BURDICK, Justice.
Appellant Edward Stevens appeals from his conviction for first-degree murder and the denial of his motion for a new trial. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Eleven month old Casey Whiteside died on December 27, 1996, from a fatal head injury. Stevens, Casey’s mother’s boyfriend, was caring for him at the time Casey sustained the head injury. Stevens was charged with murder in the first degree for killing Casey during the course of committing aggravated battery. Although Stevens claimed that he fell asleep and awoke to find Casey unresponsive on the hardwood floor at the bottom of the stairs in the home, the State argued that Stevens violently shook Casey and slammed Casey’s head into the edge of a bathtub causing a massive and fatal head injury.
Stevens’s first trial resulted in a mistrial after the jury could not return a verdict. The jury in Stevens’s second trial found him guilty. At that trial, both the State and the defense presented expert witnesses to support their theories of the case. One of the State’s experts, Saami Shaibani, used a videotape of computer generated objects falling down stairs to illustrate his testimony that Casey could not have received his injuries from such a fall down stairs. Although the defense objected to the introduction of this video, the district court denied its motion. Additionally, evidence was presented that Casey was taking the reflux drug Propulsid and an antibiotic at the time of his death, and that injuries to Casey’s eyes were indicative of shaken baby syndrome.
After his conviction, Stevens appealed to this Court. However, prior to oral argument Stevens moved for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence, and his appeal was suspended pending the district court’s decision on that motion. The district court denied Stevens’s motion for a new trial, and Stevens filed additional briefs with this Court, withdrawing his earlier arguments.
II. ANALYSIS
Stevens first argues that the district court erred when it admitted a videotape into evidence for illustrative purposes, as the tape was not illustrative and if it was, it was irrelevant and more prejudicial than probative. Stevens also argues that the district court erred in denying his motion for a new trial. Finally, he argues the district court abused its discretion when it imposed a life sentence for his first offense because the district court made findings of fact beyond those of the jury, because it failed to give adequate weight to mitigating factors, and because it violated Stevens’s rights by considering that he maintained his innocence as a factor when examining his rehabilitative potential. We will first discuss the admission of the videotape, and then the motion for a [143]*143new trial before turning to Stevens’s sentence.
A. The district court did not err in admitting the videotape for illustrative purposes.
Prior to trial, the State notified Stevens that it intended to introduce an animated video to illustrate Shaibani’s testimony. The defense objected and the district court reserved ruling on the motion until trial. At trial, the State moved to introduce the video, and Stevens objected. The district court ruled that the video was admissible for illustrative purposes, and immediately gave the jury a limiting instruction that the video was simply evidence used to illustrate Shaibani’s testimony.
The video consisted of four different objects falling down stairs. The fourth object was a long elliptical shape with a ball attached. Stevens argues that this object was misleading and argues that the video went beyond illustrating Shaibani’s testimony. He maintains that the video was used to explain Shaibani’s theory that Casey could not have fallen down the stairs and was irrelevant and misleading as none of the four objects simulate a human body. Thus, according to Stevens, the district court erred in admitting the video.
This court reviews questions of the admissibility of evidence using a mixed standard of review. Whether the evidence is relevant is a matter of law and is subject to free review. State v. Field, 144 Idaho 559, 569, 165 P.3d 273, 283 (2007). The district courts determination of whether the probative value of the evidence outweighs its prejudicial effect is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. State v. Page, 135 Idaho 214, 219, 16 P.3d 890, 895 (2000). This Court has adopted a three part test for determining whether the district court abused its discretion: (1) whether the court correctly perceived that the issue was one of discretion; (2) whether the court acted within the outer boundaries of its discretion and consistently with the legal standards applicable to the specific choices available to it; and (3) whether it reached its decision by an exercise of reason. Sun Valley Shopping Ctr., Inc. v. Idaho Power Co., 119 Idaho 87, 94, 803 P.2d 993, 1000 (1991).
Turning first to the issue of relevance, Stevens argues that the video is irrelevant because it did not accurately depict any issues in the case. Accuracy, however, is not the standard governing relevance of illustrative evidence; rather, the illustrative evidence must only be relevant to the witnesss testimony. See State v. Raudebaugh, 124 Idaho 758, 764, 864 P.2d 596, 602 (1993).
