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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 33893 STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. RAUDEL SALAZAR-GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

2008 Opinion No. 31 Filed: April 17, 2008 Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Jerome County. Hon. John K. Butler, District Judge. Order denying motion to withdraw guilty plea, reversed. Fuller Law Offices, Twin Falls, for appellant. Daniel S. Brown argued. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Thomas Tharp, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Thomas Tharp argued. ______________________________________________ LANSING, Judge After pleading guilty to grand theft for stealing a newborn calf, Raudel Salazar-Garcia moved to withdraw the guilty plea on the ground that he was not aware of all the elements of the offense when he pleaded guilty. The motion was denied, and he appeals. We reverse. I. BACKGROUND Salazar-Garcia was charged with grand theft, Idaho Code

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