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.

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        FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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

Boise, ID - The United States of America charged Larry James Cline with attempted use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor.

Larry James Cline, 31, of Buhl, Idaho, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison followed by 5 years supervised release, for attempted use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announc... More...    $0 (11-29-2019 - ID)

Boise, ID - Diane Herbert, Ronald R. Reaves and Deborah Gaipl sued American Institute of Health Technology, Inc., d/b/a Carrington College, U.S. Education Corporation, Devry Education Group Inc. on civil rights violation theories claiming that they were... More...    $1 (10-23-2018 - ID)

Boise, ID - Boise Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

Kristopher Douglas McKay, 36, of Boise, was sentenced on September 17, 2018 in U.S. District Court to 108 months in prison followed by five years supervised release, for possession of child pornography. McKay pleaded guilty on May 2, 2018.

According to court records, in March 2017, the Feder... More...    $0 (09-19-2018 - ID)

Boise, ID - Investment Advisor Pleads Guilty to Investment Fraud

Rick Guyon Defrauded Investors of $1.9 Million

Rick Guyon, a/k/a, Richard Guyon, a/k/a Rick Garrison, a/k/a Mark Thomas, 59, pleaded guilty on June 27,2018 to one count of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Pursuant to a written plea agreement filed with the court, Guyon pleaded guilty to count five... More...    $0 (06-29-2018 - ID)

Boise, ID - Boise Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

Ryan Andrew Chambers, 37, of Boise, was sentenced on June 13, 2018 in United States District Court to 240 months in prison followed by 10 years supervised release for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chambers pleaded guilty on March 22, 2018.

According... More...    $0 (06-15-2018 - ID)

Boise, ID - Meridian Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Coercion and Enticement

Bruce Eugene Froman, 41, of Meridian, pleaded guilty on May 23, 2018 in United States District Court to attempted coercion and enticement. As part of his plea, Froman also agreed to forfeit the cell phone used in the commission of the charged offense.

According to the plea agreement, in March of 2018, de... More...    $0 (05-29-2018 - ID)

Investigative journalism has long been a fixture in the American press, particularly with regard to food safety.1 In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair highlighted conditions in the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, a novel based on his time working incognito in a packing plant.2 This case also originates in the agricultural sector�a secretly-filmed expos� of the operation of an Idaho dairy fa... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene, ID - Plummer Man Sent to Prison on Federal Child Pornography Charge

Scott Allen Reed, 67, of Plummer, was sentenced December 1, 2017 in federal court to 70 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. Reed pleaded guilty to that charge on June 28, 2017.

According to the plea agreement, personnel working for t... More...    $0 (12-02-2017 - ID)

This case arises from Richard Gomez’s breach of a real estate agreement for the sale and purchase of residential real estate from Todd Phillips in his capacity as Trustee of Trust “A” of the Elliott Family Trust. Phillips appeals the Ada County district court’s denial of Phillips’s request to recover actual damages. After a bench trial, the district court held that Phillips’s claim for breach of c... More...    $0 (11-08-2017 - ID)

This expedited, permissive appeal presents a child custody dispute. Lisa M. Searle, nka Lisa Loosle (“Mother”) appeals the Bingham County magistrate judge’s order which modified the current child custody plan outlined in the 2013 order between Mother and Dustin L. Searle (“Father”). Mother argues that the magistrate judge abused its discretion in determining there had been a substantial, material,... More...    $0 (11-09-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Idaho Falls Man Sentenced to 132 Months for Receiving Child Pornography

Clay Ross, 55, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was sentenced in United States District Court to 132 months in federal prison for receiving sexually explicit images of minors, followed by 10 years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also o... More...    $0 (09-25-2017 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Pocatello Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Child Pornography

Craig Marshall Grayson, 30, of Pocatello, Idaho, pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography. Grayson was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pocatello on February 28, 2017.

According to the plea agreement, law enforcement agents downloaded four sexually exploitative videos of a minor from an... More...    $0 (09-17-2017 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Idaho Falls Man Pleads Guilty in Access with Intent to View Child Pornography Case

Thomas Wayne Anderson, 57, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty to accessing with intent to view child pornography.

According to the plea agreement, Anderson was initially apprehended in connection with a series of vandalism at recreational sites managed by the Bureau of Land Manag... More...    $0 (08-30-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

Mark Eugene Timperley, 20, of Indianapolis, Indiana, pleaded guilty yesterday in the United States District Court to possession of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced.

According to the plea agreement, in February of 2017, a school resource officer with the Nampa Police Departmen... More...    $0 (08-30-2017 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - American Falls Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Child Enticement

Jesus Nieto, 20, of American Falls, Idaho, was sentenced July 12, 2017 in United States District Court to 300 months in prison for enticing and coercing two underage girls, followed by 15 years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Nieto to pay a $5,100 special assessment.... More...    $0 (07-24-2017 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Ponderay Man Sent to Prison on Federal Child Pornography Charge

Aragon Miller, 43, of Ponderay, was sentenced June 29, 2017 in United States District Court to 57 months in prison, followed by ten years of supervised release, and a $5100 special assessment, for possession of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Miller pleaded guilty on Marc... More...    $0 (07-11-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Former Boise Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

Nickolas James Parnell, 27, formerly of Boise, and currently residing in Medford, Oregon, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to possession of child pornography.