This is particularly true when the events surrounding a death are in dispute. Stevens argues that because the evidence did not show from exactly what point on the stairs Casey fell, the video showing objects falling from the top of the stairs was inaccurate. This ignores the fact that the purpose of Shaibani’s testimony was to support the State’s theory and discredit Stevens’s theory. This argument also presupposes that the exhibit was admitted as substantive evidence. Shaibani could not be required to testify as to the accuracy of Stevens’s account; he would have no knowledge of this. Moreover, Stevens, the only possible eye witness, maintained that he was asleep during Casey’s fall; thus, to argue that the analysis could be introduced only if based on the exact point from where Casey fell, which according to Stevens is unknown, would make it impossible for the State to rebut Stevens’s version of the events.
Shaibanis testimony explaining that Caseys injuries could not have resulted from a fall was relevant and admissible. Admissible evidence is “relevant to a material and disputed issue concerning the crime charged.” Field, 144 Idaho at 569, 165 P.3d at 283. Evidence is relevant if it has “any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.” I.R.E. 401; see also Raudebaugh, 124 Idaho at 764, 864 P.2d at 602. Whether a fact is material is determined by its relationship to the legal theories presented by the parties. State v. Yakovac, 145 Idaho 437, 443, 180 P.3d 476, 482 (2008).
[144]*144The video was relevant and admissible as it was used to illustrate Shaibani’s testimony. Here, Stevens’s defense was that Casey’s injuries were caused by his falling down the stairs and landing on the hardwood floor at the bottom. The issue for the jury to determine was whether Stevens caused Casey’s injuries and death. Therefore, whether it was possible for Casey’s injuries to have come from , such a fall, as Stevens claimed, was a material issue to the case. The video was illustrative of Shaibani’s testimony, and Shaibani testified that he used the video to understand the principles involved and in his analysis of whether Casey’s injuries could have come from a fall down the stairs.
Turning next to the issue of whether the probative value of the video is outweighed by its prejudicial effect, Stevens argues the video was misleading and confusing to the jury and was of only limited probative value as it did not accurately depict Casey’s fall. Once again, this argument assumes that the issue before the jury was the accuracy of the video, not whether Casey’s injuries could have come from a fall, as Stevens claimed. Here, the court correctly recognized the issue for the jury, and did not abuse its discretion in admitting the video.
The district court admitted the video for illustrative purposes only after hearing both the foundation for the video, including that it was for demonstration only, and Stevens’s objection that the video was not illustrative or accurate. This decision was within the bounds of the court’s discretion and consistent with applicable legal standards. Stevens’s arguments fail to show the prejudicial effect of the video outweighed its probative value, particularly in light of the limiting instruction given by the district judge immediately after the admission of the video and before the video was played for the jury. Therefore, we affirm the decision to admit the video for illustrative purposes.
B. The district court did not err in denying Stevens’s motion for a new trial.
Stevens argues the district court erred in denying his motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. Stevens asserts that he should have been granted a new trial because (1) newly discovered evidence about the dangers and effects of Propulsid, a drug Casey was taking at the time of his death, was material, (2) evidence that Casey’s eyes were removed after embalming could not have been discovered with due diligence, and (3) Shaibani’s false testimony as to his credentials affected his credibility. Additionally, Stevens argues that the cumulative effect of these errors entitles him to a new trial.
A trial court may grant a new trial, on the defendant’s motion, in the interest of justice. I.C.R. 34. Idaho Code § 19-2406 specifies the permissible grounds for a new trial and authorizes a new trial when the defendant shows that there exists new evidence material to the defense that could not have been produced at the trial with reasonable diligence. I.C. § 19-2406(7). Newly discovered evidence warrants a new trial only if the defendant demonstrates: (1) the evidence is newly discovered and was unknown to the defendant at the time of trial; (2) the evidence is material, not merely cumulative or impeaching; (3) it will probably produce an acquittal; and (4) failure to learn of the evidence was not due to a lack of diligence on the part of the defendant. State v. Drapeau, 97 Idaho 685, 691, 551 P.2d 972, 978 (1976). The denial of a motion for new trial is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. State v. Hayes, 144 Idaho 574, 577, 165 P.3d 288, 291 (Ct.App.2007).
A motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence involves questions of both fact and law. An abuse of discretion will be found if the trial court’s findings of fact are not supported by substantial evidence or if the trial court does not correctly apply the law. See Fullmer v. Collard, 143 Idaho 171, 173, 139 P.3d 773, 775 (Ct.App. 2006). “Motions for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence are disfavored and should be granted with caution, reflecting the importance accorded to considerations of repose, regularity of decision making, and conservation of scarce judicial resources.” Hayes, 144 Idaho at 577, 165 P.3d at 291.
