Opinion ID: 874755
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The remaining issues on appeal are moot.

Text: An issue is moot if a favorable judicial decision would not result in any relief. Dunlap, 141 Idaho at 62, 106 P.3d at 388 (citing Murphy v. Hunt, 455 U.S. 478, 481-82, 102 S.Ct. 1181, 1183-84, 71 L.Ed.2d 353, 356-57 (1982)). In Dunlap, we held that where the district court had already granted a new sentencing hearing for another error, the defendant's request for resentencing because of ineffective assistance of counsel was moot. Id. Consequently, an issue is moot if its resolution will not result in relief beyond that already granted. Here, Hanson argues that the district court failed to properly consider his mental health and its effect on his actions. He suggests that in its denial of his request for a psychological evaluation, the district court committed reversible error because that denial prevented the court from fully complying with I.C. § 19-2523(1). Hanson also argues that the district court improperly denied his Rule 35 Motion for Reconsideration because, by failing to order a psychological evaluation prior to sentencing, it imposed his sentence in an illegal manner. Thus, the basis for both of these issues is that the district court erred in failing to order a psychological evaluation as required by I.C. § 19-2522, the same underlying argument Hanson asserts as grounds for the other issues in his appeal. Because we have already determined that the district court erred by not ordering a psychological evaluation and that the judgment must therefore be vacated, these issues are moot and we do not address them in this opinion.