Sagle man will be re-sentenced for murder

SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — A 31-year-old Sagle man who appealed the sentence he received for second-degree murder is scheduled to be re-sentenced on Dec. 5.

The Bonner County Daily Bee reports (http://bit.ly/o1Wdkh ) James Matthew Anderson was sentenced to 10- to 20-years for the Thanksgiving 2008 shooting death of 30-year-old Elvin "Eli" Holt.

The Idaho Court of Appeals ruled in August that District Judge Steve Verby misunderstood the sentencing guidelines. Verby believed Idaho law required a minimum fixed sentence of 10 years in prison, but the appellate court ruled that the 10-year minimum applied to the entire sentence.

Court records say Anderson shot Holt in the head at a Sagle campground after Holt and his stepbrother confronted Anderson about a fight with a friend of Holt's. Anderson argued the shooting was self-defense.