1. Propulsid
At trial, evidence was introduced that at the time of his death, Casey was [145]*145taking Propulsid to treat his acid reflux disorder and was also taking the antibiotic, Zithromax. After trial, it came to light that Propulsid could cause cardiac arrest, edema and other symptoms. Stevens then moved the trial court for a new trial, arguing that this newly discovered evidence could explain why Casey fell as Stevens slept and would likely produce an acquittal. The district court denied this motion. It concluded that although the evidence about Propulsid’s side effects was newly discovered,1 it was not material evidence likely to produce an acquittal.
The court noted that the only evidence presented at trial was that Casey’s death was caused by a skull fracture.
There is no question that the massive skull fracture suffered by Casey could have caused his death. He suffered a fracture to the occipital bone, which forms the back part of the skull and the base of the cranium. In the center, underside of the cranium, there is a large opening called the foramen magnum, through which nerve fibers from the brain pass and enter into the spinal cord. The fracture extended eight centimeters vertically from the occiput (back of the head) downward to the fora-men magnum. It was a complex (zig-zag) fracture 2$ centimeters wide as opposed to a linear fracture. It takes a lot more force to produce a complex fracture than it does to produce a linear fracture. The fracture was located in the toughest part of the skull, because the occipital bone is thicker than other parts of the skull and is protected by muscles and tendons in the neck that attach to it. The fracture was a third to a half of the circumference of Casey’s skull and would have resulted in immediate symptoms.
The court recognized that the issue for the jury was whether Casey’s skull fracture was caused by a fall down the stairs or by Stevens battering him. The jury was presented with Stevens’s theory that Casey fell down the stairs while Stevens slept. Nonetheless, the jury concluded the injuries were caused by Stevens; thus, offering new evidence to explain why Casey may have fallen in the first place would not probably produce an acquittal. Instead, the only way for the evidence to be material evidence likely to produce an acquittal was if it were to show that sometime after the trauma that caused Casey’s skull fracture but before he died from that trauma, Casey had a heart attack from taking Propulsid, which in turn caused the edema and his death. None of the evidence Stevens presented to support his motion for a new trial shows that Casey actually died from these side effects of taking Propulsid.
Here, the district court did not abuse its discretion. It noted that the decision to grant a motion for a new trial was discretionary. The court’s conclusions are supported by evidence presented at trial and in the briefing on the motion for a new trial, and the court correctly applied the law to the facts. The court recognized that the jury was presented with a question as to what caused the massive and fatal skull fracture Casey suffered and was presented with two alternate theories. That one theory — Casey fell down the stairs — may now have additional support does not mean that the supporting evidence is material. The jury rejected this theory and determined that Stevens’s actions caused Casey’s injuries. As the trial court reasoned, the newly-discovered Propulsid evidence is not material nor is it likely to produce an acquittal. Thus, we hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion and affirm its order denying Stevens a new trial based on the Propulsid evidence.
2. Removal of Casey’s eyes
At trial, expert witnesses testified that the combination of macular folding, perineural hemorrhages and the severity, frequency and locations of retinal hemorrhages in Casey’s eyes were indicative of shaken baby syndrome. After trial, an investigator for Stevens’s public defender contacted a prosecutor in the case and raised the issue of whether Casey’s eyes were removed before or after his body was embalmed. The prosecutor then had a detective investigate this issue. This detective found that most people could not remember when Casey’s eyes were [146]*146removed, but the Mortuary Embalming Report showed that the person who performed the embalming noted Casey’s eyes were brown. This evidence suggests that Casey’s eyes were removed after his body was embalmed because to make this observation Casey’s eyes had to be in his body. Stevens then moved for a new trial, arguing that the embalming fluid and post-embalming removal caused some of the injuries to Casey’s eyes. In support he presented the affidavits of three experts who examined evidence presented at trial and concluded that the macular folding and retinal hemorrhaging were caused after Casey’s death.
The district court denied Stevens’s motion. It determined that this evidence was not newly-discovered evidence. It found that Stevens was aware of the issue earlier and there was “no showing that the embalming report could not have been obtained prior to trial with the exercise of due diligence.” Additionally, the court concluded that the expert witness affidavits submitted with Stevens’s motion all contained opinions based on a review of evidence which was available prior to trial, that this testimony could have been discovered prior to trial, and that this testimony was simply a different interpretation of existing evidence.
