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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 38961

STATE OF IDAHO,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

JORGE ALEXANDER BAIRD,

Defendant-Appellant.

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2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 347A2

Filed: March 8, 2012

Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED 

OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE 

CITED AS AUTHORITY

SECOND AMENDED OPINION

THE COURT’S PRIOR 

OPINIONS DATED

FEBRUARY 3 AND 27, 2012, IS

HEREBY AMENDED

Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada

County. Hon. Michael E. Wetherell, District Judge. 

Judgment of conviction and aggregate sentences of a unified term thirty-seven 

years, with a minimum period of confinement of seventeen years, for seven 

felonies, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Brian R. Dickson, Deputy 

Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. 

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney 

General, Boise, for respondent. 

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Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge;

and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

Jorge Alexander Baird pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter, I.C. § 18-4006(1); felony 

eluding a peace officer, I.C. § 49-1404(2)(a)(c); possession of a controlled substance with intent 

to deliver, I.C. § 37-2732(a); unlawful possession of a firearm, I.C. § 18-3316; grand theft, I.C. 

§§ 18-2403(1) and 18-2407(1)(b)(1), or alternatively grand theft by possession of stolen property 
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I.C. §§ 18-22403 and 18-2407(1)(b)(1); burglary, I.C. § 18-1401; and concealment of evidence, 

I.C. § 18-2603. In exchange for his guilty pleas, eight additional charges were dismissed. The 

district court sentenced Baird to a unified term of fifteen years, with a minimum period of 

confinement of ten years, for voluntary manslaughter; a determinate term of two years for felony 

eluding a police officer; a unified term of seven years, with a minimum period of confinement of 

two years, for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver; a unified term of 

four years, with a minimum period of confinement of two years, for unlawful possession of a 

firearm; an indeterminate term of five years for grand theft; an indeterminate term of two years 

for burglary; and a unified term of two years, with a minimum period of confinement of one 

year, for concealment of evidence. The district court ordered that Baird’s sentences all be served 

consecutively, thus making his aggregate sentence a unified term of thirty-seven years, with a 

minimum period of confinement of seventeen years. Baird appeals.

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, Baird’s judgment of conviction and sentences are affirmed.