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Idaho Supreme Court Opinions - Criminal

List of Idaho Supreme Court criminal opinions by release date:

  1. February 8, 2010 – State v. Wade Lamonte Peterson – Conviction and order of confiscation vacated  
  2. February 1, 2010 – Shey Marie Schoger v. State – Trafficking in methamphetamine  
  3. February 1, 2010 – State v. David Leon Johnson – Lewd and lascivious  
  4. January 29, 2010 – Shane McKay v. State of Idaho – Application for post-conviction relief; vehicular manslaughter 
  5. January 27, 2010 – State v. Dustin L. James – Possession of controlled substance/paraphernalia; motion to suppress 
  6. January 20, 2010 – State v. Dale Carter Shackelford – First-degree murder 
  7. December 29, 2009 – State v. Brian C. Cobler – Sexual battery of a minor 
  8. December 24, 2009 – State v. Vance A. Watkins – Lewd conduct with a minor 
  9. December 24, 2009 – State v. Jerome L. Korn – Possession of wild or exotic animals
  10. December 23, 2009 – State v. Melanie Lampien – Harboring and protecting a felon   SUBSTITUTE
  11. December 9, 2009 – State v. Raymond J. Melton - Lewd conduct with a minor; petition for post-conviction relief
  12. November 25, 2009 – State v. Micah Nathaniel Wegner – (Juvenile) Lewd conduct with a minor; denial of motion to withdraw guilty plea 
  13. October 26, 2009 – Paul Rhoades v. State of Idaho – Appeal from dismissal of petition for post-conviction relief 
  14. October 19, 2009 – Paul Ezra Rhoades v. State of Idaho – Appeal from denial of motion to amend petition for post-conviction relief 
  15. October 15, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Michael Edwin Clements - Murder 
  16. October 2, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Melanie Lampien – Harboring and protecting a felon   WITHDRAWN 12-23-2009
  17. August 28, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Gary L. Turpen – Appeal from order denying motion to expunge records 
  18. August 21, 2009 – Jerry E. Vavold v. State of Idaho – Lewd conduct with a minor child 
  19. July 8, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Juan Carlos Fuentes Pina - First-degree felony murder 
  20. July 7, 2009 – State of Idaho v. David Joseph Meister – First-degree murder 
  21. May 29, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Larry M. Severson – First-degree murder 
  22. May 12, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Christopher Willoughby – Motion to suppress; DUI 
  23. April 20, 2009 – State of Idaho v. David D. Purdum – Possession of methamphetamine 
  24. April 20, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Christopher Allen Sanchez – Aggravated battery
  25. April 6, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Kay James Kofoed – Possession of methamphetamine
  26. January 30, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Shane Marvin Bishop – Possession of controlled substance
  27. January 29, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Harold E. Grist, Jr. – Lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen
  28. January 22, 2009 – William Kris DeRushe v. State of Idaho – Application for post-conviction relief on conviction for murder in the second degree
  29. January 22, 2009 – State of Idaho v. Myron Dale Loomis, Jr. – Aggravated assault
  30. January 21, 2009 – In the Interest of John Doe, formerly a minor: State v. John Doe – Probation violation
  31. December 15, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Darrell Edward Payne – First-degree murder, kidnapping, robbery and rape SUBSTITUTE
  32. August 28, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Sarah Kathleen Pearce – Robbery, kidnapping, battery, and aiding and abetting attempted first degree murder
  33. July 23, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Edward John Stevens – First-degree murder
  34. July 1, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Thomas H. Thomas – Unlawful possession of a firearm
  35. June 26, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Sarah Marie Johnson – First degree murder
  36. June 18, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Darrell Edward Payne – First degree murder, kidnapping, robbery and rape - News Release WITHDRAWN 12-15-2008
  37. June 11, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Kanay Aongola Mubita – Transfer of body fluid which may contain the human immunodeficiency virus
  38. June 11, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Nick McDowell Hensley – Lewd conduct with a minor
  39. June 10, 2008 – Timothy A. Dunlap v. State of Idaho – Murder
  40. June 4, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Tim A. Timbana – Hit and Run
  41. April 25, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Dean Keith Hickman – Grand theft
  42. March 28, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Kathleen J. Elliott – Contempt of Court
  43. March 28, 2008 – Richard Mattoon v. Randy Blades – Petition for writ of habeas corpus
  44. March 28, 2008 – State of Idaho v. James H. Kimball, Jr. – Petition to be removed from the Sex Offender Registry
  45. March 27, 2008 – State of Idaho v. David Pruss – Motion to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless search - News Release
  46. February 22, 2008 – Gerald Ross Pizzuto, Jr. v. State of Idaho – Appeal from death sentence on conviction for two murders SUBSTITUTE
  47. February 13, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Shami Yakovac – Possession of a controlled substance
