Idaho v. Hall
Annotate this CaseIn 2010, Kandi Hall (“Kandi”) was looking for work, having been fired from her previous job as a paralegal. Emmett Corrigan (“Emmett”) was waiting to learn the results of the bar exam he had taken and wanted to hire a paralegal to work for him when he began practicing law. They were introduced by a mutual friend. Kandi and Emmett were immediately attracted to each other, and within two weeks they began having a sexual relationship. Emmett passed the bar exam, and he hired Kandi in November to work for him in the law office he had opened. Their relationship continued until March 11, 2012, when Kandi’s husband, Robert Dean Hall (“Rob”), shot and killed Emmett in the parking lot of a pharmacy. A jury found Rob guilty of murder in the second degree. Kandi testified at trial that she always loved her husband, never intended to leave him, and was committed to their marriage. She was the only witness to the events leading up to Emmett's shooting. The issue in this appeal of Rob's conviction on second-degree murder charges was whether the district court properly instructed the jury on the issue of self-defense (Rob himself had been shot in the confrontation with Emmett). After review of the district court record, the Idaho Supreme Court held that the district court did not err in its instruction and affirmed the judgment of conviction.
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