Once again, the district court did not abuse its discretion. Substantial and competent evidence in the record supports a conclusion that the primary evidence that Casey’s eyes were removed after embalming — the Mortuary Embalming Report — was available before trial. It also supports a conclusion that the affidavits Stevens presented did not contain new evidence, but only new interpretations of existing evidence. The record also supports that Stevens was aware the State would use expert witness testimony about injuries to Casey’s eyes to support its theory that Stevens killed Casey during a battery.
Having determined the district court’s findings are not clearly erroneous, we turn to the issue of whether it correctly applied the law to the facts found.
In order to be newly discovered evidence, the evidence itself, not just importance or materiality of that evidence, must be unknown and unavailable prior to trial. State v. Weise, 75 Idaho 404, 410, 273 P.2d 97, 100-01 (1954). The fact that the defense did not inquire about the report until well after the trial does not make this report newly discovered. Likewise, that Stevens failed to present his own experts’ opinions at trial does not make the evidence on which they rely newly discovered. At most, Stevens has demonstrated that he did not recognize the importance or materiality of the Mortuary Embalming Report. As such, he has not presented any newly discovered evidence within the meaning of I.C. § 19-2406(7) and is not entitled to a new trial based on newly discovered evidence.
Based on the evidence presented, the district court correctly applied the law. It recognized that a defendant wishing to gain a new trial based on newly discovered evidence must show that the evidence meets all four of the requirements set out in Idaho law.2 It then properly concluded that Stevens had failed to show the first requirement — the evidence was newly discovered. While the district court also examined the due diligence factor, we need not analyze that or the other two factors as all four factors must be present in order to grant a defendant a new trial. See Drapeau, 97 Idaho at 691, 551 P.2d at 978. We hold, therefore, that the district court did not abuse its discretion when denying Stevens’s motion for a new trial based on evidence regarding the removal of and injuries to Casey’s eyes.
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3. Shaibani’s testimony
At trial, Shaibani testified that he. had been a clinical professor of physics affiliated with Temple University for about seven years. He also testified that he had published “50 or so” articles and that those had been peer reviewed. After trial, Stevens made a motion for a new trial based on the falsity of these statements. On appeal, he asserts that because Shaibani’s testimony was used to show Stevens’s claim that Casey fell down the stairs was impossible and used to rebut Stevens’s expert witness’ testimony, the “newly discovered evidence that Shaibani committed perjury requires a new trial in the interest of justice.”
In deciding Stevens’s motion, the district court concluded that Shaibani’s testimony about being affiliated with Temple University for seven years “was not accurate” and was “untrue.” The district court concluded, nonetheless, that this was not material, as it had nothing to do with his qualifications to testify, and also was not newly discovered evidence. It noted that Stevens’s defense had received a copy of Shaibani’s resume over a year before he testified and the error in Shaibani’s testimony was readily apparent from the resume. The district court also concluded that Stevens failed to establish that Shaibani’s statements relating to the number of peer reviewed articles he published were false, as peer review applies to both articles published in journals and papers presented at conferences.
On appeal, Stevens claims that the district court found that Shaibani did not lie about his credentials. This assertion, however, misconstrues the record. The district court stated that Shaibani had testified falsely and inaccurately about his affiliation with Temple University. The court concluded, nonetheless, that this was not newly discovered evidence, and was not material. This conclusion was not an abuse of discretion. On November 18, 1998, the State disclosed Shaibani’s resume, which shows he became a Clinical Associate Professor of Physics at Temple in 1995. The record supports the district court’s conclusion that a simple glance at Shaibani’s resume during the trial would have revealed that he could not have been affiliated with Temple for both the seven years he stated at trial and the three years he stated on his resume. Therefore, we affirm the district court’s conclusion that this discrepancy was not newly discovered evidence.
Stevens also argues that the district erred when it accepted Shaibani’s assertion that papers he presented also went through a peer review process to conclude that there was no evidence Shaibani had perjured himself. On appeal, Stevens writes: “As to Shaibani’s claims of being published, the district court essentially accepted Shaibani’s statement that some of the organizations that allowed him to make a presentation engage in some sort of peer review process and found that he did not lie.”
