State v. Kerrigan

BURDICK, Justice.

Shawn Kerrigan appeals from the district court’s denial of his Rule 35 motion for correction of an illegal sentence. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1991, Kerrigan pleaded guilty to aggravated battery stemming from an incident in which he shot and severely injured an Idaho State Trooper during a traffic stop. 1 The district court imposed on Kerrigan a forty-five year sentence with forty years determinate and five years indeterminate. The forty-five year sentence was comprised of fifteen years for aggravated battery pursuant to I.C. § 18-907 (1991), plus a…