Opinion ID: 3133297
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: standard of review

Text: In cases that come before this Court on a petition for review of a Court of Appeals decision, this Court gives serious consideration to the views of the Court of Appeals, but directly reviews the decision of the lower court. On appeal of a decision rendered by a district court while acting in its intermediate appellate capacity, this Court directly reviews the district court’s decision. . . . If the magistrate court’s findings of fact are supported by substantial and competent evidence and the conclusions of law follow from the findings of fact, and if the district court affirmed the magistrate’s decision, [the Court] will affirm the district court’s decision. State v. Herren, 157 Idaho 722, 725, 339 P.3d 1126, 1129 (2014) (omission in original) (citations omitted) (quoting Hausladen v. Knoche, 149 Idaho 449, 451–52, 235 P.3d 399, 401–02 (2010)) (internal quotation marks omitted). The Court exercises free review over interpretation of statutes and the Idaho Criminal Rules. Id.; State v. Weber, 140 Idaho 89, 91, 90 P.3d 314, 316 (2004).