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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 32251 STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. IGNACIO JESSE SANCHEZ, III, Defendant-Appellant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

2009 Opinion No. 39 Filed: May 21, 2009 Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada County. Hon. Darla S. Williamson, District Judge. Judgment of conviction for first degree murder, affirmed. Greg S. Silvey, Kuna, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. ______________________________________________ PERRY, Judge Ignacio Jesse Sanchez, III, appeals from his judgment of conviction for first degree murder. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. I. FACTS AND PROCEDURE Emergency personnel responded to the home of Sanchez's mother after they received a call that A.A., a two-year-old girl, was not breathing and had no pulse. After unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate her, A.A. died at the hospital from blunt-force trauma to the left side of her head which fractured her skull and damaged her brain. Aside from the severe bruising and swelling associated with the fatal injury, A.A.'s head had numerous other bruises and some other swelling. A.A.'s neck had bruising patterns consistent with strangulation. Additionally, A.A. had bruises on her back, and her torso was covered with over sixty different bruises from her chest to her lower abdomen. An autopsy further revealed a broken arm, several serious internal abdominal injuries resulting from external force, and extensive bleeding in A.A.'s skull and

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bruising on her brain. The pathologist performing the autopsy concluded that A.A.'s injuries were sustained over the course of several days because they were in different stages of recovery. Sanchez told police that he was caring for A.A. while her mother was in jail. He admitted that he caused A.A.'s injuries by choking her to make her stop crying, stepping on her while she lay on the ground to teach her about potty training, forcefully poking her with his fingers in the stomach to discipline her, as well as hitting her with his closed fist including numerous blows to her head over time. The day of A.A.'s death, before she was fatally struck in the side of the head, she was lethargic and vomiting--symptoms of a concussion. Sanchez was charged with first degree murder. I.C.

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