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State v. Wirfs

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Mar 29, 2017
Docket No. 44305 (Idaho Ct. App. Mar. 29, 2017)

Opinion

Docket No. 44305 2017 Unpublished Opinion No. 420

03-29-2017

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER LYNN WIRFS, Defendant-Appellant.

Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Jenny C. Swinford, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.


Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada County. Hon. Richard D. Greenwood, District Judge. Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of twenty-five years, with a minimum period of confinement of five years, for felony aggravated battery as enhanced by use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime, and a sentence of five years determinate, to run consecutively, for felony stalking in the first degree, affirmed. Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Jenny C. Swinford, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; MELANSON, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge

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PER CURIAM

Christopher Lynn Wirfs pleaded guilty to felony aggravated battery, Idaho Code §§ 18-903(a), 907(a), 907(b), as enhanced by felony use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime, I.C. § 19-2520, and felony stalking in the first degree, I.C. § 18-3316. The district court imposed a unified twenty-five year sentence, with five years determinate, and a consecutive determinate five-year sentence respectively. Wirfs appeals, contending that 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 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, Wirfs' judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Wirfs

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Mar 29, 2017
Docket No. 44305 (Idaho Ct. App. Mar. 29, 2017)
Case details for

State v. Wirfs

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER LYNN WIRFS…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Mar 29, 2017

Citations

Docket No. 44305 (Idaho Ct. App. Mar. 29, 2017)