State of Idaho v. Bailey Dayne Coffin

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 51730

STATE OF IDAHO, )
) Filed: June 3, 2025
Plaintiff-Respondent, )
) Melanie Gagnepain, Clerk
v. )
) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
BAILEY DAYNE COFFIN, ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT
) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
Defendant-Appellant. )
)

Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, State of Idaho, Canyon
County. Hon. Gene A. Petty, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of five years, with a minimum period
of confinement of two years, for first degree stalking, affirmed; order relinquishing
jurisdiction, 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, Chief Judge; HUSKEY, Judge;
and LORELLO, Judge
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PER CURIAM
Bailey Dayne Coffin pled guilty to first degree stalking. I.C. § 18-7905. The district court
sentenced Coffin to a unified term of five years, with a minimum period of confinement of two
years. The district court retained jurisdiction, and Coffin was sent to participate in the rider
program.
After Coffin completed his rider, the district court relinquished jurisdiction. Coffin filed
an I.C.R. 35 motion, which the district court denied. Coffin appeals, claiming that his sentence is
excessive and that the district court erred in relinquishing jurisdiction.

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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).
Coffin argues that the district court erred by relinquishing jurisdiction following his rider
and that all of the relevant goals of sentencing could have been accomplished with probation. The
decision to place a defendant on probation or whether, instead, to relinquish jurisdiction over the
defendant is a matter within the sound discretion of the district court and will not be overturned on
appeal absent an abuse of that discretion. State v. Hood, 102 Idaho 711, 712, 639 P.2d 9, 10 (1981);
State v. Lee, 117 Idaho 203, 205-06, 786 P.2d 594, 596-97 (Ct. App. 1990). The record in this
case shows that the district court properly considered the information before it and determined that
probation was not appropriate.
Applying these standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot say that
the district court abused its discretion. Therefore, Coffin’s judgment of conviction and sentence
as well as the order relinquishing jurisdiction are affirmed.

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