Idaho Supreme Court Decisions 2011
Date: December 8, 2011
Docket Number: 37758
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Daniel Johnson petitioned the district court for an exemption from sex offender registration requirements. The district court determined that the 2009 amendments to the Idaho Sexual Offender…
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 36920/36921
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant John Joseph Delling appealed his conviction based on his conditional pleas of guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. Defendant was initially charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths…
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 37354
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant John Schulz appealed his conviction of felony domestic battery and the attempted strangulation of his fifteen-year-old daughter. Both charges required the state to prove that the daughter was Defendant's…
Date: November 29, 2011
Docket Number: 34639
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Torey Adamcik appealed his convictions for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. In 2007, a jury convicted him for the stabbing death of Cassie Jo Stoddart. Defendant raised multiple…
Date: November 18, 2011
Docket Number: 38031
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal arose from Defendant Dean Clay Miller, Jr.'s conviction for burglary, assault with intent to commit robbery, possession of methamphetamine, and being a persistent violator. The Supreme Court reduced this case…
Date: November 2, 2011
Docket Number: 33229
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Ora Carson was convicted of the murder of his three-month-old son and was sentenced to a fixed life sentence based upon the jury’s finding that he exhibited utter disregard for human life. On appeal, he…
Date: September 13, 2011
Docket Number: 34667
Justia Opinion Summary: Cassie Jo Stoddart was murdered in 2006. Defendant Brian Draper, who was sixteen years-old at the time of Stoddart’s murder, and Torey Adamcik, also a juvenile, were arrested and charged with murder and conspiracy to…
Date: September 7, 2011
Docket Number: 37900
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from Defendant Diego Morales Peregrina’s conviction on two counts of aggravated battery and two firearm enhancements; one for each battery. Peregrina argued on appeal of his sentence that there was…
Date: September 6, 2011
Docket Number: 35117
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Christopher Flegel was indicted by a grand jury for lewd conduct with a child under sixteen in violation of Idaho Code section 18-1508. Defendant pled not guilty and was tried by a jury. The district court…
Date: July 28, 2011
Docket Number: 37296
Justia Opinion Summary: The State appealed a district court's grant of post-conviction relief to Defendant Trevor Booth. Defendant was charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of Leonard Kellum in 2005. Prior to trial, the…
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number: 37934
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Richard Hansen appealed the district court's denial of his motion to suppress. He contended that a probationer living in an RV on Defendant's property lacked actual or apparent authority to consent to a search…
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 36244
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007, a mother walked in on her child and Defendant Jonathan Folk "just playing." She would later learn that Defendant had placed his mouth on the child's penis. The State charged Defendant with lewd conduct.…
Date: June 29, 2011
Docket Number: 37296
Justia Opinion Summary: The State appealed a district court's judgment granting Defendant Trevor Booth's petition for post conviction relief on the grounds that Defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel. In 2005, Defendant was…
Date: May 27, 2011
Docket Number: 33843
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Jonathan Ellington appealed his conviction for murder and aggravated battery. He argued on appeal to the Supreme Court that prosecutorial misconduct, evidentiary errors, a biased jury and the "cumulative error…
Date: May 27, 2011
Docket Number: 35055
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2004, a jury found Petitioner Erick Hall guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping and rape. Petitioner was sentenced to death. Petitioner appealed his conviction, and was appointed a public defender. In 2005,…
Date: May 25, 2011
Docket Number: 36508
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Zack Fields appealed the dismissal of his application for post conviction relief. In 1988, Petitioner was sentenced to death for the stabbing death of Mary Vanderford. Petitioner argued that he was wrongly…
Date: April 20, 2011
Docket Number: 37394
Justia Opinion Summary: A grand jury indicted Defendant-Appellant Daniel Lute for "battery with the intent to commit a serious felony," specifically "rape and/or kidnapping." A judgment of conviction was entered, sentencing Defendant to five…
Date: March 22, 2011
Docket Number: 36846
Date: March 17, 2011
Docket Number: 37178-2009
Date: January 5, 2011
Docket Number: 36818
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