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State v. Valadez

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Aug 29, 2017
Docket No. 44790 (Idaho Ct. App. Aug. 29, 2017)

Opinion

Docket No. 44790 2017 Unpublished Opinion No. 560

08-29-2017

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHARON BERNAL VALADEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Ben P. McGreevy, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.


Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Bannock County. Hon. Stephen S. Dunn, District Judge. Judgment of conviction and order denying Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion, affirmed. Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Ben P. McGreevy, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge

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PER CURIAM

Sharon Bernal Valadez pleaded guilty to trafficking in heroin, Idaho Code § 37-2732(c)(1). Through counsel, Valadez requested a unified five-year sentence, with three years determinate. The district court imposed a unified five-year sentence, with three years determinate. Valadez filed an Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion, which the district court denied. Valadez appeals.

Mindful that Valadez received the sentence she asked for, she asserts that the district court erred in imposing an excessive sentence and denying her I.C.R. 35 motion. The doctrine of invited error applies to estop a party from asserting an error when his or her own conduct induces the commission of the error. State v. Atkinson, 124 Idaho 816, 819, 864 P.2d 654, 657 (Ct. App. 1993). One may not complain of errors one has consented to or acquiesced in. State v. Caudill, 109 Idaho 222, 226, 706 P.2d 456, 460 (1985); State v. Lee, 131 Idaho 600, 605, 961 P.2d 1203, 1208 (Ct. App. 1998). In short, invited errors are not reversible. State v. Gittins, 129 Idaho 54, 58, 921 P.2d 754, 758 (Ct. App. 1996). This doctrine applies to sentencing decisions as well as rulings made during trial. State v. Griffith, 110 Idaho 613, 614, 716 P.2d 1385, 1386 (Ct. App. 1986).

Therefore, because Valdez received the sentence she requested, she may not complain that the district court abused its discretion. Therefore, Valadez's judgment of conviction and sentence, and the district court's order denying Valadez's I.C.R. 35 motion, are affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Valadez

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Aug 29, 2017
Docket No. 44790 (Idaho Ct. App. Aug. 29, 2017)
Case details for

State v. Valadez

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHARON BERNAL VALADEZ…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Aug 29, 2017

Citations

Docket No. 44790 (Idaho Ct. App. Aug. 29, 2017)