Donald Paradis v. A.J. Arave, Warden, Idaho State Penitentiray, et al.

Donald Paradis, a state prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Paradis seeks review of his conviction on the following grounds:

One. The evidence was insufficient to demonstrate that Kimberly Palmer was killed in the state of Idaho.

Two. The state failed to preserve exculpatory evidence.
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Pocatello, Idaho criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony use of a firearm in the commission of a robbery.

Jose Acosta, jr, age 41, entered a camping trailer and demanded money from a female occupant and discharged a firearm during a robbery that occurred on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation on June 23, 2021. The victim refused and fought with Acosta. During the strugg... More...    $0 (10-07-2022 - ID)

Pocatello Idaho criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl in Eastern Idaho

According to court records, Lopez was arrested on July 19, 2021, after detectives with the BADGES Task Force conducted an investigation and found a bag containing 1,694 pills that tested positive for fentanyl in Lopez’s vehicle during a traffic stop. The approximate street value of t... More...    $0 (09-02-2022 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

John Morgan McComas, 25, of Idaho Falls, was indicted for trafficking lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at McComas’ Idaho Falls residence in April 2019. During the search, law enforcement loca... More...    $0 (08-18-2021 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Blackfoot Man Sentenced to 105 Months in Prison for Sage Hill Casino Robbery

Dillon McCandless, 28, of Blackfoot, was sentenced on August 31, 2018 to 105 months in prison for the July 2017 robbery of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ Sage Hill Casino, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered that McCandless serve five years ... More...    $0 (09-11-2018 - ID)

Boise, ID - California Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Firearms in Twin Falls

Eric Courtney Hunter, 39, of Victorville, California, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms by a felon, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Hunter was indicted by a grand jury on February 15, 2017. The case went to trial on Ja... More...    $0 (08-29-2018 - ID)

Boise, ID - California Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Firearms in Twin Falls

Eric Courtney Hunter, 39, of Victorville, California, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms by a felon, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Hunter was indicted by a grand jury on February 15, 2017. The case went to trial on Ja... More...    $0 (08-20-2018 - ID)

Boise, ID - Serial Armed Robber Pleads Guilty to Six Robberies

Camron D. Brown, 21, of Mountain Home, Idaho, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to six counts of interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act) and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A Boise federal grand jury indicted Brown on May 9, 2017.
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Coeur D'Alene, ID - Jury Convicts Man For Killing Police Officer

The State of Idaho charged Jonathan Renfro with first-degree murder for killing Sgr. Greg Moore in May of 2015. He was also charged with robbery, removing a firearm from a police officer and concealment of evidence.

Moore was on routine patrol when he was ambushed and killed by Renfro.

The defenses asserte... More...    $0 (10-20-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Jerome Man Sentenced to a Decade in Prison for Armed Stand Off with Police

Daniel Andrew Mills, 41, of Jerome, Idaho, was sentenced to serve ten years in prison for unlawful possession of firearms and violating the conditions of his supervised release, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Mills to 100 months imprisonment ... More...    $0 (01-29-2017 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE - Worley Man Pleads Guilty to Assault

Brian Eugene Sczenski, 32, of Worley, Idaho, pleaded guilty to assault with the intent to commit robbery.

According to the plea agreement, Sczenski admitted on April 18, 2016, the victim returned home to see Sczenski driving away from his home on the victim's 2016 utility task vehicle (UTV). The victim jumped on his 2010 UTV an... More...    $0 (12-06-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Federal Jury Convicts Jerome Man for Unlawfully Possessing Firearms

Daniel Andrew Mills, 41, of Jerome, Idaho, was convicted by a federal jury in Boise for unlawful possession of firearms. Mills was indicted on February 9, 2016.

During the two-day trial, the jury heard evidence that Mills, a convicted felon who was wanted by the U.S. Marshals on a federal warrant for... More...    $0 (10-31-2016 - ID)

Twin Falls, ID - Defendant Found Not Guilty of Assault and Battery With a Dangerous Weapon

The State of Idaho charged William James Agnew, age 55, with assault and batter with aggravated battery (knife) as a result of an incident on May 7, 2016 outside a Jefferson Street Apartment in Twin Falls. During the confrontation, Raymond Stark was stabbed by Agnew. The problem arose when Agnew w... More...    $0 (10-22-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Convicted Felon Sentenced to 86 Months for Firearm Possession

Alex Jones Bailey, 26, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced to 86 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Bailey to serve three years of supervised release following his release from prison, and forfeiture of the gun he illegally possessed. Bailey ... More...    $0 (04-18-2016 - ID)

Juan Roberto Jimenez appeals from his judgment of conviction after he was found guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm, as well as being a persistent violator. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Jimenez and his brother, Jorge Alvarado, had a tense relationship. On February 9, 2013, the two engaged in several heated telephone conversati... More...    $0 (10-02-2015 - ID)

