State of Idaho v. Timmothy Drew Morgan

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 50882

STATE OF IDAHO, )
) Filed: June 26, 2025
Plaintiff-Respondent, )
) Melanie Gagnepain, Clerk
v. )
) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
TIMMOTHY DREW MORGAN, ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT
) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
Defendant-Appellant. )
)

Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada
County. Hon. James S. Cawthon, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and reduced aggregate unified sentence of twenty years,
with a minimum period of incarceration of five years, for two counts of aggravated
assault with a firearm sentencing enhancement, affirmed; Order granting Idaho
Criminal Rule 35 motion, affirmed.

Erik R. Lehtinen, State Appellate Public Defender; Elizabeth A. Allred, 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
Timmothy Drew Morgan was found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault, Idaho
Code §§ 18-901(a) or (b), 18-905(a), with a sentencing enhancement for use of a firearm during
the commission of a crime, I.C. § 19-2520. The district court initially applied the sentencing
enhancement to both counts and imposed a unified term of twenty years, with a minimum period
of incarceration of twenty years on Count I and a unified term of twenty years, with twenty years
indeterminate on Count II, to run consecutively to Count I, resulting in an aggregate term of forty
years, with a minimum period of incarceration of twenty years. After determining the sentences

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were illegal, the district court held a new sentencing hearing and re-sentenced Morgan to a unified
term of five years, with a minimum period of incarceration of five years on Count I and a unified
term of fifteen years, with a minimum period of incarceration of fifteen years on Count II, to run
consecutively to Count I. The aggregate sentence was a unified term of twenty years, with a
minimum period of incarceration of twenty years.
Thereafter, Morgan filed an Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion, requesting the court reduce
his sentences to consecutive terms of five years determinate for Count I and fifteen years
indeterminate for Count II, which the district court granted, as to Count II, changing the fifteen-
year period from the fixed portion of the sentence to an indeterminate period. Thus, Morgan’s
sentence was a unified term of incarceration of twenty years, with five years fixed instead of the
twenty. “Mindful” that he received the modified sentences he requested, Morgan appeals,
contending the district court erred by not granting further relief in light of new or additional
information provided in support of his Rule 35 motion.
Although Morgan received the reduced sentences he asked for, Morgan asserts that the
district court erred by not granting further relief. The doctrine of invited error applies to estop a
party from asserting an error when his or her own conduct induces the commission of the error.
State v. Atkinson, 124 Idaho 816, 819, 864 P.2d 654, 657 (Ct. App. 1993). One may not complain
of errors one has consented to or acquiesced in. State v. Caudill, 109 Idaho 222, 226, 706 P.2d
456, 460 (1985); State v. Lee, 131 Idaho 600, 605, 961 P.2d 1203, 1208 (Ct. App. 1998). In short,
invited errors are not reversible. State v. Gittins, 129 Idaho 54, 58, 921 P.2d 754, 758 (Ct. App.
1996). This doctrine applies to sentencing decisions as well as rulings made during trial. State v.
Griffith, 110 Idaho 613, 614, 716 P.2d 1385, 1386 (Ct. App. 1986).
Therefore, because Morgan received the sentences he requested, he may not complain that
the district court abused its discretion. Accordingly, the district court’s order granting Morgan’s
Rule 35 motion and Morgan’s judgment of conviction are affirmed.

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