Idaho Supreme Court - Criminal Decisions 2013
Date: December 2, 2013
Docket Number: 38528/38704
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Erick Hall was convicted and sentenced to death twice: first for kidnapping, murder and rape; second for rape and murder. While Hall's petition for post-conviction relief was pending for his first sentence,…
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: 40586
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1991, appellant Zane Fields was sentenced to death for first degree murder. In 2011, appellant filed his sixth successive petition for post-conviction relief. He raised claims of actual innocence, prosecutorial…
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 39467-2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Todd Carver was convicted of murdering the three-year-old son of his live-in girlfriend. He appealed, arguing that the district court erred in failing to appoint substitute counsel for him, in its instructions…
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 39830-2012
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue on appeal before the Supreme Court in this case arose from an order denying an employer's motion to have a laptop returned that had been seized from its employee during a search conducted at the employee's home…
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: 40076-2012
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue on appeal before the Supreme Court arose from a district court order that denied Defendant's motion to dismiss for the lack of probable cause, a felony charge of possession of methadone. The methadone was…
Date: November 13, 2013
Docket Number: 39550
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Jose Brunet appealed a district court's order relinquishing jurisdiction and denying his oral motion requesting leniency pursuant to Rule 35 of the Idaho Criminal Rules. Appellant also argued that the…
Date: October 2, 2013
Docket Number: 40461-2012
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Joseph Clinton was indicted for felony lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen. Initially he was found incompetent to stand trial, but after reassessment, he was deemed competent. Thereafter he pled…
Date: August 27, 2013
Docket Number: 32773/37270
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Timothy Dunlap received the death penalty following his guilty plea to first-degree murder. He appealed the sentence, alleging multiple errors during trial, and that he received ineffective assistance…
Date: August 16, 2013
Docket Number: 39398
Justia Opinion Summary: Dale Shackelford appealed two consecutive fixed life sentences he received on resentencing for two first-degree murder convictions. He was initially sentenced to death for both murders but the death sentences were…
Date: August 16, 2013
Docket Number: 39927
Justia Opinion Summary: Tyler Ray Carter pleaded guilty to aggravated battery on a correctional officer and was sentenced to fifteen years with five years fixed. He appealed the sentence arguing the district court failed to order a separate…
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number: 38190
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Preston Joy was charged with felony domestic battery, sexual penetration by a foreign object, and second-degree kidnapping in connection with an altercation with his wife. A jury convicted defendant of domestic…
Date: April 25, 2013
Docket Number: 39646-2012
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, during the pendency of divorce proceedings, Charles Earl Guess, his wife, and their respective attorneys agreed that Ms. Guess and her attorney would meet Mr. Guess at the parties’ residence so that they could…
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: 38532
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court in this permissive interlocutory appeal was a district court's determination that the law of the case doctrine prohibited it from making a retroactive determination of…
Date: April 1, 2013
Docket Number: 39519
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Russell G. Jones appealed his conviction by jury on two counts of rape. The case was initially heard by the Idaho Court of Appeals, which affirmed on one count and reversed on the second. Defendant…
Date: March 8, 2013
Docket Number: 38405
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Robert Barton, Jr. was found guilty by jury of solicitation of perjury. Defendant, the victim of aggravated battery, was charged with solicitation and conspiracy to commit perjury in connection to his…
Date: February 22, 2013
Docket Number: 38325/38326/38327
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, Woodrow John Grant pleaded guilty to aggravated battery; he successfully completed a period of retained jurisdiction and was placed on probation. In 2009, Grant was charged with possession of methamphetamine,…
Date: February 1, 2013
Docket Number: 37940
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant challenged the trial court's decision to admit expert testimony regarding domestic violence and testimony of an excited utterance following his felony convictions of domestic violence and attempted…
Date: January 29, 2013
Docket Number: 38852
Justia Opinion Summary: A builder sued a homebuyer in a Utah state district court for failing to pay some charges for his home's construction; the homebuyer counterclaimed, alleging that the construction was defective. Shortly before the Utah…
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: 38305
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from a traffic stop and subsequent arrest of Defendant Phillip James Morgan. A Boise City police officer observed Morgan driving in a way that caused the officer to believe Defendant was trying to avoid…
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: 38139
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Daniel Straub pled guilty to vehicular manslaughter, and as part of his plea, agreed to pay restitution to his victims. After a hearing, the district court determined that Defendant owed $554,506.67 to the…
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 38527
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Randy McKinney was sentenced to death for first-degree murder, and received sentences for conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, and conspiracy to commit robbery. His death sentence was set aside in a…
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