52638/52639 State v. Hyder

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket Nos. 52637, 52638, & 52639

STATE OF IDAHO, )
) Filed: March 3, 2026
Plaintiff-Respondent, )
) Melanie Gagnepain, Clerk
v. )
) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
JAYMES WILLIAM HYDER, ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT
) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
Defendant-Appellant. )
)

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho, Bonner
County. Hon. Susie Jensen, District Judge.

Judgments of conviction and aggregate sentence of twenty-five years, with a
minimum period of incarceration of ten years, for two counts of attempted
strangulation and one count of felony domestic battery with traumatic injury, felony
malicious injury to property, first-degree stalking, burglary, and felony injury to a
child, affirmed.

Erik R. Lehtinen, State Appellate Public Defender; Jacob L. Westerfield, Deputy
Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Raúl R. Labrador, Attorney General; Kacey L. Jones, Deputy Attorney
General, Boise, for respondent.
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Before GRATTON, Judge; HUSKEY, Judge;
and LORELLO, Judge
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PER CURIAM
This appeal involves three consolidated cases. Pursuant to a global plea agreement, Jaymes
William Hyder pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted strangulation, Idaho Code § 18-923, and
felony domestic battery with traumatic injury, I.C. § 18-918(2)(a), in Docket No. 52637; felony
malicious injury to property, I.C. § 18-7001(2)(a), first-degree stalking, I.C. § 18-7905, and
burglary, I.C. § 18-1401, in Docket No. 52638; and an amended charge of felony injury to a child,
I.C. § 18-1501, in Docket No. 52639. As part of the plea agreement, the State agreed to dismiss
additional charges and not file charges arising from a separate incident. In Docket No. 52637, the

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district court imposed an aggregate sentence of sentence of fifteen years, with a minimum period
of incarceration of five years. In Docket No. 52638, the district court imposed an aggregate
sentence of ten years, with a minimum period of incarceration of five years, to run concurrently
with the sentence in Docket No. 52637. In Docket No. 52639, the district court imposed a unified
sentence of ten years, with a minimum period of incarceration of five years, to run consecutively
to the sentences in Docket Nos. 52637 and 52628.1 Hyder appeals, contending his sentences are
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). Our role is limited to determining whether reasonable minds could
reach the same conclusion as the district court. State v. Biggs, 168 Idaho 112, 116, 480 P.3d 150,
154 (Ct. App. 2020).
Applying these standards, and having reviewed the record in these cases, we cannot say
that the district court abused its discretion. Therefore, Hyder’s judgments of conviction and
sentences are affirmed.

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Hyder filed an Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion in Docket No. 52639, which the district
court denied. Hyder does not challenge the dismissal of his I.C.R. 35 motion on appeal.
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