State v. Mason

DONALDSON, Judge.

Defendant filed a notice of appeal from a district court decision on appeal entered on December 11,1978. Such a decision generally would be appealable to this Court under I.A.R. 11(c)(1). However, in this case, a deficient record precludes complete review as a matter of right and we decline to exercise our grant of plenary jurisdiction under article 5, § 9 of the Idaho Constitution to review the merits. We consider it essential to an orderly appellate system not to lightly invoke our plenary power where compliance with the mechanism for appeal as of right would adequately…