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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 33312 STATE OF IDAHO, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Boise, May 2008 Term ) v. ) 2008 Opinion No. 89 ) SARAH MARIE JOHNSON, ) Filed: June 26, 2008 ) Defendant-Appellant. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk ) ) Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Blaine County. Hon. R. Barry Wood, District Judge. District court conviction of first-degree murder, affirmed. Molly J. Huskey, State Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Jason Curtis Pintler, Deputy State Appellate Public Defender argued. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney General argued. __________________________________ BURDICK, Justice Appellant Sarah Marie Johnson was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. Johnson appeals her conviction. We affirm. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On September 2, 2003, Alan and Diane Johnson (the Johnsons) were shot and died in their home. Subsequently, the Johnsons' sixteen year old daughter, Sarah Johnson (Johnson), was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. A jury found Johnson guilty of first-degree murder of both Alan and Diane Johnson. The district court sentenced Johnson to concurrent life sentences, plus fifteen years under I.C.

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