  48. January 29, 2008 – State of Idaho v. William Arthur - Burglary
  49. January 29, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Carl Adair, II – Sexual battery of a minor child
  50. January 28, 2008 – State of Idaho v. John Sheldon – Trafficking in methamphetamine and concealing a dangerous weapon
  51. January 25, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Benjamin Castro, Jr. – No contact order
  52. January 25, 2008 – USA v. Douglas Sharp – Certified Question of Law - Withheld judgment - News Release
  53. January 25, 2008 – Robin Row v. State of Idaho – Aggravated arson and three counts of murder
  54. January 10, 2008 – Darrell Boyd Baldwin, Jr. v. State of Idaho – Possession of a controlled substance
  55. January 9, 2008 – State of Idaho v. Robert Anderson – Driving under the influence of alcohol
  56. December 24, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Darren B. Hooper – Appeal from conviction of lewd conduct with six year old daughter
  57. December 24, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Alexander Robert Joslin – Appeal from conviction for statutory rape
  58. November 29, 2007 – Travis Hauschulz v. State of Idaho – On review, was trial counsel ineffective for failing to obtain certain transcripts in felony escape from work release program
  59. November 23, 2007 – John Doe v. State of Idaho – Appeal from a finding that a juvenile was within the purview of the Juvenile Corrections Act
  60. November 23, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Kraig D. Parkinson – Lewd conduct with a minor
  61. November 23, 2007 – Gerald Ross Pizzuto, Jr. v. State of Idaho – Appeal from the district court’s dismissal on summary judgment of petition for post-conviction relief WITHDRAWN
  62. November 21, 2007 – Jaimi Dean Charboneau v. State of Idaho – Appeal from the order of the district court summarily dismissing third petition for post-conviction relief
  63. October 22, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Paul Lawrence Rogers – Appeals termination from Ada County Drug Court Program and subsequent sentencing for possession of controlled substance
  64. October 22, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Douglas M. Farwell – Appeal from the district court’s sentence with enhancement and denial of Rule 35 Motion
  65. October 22, 2007 – State of Idaho v. John Cornell Anderson, III – Appeal from criminal conviction for misdemeanor domestic battery and felony harrassment of a witness
  66. October 19, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Joshua Allen Rose – Appeal from the district court’s order revoking probation
  67. October 17, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Stanley Elliott Oliver – Appeal from jury verdict felony conviction claiming insufficient evidence and abuse of discretion
  68. July 31, 2007 – State of Idaho v. William O. Field – Appeal from the district court’s judgment of conviction and sentence for lewd conduct and sexual battery asserting errors were committed
  69. July 2, 2007 – State of Idaho v. David Dalrymple – Judgment of conviction for lewd conduct with a minor, sexual abuse of a child, and second-degree kidnapping and whether district court failed to provide Faretta warnings contemporaneously with Dalrymple’s waiver of right to counsel - AMENDED
  70. June 27, 2007 – Kenneth Workman v. State of Idaho – Appeal from district court’s summary dismissal of petition for post-conviction relief
  71. May 25, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Christian Reed Smith – Order suppressing evidence re manufacture of a controlled substance
  72. May 2, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Eric L. Christiansen – Motion for new trial based upon misconduct by prosecuting attorney in eliciting inadmissible evidence re judgment of conviction for arson
  73. May 1, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Taya Hope Grazian aka Maxine Grazian – Judgment of conviction re three counts of attempted procurement of prostitution and two counts of prostitution
  74. March 29, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Jon Lewis – Grant of motion in limine to suppress evidence re alleged confession following Lewis’s arrest on outstanding warrant during routine traffic stop
  75. March 29, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Benito Diaz – Motion to suppress evidence re results of blood alcohol content test and whether a "forced" blood draw violated Diaz’s constitutional rights
  76. March 28, 2007 – James H. Hairston v. State of Idaho – Dismissal of consolidated successive petitions for post-conviction relief re petition for writ of habeas corpus, motion to correct illegal sentence, to vacate sentence of death, and for new sentencing trial - News Release
  77. February 21, 2007 – State of Idaho v. David Dalrymple – Judgment of conviction for lewd conduct with a minor, sexual abuse of a child, and second-degree kidnapping and whether district court failed to provide Faretta warnings contemporaneously with Dalrymple’s waiver of right to counsel
  78. February 15, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Gilbert Heredia – Motion to withdraw guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter after sentencing re alleged failure to be informed of consequences of plea
  79. January 22, 2007 – State of Idaho v. Fred K. Huffman – Denial of Rule 35 motion for reduction of sentence re examination of determinate portion of sentence

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