In the predawn hours of August 27, 2009, a woman sleeping in the bedroom of her apartment in Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, awakened to see an unknown male standing over her with a knife in his hand. He was wearing a mask that covered his face and exposed his eyes. He put a hand over her mouth and held a knife against her throat, and he then stated that she was going to cooperate. He initially att... More...    $0 (09-21-2015 - ID)

The victim entered a psychiatric hospital on January 30, 2009, and David Aaron Knutsen (Defendant), who was thirty-one years old, was already at the facility. The victim, who was a twenty-two-year-old woman with a full-scale IQ of 72, had been admitted to the hospital because
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she was depressed and suicidal. Defendant had checked himself into the hospital for thirty-six hours to have... More...    $0 (08-24-2015 - ID)

Bryann Kristine Lemmons (Defendant) was found guilty by a jury of two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine by delivering methamphetamine and two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine by conspiring to deliver methamphetamine. The charges arose from two instances in which Defendant, with the assistance of a co-conspirator, agreed to, and then did, deliver methamphetamine to a confidential in... More...    $0 (08-22-2015 - ID)

On November 14, 2002, the grand jury sitting in Ada County indicted Abdullah on one count of murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 to -4003; one count of arson in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code section 18-802; three counts of attempted murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 and 18-306; and one count of injury to a child, a felony, Idah... More...    $0 (08-12-2015 - ID)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Brian James Lindsey, 25, of Spokane Valley, Washington, pleaded guilty on July 20, 2015, to 13 counts of interference with commerce by robbery, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Lindsey was indicted by federal grand juries in four states between January and April of 2015.

According to the plea agreement, Lindsey admitted that in October of 2014, he began a robbe... More...    $0 (07-20-2015 - ID)

BOISE - Juan Loredo, 22, of Salinas, California, was sentenced to 155 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank robbery by use of dangerous weapons, and brandishing of firearms during the commission of a felony offense, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered forfeiture of the three firearms involved in the bank robbery... More...    $0 (06-17-2015 - ID)

BOISE, ID - Shawn Smith, 19, of Salinas, California, was sentenced to 119 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for bank robbery by use of dangerous weapons, and brandishing of firearms during the commission of a felony offense, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered forfeiture of any interest in the $7,351 stolen from the ... More...    $0 (06-09-2015 - ID)

BOISE, ID - Juan Loredo, 22, and Shawn Smith,19, both from Salinas, California, pleaded guilty today to bank robbery by use of dangerous weapons and brandishing of firearms during the commission of a felony offense, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

According to the plea agreement, on November 20, 2014, the defendants robbed the First Federal Bank in Twin Falls, Idaho. As the men e... More...    $0 (01-24-2014 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Ricky Allen Fisher, 35, most recently of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to bank robbery. Fisher pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge in Coeur d’Alene.

In 2007, Fisher was sentenced to 77 months in prison for bank robbery. In his plea, Fisher admitted that after his release from federal prison on May 6, 2014, he to... More...    $0 (12-09-2014 - ID)

Appellant Billy J. Bringman (Bringman) appeals the decision of the Idaho Industrial Commission (the Commission) in favor of Respondents New Albertsons, Inc. (Albertsons) and the Idaho Department of Labor (the Department). The Commission determined Bringman willfully made a false statement or failed to report a material fact regarding his separation from Albertsons to obtain unemployment benefits f... More...    $0 (08-04-2014 - ID)

This case comes to the Court as a certified question from the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, the Honorable Edward J. Lodge, U.S. District Judge, presiding. Karen White and her development company, Elkhorn, LLC, seek to recover $166,496 paid to Valley County for “capital investments for roads in the vicinity of [their] White Cloud development.â€� Pursuant to I.A.R. 12.3(c), this C... More...    $0 (03-18-2014 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE B Raymond Henry Lowley III, 36, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 46 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered a $100 special assessment, and to forfeiture $1,200. Lowley pleaded guilty to... More...    $0 (04-28-2014 - ID)

In 1972 defendant respondent Arrington Construction Company and the City of Idaho Falls entered into a contract for the renovation of a five and one-half block portion of the downtown Idaho Falls business area in accordance with Project No. 4B-42, of Local Improvement District (LID) No. 42. The work to be done included the removal and replacement of all streets and sidewalks; the location, removal... More...    $0 (10-04-1978 - ID)

This is an appeal by the employer from the decision of the Industrial Commission holding that the employee’s final injury caused him to be permanently and totally disabled, without considering his prior injuries, so that the employer, rather than the Industrial Special Indemnity Fund, is liable for the employee’s total disability payments.

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Factual Background

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