Lynne Orshal was convicted of aggravated battery, Idaho Code §§ 18-903(a), 18-
907(a). The district court imposed a unified fifteen-year sentence with a ten-year determinate
term and retained jurisdiction. At the conclusion of the retained jurisdiction program, the court
relinquished jurisdiction and ordered execution of Orshal’s sentence. Orshal appeals the court’s
decision to relinquish jurisdiction and contends that the court abused its discretion in failing to
sua sponte reduce his sentence upon relinquishing jurisdiction.
The decision as to whether to place a defendant on probation or, instead, to relinquish
jurisdiction is committed to the discretion of the sentencing court. State v. Hernandez, 122 Idaho
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227, 230, 832 P.2d 1162, 1165 (Ct. App. 1992); State v. Lee, 117 Idaho 203, 786 P.2d 594 (Ct.
App. 1990); State v. Toohill, 103 Idaho 565, 567, 650 P.2d 707, 709 (Ct. App. 1982). Therefore,
a decision to relinquish jurisdiction will not be disturbed on appeal except for an abuse of
discretion. State v. Chapman, 120 Idaho 466, 816 P.2d 1023 (Ct. App. 1991). The record in this
case shows that the district court properly considered the information before it and determined
that probation was not appropriate. We hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion,
and we therefore affirm the order relinquishing jurisdiction.
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); Toohill, 103 Idaho at 568, 650 P.2d at 710. 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 the foregoing standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we
cannot say that the district court abused its discretion in ordering execution of Orshal’s original
sentence, without modification. Therefore, the order relinquishing jurisdiction and directing
execution of Orshal’s previously suspended sentence is affirmed.
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