Twin Falls Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Providing Illegal Firearms, Including “Glock Switches,” to Californian with Cartel Ties ... More...    $0 (04-24-2024 - ID)

Idaho, Falls criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with first-degree murder and justice went to hell.

Early in the morning of June 13, 1996, Angie Dodge was raped and stabbed to death in her apartment in Idaho Falls. On January 7, 1997, twenty-year-old Christopher Tapp voluntarily submitted to police questioning about this crime at the Law Enforcement Building ... More...    $0 (12-31-1997 - ID)

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.
... More...    $0 (01-24-1992 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl.

"The distribution of fentanyl is a serious crime in the United States. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. It is often mixed with other drugs, such as heroin or cocaine, without the user's knowledge. This can lead to accidental overdoses a... More...    $0 (10-17-2023 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interstate stalking.

Between October 7 and December 24, 2020, Joel Waters, age 44, traveled between Oregon and Idaho to harass and intimidate the victim who was residing in Boise. Waters took dogs from the victim’s home and car, slashed the tires on the victim’s vehicle, set fire to the victim’s residence in O... More...    $0 (08-25-2023 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with importing and distributing methamphetamine in Eastern Idaho in exchange for firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit today.

Ramon Morales Jr., 41, of Compton, California, was initially arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol when he was caught attempting to smuggle two pounds of methamphetamine into the ... More...    $0 (08-16-2023 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally harvesting timber from national forest lands.

Beginning in late 2018, U.S. Forest Service officers received information about a group of individuals who were causing extensive natural resource damage in the Payette National Forest near McCall. These individuals were cutting and removing timber illegally and ... More...    $0 (04-07-2023 - ID)

Moscow, Idaho criminal law lawyer will be representing Defendant charged with burglary and four counts in first-degree murder.

Bryan Christopher Kohberger, age 28, is accused of killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, who were stabbed to death at a rental home near campus in Moscow, Idaho, sometime in the early morning hours of Nov. 13.

Kohberger,... More...    $0 (12-30-2022 - ID)

This Court summarized the facts of this case in State v. Tapp, 136 Idaho 354, 33 P.3d 828 (Ct. App. 2001) as follows:

Early in the morning of June 13, 1996, Angie Dodge was raped and stabbed to death in her apartment in Idaho Falls. On January 7, 1997, twenty-year-old Christopher Tapp voluntarily submitted to police questioning about this crime at the Law Enforcement Building (LE... More...    $0 (08-22-2014 - ID)

In his second appeal in this post-conviction case, Christopher Conley Tapp challenges the district court's summary dismissal of his claim that his defense counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to present evidence of his diminished mental capacity in support of his trial motion to suppress his confession as involuntary. Tapp contends that because this Court, in his prior post-convictio... More...    $0 (11-21-2013 - ID)

Early in the morning of June 13, 1996, Angie Dodge was raped and stabbed to death in her apartment in Idaho Falls. On January 7, 1997, twenty-year-old Christopher Tapp voluntarily submitted to police questioning about this crime at the Law Enforcement Building (LEB) in Idaho Falls. Tapp again voluntarily went to the LEB for questioning on January 10. After this interview, Tapp's parents retained p... More...    $0 (03-31-2010 - ID)

Christopher C. Tapp appeals from his conviction for first degree murder and rape. Tapp argues that the district court erred by not suppressing the statements he made in a series of police interviews. In the alternative, he contends the sentences imposed are excessive.

        I.

        FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

        Early in the mornin... More...    $0 (07-20-2001 - ID)

Idaho Falls, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder, rape, and use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony.

Christopher Tapp, age 20, was accused of raping and stabbing Angie Dodge, age 18, to death in her apartment on June 13, 1996. Her body was found when she failed to show up for work.

The city’s police department invest... More...    $0 (12-31-1998 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

After a two-and-a-half-day trial in June 2022, a federal jury found Qaya Mikel Gordon, age 20, of Lapwai, Idaho, guilty of two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. According to trial testimony and court records, on November 1, 2021, Gordon went into a building where his mothe... More...    $0 (12-02-2022 - ID)

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)

Boise, Idaho criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
Threatening An FBI Agent.

Jerald Reutzel contacted a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent through text messaging in November of 2020. In the text message, Reutzel falsely accused the FBI agent of failing to investigate a local crime, referred to the agent with profane slurs, and threatened to assault t... More...    $0 (09-02-2022 - ID)