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So it’s time to look back at the past year or so and consider how our clients did when they pushed their cases to trial. The names have been changed to protect … you know the drill. Simple pleas without reductions are not included.
State vs KA – Lewd Acts with minor under 15 dismissed, pled guilty to child endangerment.
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So here we go again – another Case o’ the Week from the Ninth Circuit Blog deserves our attention. Headlines: Prosecutor’s Mis-statements Result in Overturned Death Penalty. But not here, in Idaho. The case is out of Nevada, and the issue was whether statements made by the prosecutors in voir dire and sentencing violated the Defendant’s 6th and 14th amendment…
There is news today out of Utah that five Blackwater Security Guards have been charged in the firefight that left 14 Iraqis dead and others wounded in a 2007 Baghdad attack. They have been ordered to appear in Washington in January, where they will enter pleas of not guilty. As a former JAGC officer, I get the need to hold accountable…
I had a call yesterday asking if there was an online place to find out about the daily arrests in Boise. HERE it is. You can easily check out who has been arrested in the Boise, Idaho area, on a daily basis. And yes, DUI arrests are included.Continue Reading Ada County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Online
Just how busy are Idaho’s law enforcement officers this time of the year? As my Dad used to say, "busier than a one-legged man at a butt kickin’ contest." The Idaho Statesman reports that Idaho DUI arrests have doubled over the past five years, the average number of arrests has risen to around 600 per year, and of those, half will…