According to the plea agreement, in May of 2016, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Idaho Internet Crimes Agai... More...    $0 (06-14-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Boise Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

Jerrel Charles Keeley, 59, of Boise, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to possession of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced.



According to the plea agreement, in June of 2014, law enforcement in Ada County arrested Keeley for several criminal viola... More...    $0 (06-14-2017 - ID)

Idaho Resident Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns

A Blackfoot, Idaho small business owner was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez Jr. for the District of Idaho.

Accordi... More...    $0 (05-13-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Nampa Man Sentenced to 25 years for Sexual Exploitation of Children

Fernando Morales, 50, of Nampa was sentenced to 300 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for sexual exploitation of children.

According to the plea agreement, officers with the Nampa Police Department contacted Morales at his residence in Nampa on August 23, 2016, after a sixteen... More...    $0 (03-27-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Boise Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

Ronald Lallatin, 60, of Boise, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to possession of child pornography.

According to the plea agreement, in June of 2016, agents with the Department of Homeland Security served a search warrant on Lallatin’s residence in Boise, Idaho, based upon evidence that a compute... More...    $0 (03-02-2017 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - American Falls Man Pleads Guilty to Child Enticement

Jesus Nieto, 21, of American Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty on March 2, 2017, to coercion and enticement of a minor.

According to the plea agreement, Nieto utilized Internet-based social media to communicate with two girls, ages 11 and 15, for the purpose of soliciting sexually explicit pictures and persuading and... More...    $0 (03-02-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Boise Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Sex Trafficking of a Minor

Michael Wayne Wade, 31, of Boise was sentenced to 240 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for sex trafficking of a minor. Wade pleaded guilty on August 16, 2016.

According to the plea agreement, agents with the Idaho Department of Probation and Parole arrested Wade for a felony prob... More...    $0 (01-29-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Twin Falls Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

Richard Roy Sexton, 73, of Twin Falls was sentenced to 63 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. Sexton pleaded guilty on October 11, 2016.

According to the plea agreement, in August of 2015, agents with the United States Postal ... More...    $0 (01-16-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of Children

Fernando Morales, 50, of Nampa pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children.

According to the plea agreement, officers with the Nampa Police Department contacted Morales at his residence in Nampa on August 23, 2016, after a sixteen-year-old minor living at the residence called 911. The minor victim inf... More...    $0 (01-06-2017 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE – Lapwai Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Wendall Keith Antell, 48, of Lapwai, Idaho, was sentenced to 121 months in prison followed by five years supervised release for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Antell to pay $50,000 in restitution. Antell pleaded guilty to the charge on May 16, 2016.

Acc... More...    $0 (12-12-2016 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Coeur d’Alene Man Sentenced for Federal Child Pornography Crime

Kody Ray Gibbs, 29, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release, for possession of sexually explicit images of minors.

According to the plea agreement, in February 2016, a woman purchased an “open box” tablet-computer from a local Coeur... More...    $0 (11-28-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Twin Falls Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

Richard Roy Sexton, 73, of Twin Falls, Idaho pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

According to the plea agreement, in August of 2015, agents with the United States Postal Inspectors Service (USPIS) and the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) contacted Sexton at his re... More...    $0 (10-16-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Jerome Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

Casey Gibson, 23, of Jerome pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Gibson waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to an information filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office.

According to the plea agreement, an electronic device at Gibson’s residence in Jerome accessed a website based in Russ... More...    $0 (08-31-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Jerome Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography

Patrick Lee Jewell, 34, of Jerome, Idaho was sentenced to 63 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Jewell pleaded guilty.

According to the plea agreement, Jewell admitted using his e-mail account to communicate with an individual on Craigslist regardin... More...    $0 (09-06-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Boise Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

Allan Ebel, 63, of Boise pleaded guilty in United States District Court to possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

According to the plea agreement, an electronic device at Ebel’s residence downloaded images of child pornography from a website based in Switzerland on at least... More...    $0 (08-10-2016 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Burley Man Sentenced to 20 years for Possessing and Distributing Child Pornography

Danny Henderson, 42, of Burley, Idaho, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for possessing, distributing, and receiving child pornography. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also imposed 15 years of supervised release. Henderson pleaded guilty on February 10, 2016.

According... More...    $0 (06-24-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Jerome Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

Patrick Lee Jewell, 34, of Jerome, Idaho, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to possession of child pornography. Jewell pleaded guilty to a one count information filed by the U.S. Attorney on January 21, 2016.

According to the plea agreement, Jewell admitted utilizing his e-mail account to commun... More...    $0 (04-07-2016 - ID)