State of Iowa
v.
Matthew Alan Reynolds
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Matthew Alan Reynolds
Attorney for the Appellee
Linda J. Hines, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Tabitha L. Turner
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Carla T. Schemmel, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Potterfield, P.J., and Tabor and Bower, JJ. Opinion by Potterfield, P.J. (4 pages)
The district court ordered Matthew Reynolds to serve three concurrent sentences for a total term of incarceration not to exceed fifteen years. On appeal, Reynolds maintains the court abused its discretion by imposing a term of incarceration rather than granting his request for probation. OPINION HOLDS: Although the district court did not accept Reynolds’s claims that he could be successful in achieving sobriety if granted probation, Reynolds has not established that the sentence imposed by the court was based on grounds or for reasons clearly untenable, nor was its choice clearly unreasonable under the circumstances. Thus, we affirm the sentence imposed by the district court.