At trial, Shaibani testified that he had published “50 or so” articles. Then, when questioned whether his articles had been peer reviewed, Shaibani answered that they had. Later, in response to Stevens’s motion for a new trial, the State submitted an affidavit by Shaibani, who testified:
The peer-review process applies not only to journals by also to conferences held by medical and scientific organizations. It is the understanding of your affiant that all but two of such organizations found among the 56 papers by your affiant employ peer review in one form or another. The peer-review process for the acceptance of a paper for presentation at some conferences is known to be more stringent than that for inclusion of a paper in some journals. The principles of peer review were enacted in more than half of the 56 papers by your affiant.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by determining that Stevens had failed to prove Shaibani lied as to the “50 or so” peer reviewed articles. Its conclusion is supported by Shaibani’s affidavit. That there were contradictory affidavits in the record does not show that the district court erred when it determined that Shaibani had not perjured himself. Therefore, we affirm the district court’s order denying Stevens’s motion for a new trial as to this issue.
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Ip. Cumulative error
Finally, Stevens asserts that under the doctrine of cumulative error, he is entitled to a new trial. The cumulative error doctrine requires reversal of a conviction when there is “an accumulation of irregularities, each of which by itself might be harmless, but when aggregated, the errors show the absence of a fair trial, in contravention of the defendant’s constitutional right to due process.” State v. Moore, 131 Idaho 814, 823, 965 P.2d 174, 183 (1998) (internal quotations and citation omitted).
This Court declines Stevens’s invitation to apply the cumulative error doctrine to a motion for a new trial. First, motion for new trials are reviewed for an abuse of discretion, Hayes, 144 Idaho at 577, 165 P.3d at 291, and the cumulative error doctrine applies to instances of multiple harmless errors at trial, State v. Field, 144 Idaho 559, 572-73, 165 P.3d 273, 286-87 (2007); Moore, 131 Idaho at 823, 965 P.2d at 183. This Court will not mix these standards of review. Second, in order to apply the cumulative error doctrine, the Court must find at least one harmless error. See State v. Lovelass, 133 Idaho 160, 171, 983 P.2d 233, 244 (Ct.App.1999). Here, Stevens has not alleged any trial errors that are reviewed under a harmless error standard, so the doctrine is inapplicable.
C. Stevens’s sentence is reasonable.
Stevens argues the district court violated his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by punishing him for maintaining his innocence. He also argues the district court abused its discretion by erroneously finding he intentionally killed Casey and by sentencing him to a term of fixed life. We will turn first to Stevens’s constitutional arguments.
When sentencing Stevens, the district court considered many factors, including the protection of society. It stated: “Obviously protection of society is of primary importance. There is certainly increased risk if the defendant were placed on parole because of his unwillingness to take responsibility in this case.”
Stevens asks this Court to revisit a settled area of Idaho law. He maintains, based on cases from other jurisdictions, that allowing the trial court to consider that he maintained his innocence as a factor when sentencing violates his constitutional rights. However, it has long been the law of Idaho that a court may consider a defendant’s continued assertion of innocence when evaluating the possibility of rehabilitation. See, e.g., State v. Grube, 126 Idaho 377, 388, 883 P.2d 1069, 1080 (1994). While in this instance the district court was speaking to the protection of society factor, it is a logical, inferential step to consider whether a defendant’s limited rehabilitative potential will increase the risk to society. Therefore, we hold that the district court did not violate the Fifth Amendment or abuse its discretion by considering Stevens’s failure to take responsibility for his actions when fashioning the sentence.
Next, Stevens maintains the district court abused its discretion by sentencing him to a fixed life term. The Court, when conducting its review of a defendant’s sentence, considers the entire length of the sentence under an abuse of discretion standard to determine its reasonableness. State v. Oliver, 144 Idaho 722, 726, 170 P.3d 387, 391 (2007). Where a sentence is within the statutory limits, the appellant bears the burden of demonstrating that it is a clear abuse of discretion. State v. Hedger, 115 Idaho 598, 604, 768 P.2d 1331, 1337 (1989). In examining the reasonableness of a sentence, the Court conducts an independent review of the entire record available to the trial court at sentencing, focusing on the objectives of criminal punishment: (1) protection of society; (2) deterrence of the individual and the public; (3) possibility of rehabilitation; and (4) punishment or retribution for wrongdoing. State v. Cross, 132 Idaho 667, 671, 978 P.2d 227, 231 (1999). “Reasonableness” of a sentence “implies that a term of confinement should be tailored to the purpose for which the sentence is imposed.” State v. Broadhead, 120 Idaho 141, 145, 814 P.2d 401, 405 (1991), overruled on other grounds by State v. Brown, 121 Idaho 385, 394, 825 P.2d 482, 491 (1992). In deference to the trial judge, this Court will not substitute its view of a [149]*149reasonable sentence where reasonable minds might differ. State v. Toohill, 103 Idaho 565, 568, 650 P.2d 707, 710 (Ct.App.1982). To show an abuse of discretion, the defendant must show that the sentence, in light of the governing criteria, is excessive under any reasonable view of the facts. State v. Strand, 137 Idaho 457, 460, 50 P.3d 472, 475 (2002).
