State v. Baker

EISMANN, Justice.

Willard Baker appeals his sentence for vehicular manslaughter. We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On July 15, 1999, at about 11:30 p.m., the defendant Willard Baker took Bobbie Jean Hess for a ride in his Chevrolet Camaro along Blue Lakes Boulevard in Twin Falls, Idaho. The boulevard was a five-lane road, with two northbound and two southbound lanes, as well as a center turn lane. The posted speed limit was 35 miles per hour. Baker began drag racing a Pontiac Trans Am down the boulevard. Baker was in the right-hand, northbound lane, and the Trans Am was in the…