Stevens argues the court’s finding that he intentionally killed Casey was an abuse of discretion because it was based on the court’s interpretation of the evidence, rather than on the jury’s findings, and that finding was then used to justify a fixed life sentence. He also argues the district court abused its discretion by imposing a fixed life sentence in light of mitigating evidence presented by Stevens.
Stevens was charged with felony murder, a crime which lacks a mens rea element. Yet, at sentencing the district court found that Stevens had intentionally killed Casey. It stated:
The murder of Casey in this ease was an intentional act by the defendant. It was not accidental. Casey did absolutely nothing to provoke the attack by the defendant. Casey was absolutely helpless and totally unable to defend himself or to escape. He was an 11-month-old baby who weighed 20 pounds and was unable to walk. The defendant’s attack upon Casey was brutal.
None of us were there that day and none of us saw what the defendant did, but certainly the most likely cause to that skull fracture was the defendant picking Casey up and slamming him with all his might against a hard surface.
We know that — it’s obvious from the force of the blows and the escalation of the blows, and I think it’s certainly — Dr. Brady’s hypothesis is certainly reasonable, that the severe blow to the back of Casey’s head was the last injury he received that morning. So we know — I think it’s from the force, the increasing force of those blows and particularly the amount of force required to deliver the fatal blow, the only reasonable explanation is that at the time the defendant did intend to kill Casey and I find that he did.
In determining the appropriate punishment for this type of crime, in my opinion the punishment for the intentional killing without provocation of a helpless human being must reflect the value we place on human life. So I will sentence you to a fixed period of incarceration of life in custody of the Idaho Board of Corrections ____
“Idaho’s, sentencing scheme requires no [judicial] findings of fact under I.C. § 19-2521.” State v. Stover, 140 Idaho 927, 931, 104 P.3d 969, 973 (2005). “[A] court is not required to recite or check off the sentencing guidelines [of I.C. § 19-2521] during sentencing, nor is it even required to give reasons for imposing the sentence.” State v. Thomas; 133 Idaho 682, 688, 991 P.2d 870, 876 (Ct.App.1999). Nonetheless, judicial fact finding is constitutionally permissible under indeterminate sentencing regimes when “the facts do not pertain to whether the defendant has a legal right to a lesser sentence.” Stover, 140 Idaho at 931, 104 P.3d at 973 (quoting Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 309, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 2540, 159 L.Ed.2d 403, 417 (2004)) (emphasis in Blakely). To impose a fixed life sentence “requires a high degree of certainty that the perpetrator could never be safely released back into society or that the nature of the offense requires that the individual spend the rest .of his life behind bars.” Cross, 132 Idaho at 672, 978 P.2d at 232.
Here, Stevens had no right to a sentence less than life imprisonment. I.C. §§ 18-4003, 18-4004. Thus, it was constitutionally permissible for the court to find facts related to the objectives of sentencing, although it was not mandatory that it do so. Had the court remained silent at sentencing as to its reasons, the record alone would support its imposition of a fixed life sentence. Casey’s injuries were extreme, and the amount of force needed to cause the skull fracture he suffered is amazing. Even looking at the mitigating evidence, such as Stevens’s lack of criminal records, family support, and neuro[150]*150logical disorder, a fixed life sentence is not unreasonable.
Nonetheless, the district court explained the reasons it believed a fixed life sentence was necessary as punishment for this particular crime. It recognized that Stevens showed almost no rehabilitative potential and would be a continuing danger to society if placed on probation. It also noted a desire to fashion a punishment reflecting the value we as a society place on human life. The court’s discussion of Stevens’s intent was not a finding that he had committed a crime distinct from the one charged and of which he had been found guilty; rather, it was a discussion of the grave nature of the crime and the character Stevens showed by inflicting such extreme injuries on a helpless and innocent child. Once again, the facts and circumstances of this case support the district court’s sentencing decision. As such, we hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion at sentencing by discussing Stevens’s intent, and we affirm Stevens’s sentence.
III. CONCLUSION
We affirm the district court. The videotape was admissible as illustrative of Shaibani’s testimony, and the district court did not err in admitting it for this limited purpose. The district court did not err by denying Stevens’s motion for a new trial, and Stevens’s sentence was not excessive.
Justices J. JONES and W. JONES concur.