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)

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)

Boise, Idaho criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and falsification of records.

Nicholas Jones, age 36, from Boise, was a small business owner who applied for and received $753,600 in COVID-19 relief funds, primarily from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Despite certifying that the funds would only be ... More...    $194564 (10-19-2022 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Sean Robert Wathen, age 50, worked with Larry Junior Hillbroom and others to acquire and smuggle methamphetamine through international airports between North Idaho and the Pacific Islands of Guam and Palau. Wathen acquired pounds of methamphetamine for Hillbroom over several ... More...    $0 (08-11-2022 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of possession with the intent to distribute heroin.

Adam Lee Valley, ate 60, engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy with others in southeast Idaho beginning in Decemb... More...    $0 (06-10-2022 - ID)

Coeru D'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant chargd with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Sean Robert Wathen worked with Larry Junior Hillbroom and others to acquire and smuggle methamphetamine through international airports between North Idaho and the Pacific Islands of Guam and Palau. Wathen acquired pounds of methamphetamine for Hillbroom over several m... More...    $0 (05-18-2022 - ID)

Boise, ID: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute methampheamine and fentanyl.

Derek J. Tuschoff, 36, of Boise, to seven years imprisonment and Robert B. Mahan Jr., 38, of Phoenix, to ten years imprisonment. Both Tuschoff and Mahan were ordered to serve five years of supervised release upon completion of their prison sentences.
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Idaho Falls, Idaho first-degree murder charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Brian Leigh Dripps, Sr., age 55, who was charged with killing and raping an 18-year-old woman in 1996, a crime for which another man was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 20 years.

The mother of Angie Dodge sought to have investigators take another look at the evidence, including DNA, evid... More...    $0 (06-09-2021 - ID)

Boise, Idaho bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Edward Fisher, age 57, of Stamford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

According to court records, on April 22, 2020, Fisher visited a Wells Fargo in Boise, a federally insured financial institution. Fisher filled out a withdrawal slip for $3,500 and... More...    $0 (12-09-2020 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene, ID - Wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Jamie Gillette, age 53, who was charged with r wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return.

According to court records, from in or about 2011 through in or about 2015, Gillette devised a scheme to defraud, and to misappropriate without authority money and property belonging to her employer, Bendable Bri... More...    $0 (11-18-2020 - ID)

Boise, ID - The United States of America charged David Hansen with wire fraud.

David Hansen, 48, of Idaho Falls, pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Pursuant to a written plea agreement filed with the court, Hansen pleaded guilty to count 16 of the superseding indictment.

According to court records, Hansen was the Chief Executive Officer and a 90-percent partner in Yellowstone Partner... More...    $0 (12-29-2019 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - The United States of America chrged Andrew Dixey Galloway with assault with intent to commit murder and using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

Andrew Dixey Galloway, 30, of Blackfoot, was sentenced to a total of 179 months in federal prison for assault with intent to commit murder and using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Bart... More...    $0 (12-10-2019 - 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)

Missoula, MT - Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Concealing Assets During His Bankruptcy

Randall Alan Franz, a 59-year-old resident of Sandpoint, Idaho, was sentenced on Thursday to 8 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $205,084.79 in restitution after pleading guilty to concealing assets in bankruptcy. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana Christ... More...    $0 (08-20-2018 - 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 - Caldwell Man Sentenced to Prison on Federal Drug Charge

Leeroy Salazar, 39, of Nampa, was sentenced June 5, 2018 to 120 months in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Salazar on December 13, 2017.

According to court records, law enforcement used a... More...    $0 (06-09-2018 - 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)

Boise, ID - Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Charge

Raul Efrain Lopez Jr., 36, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty on April 2, 2018 to unlawful possession of a firearm. The indictment alleged that Lopez possessed a firearm after previously being convicted of a felony crime.

According to court documents, in November 2017, law enforcement stopped Lopez while he was driving in Na... More...    $0 (04-20-2018 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Fort Hall Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Offense

Tyrell Dixey, 33, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty on February 9, 2018 in United States District Court to possession of an unregistered firearm.

According to the plea agreement, on January 30, 2017, a vehicle was stopped by the Fort Hall Police Department. Dixey was a passenger in the vehicle. Inside the ve... More...    $0 (02-12-2018 - 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 - Doctor Sentenced to 16 Years for Distributing Drugs

Dr. Rafael Beier, 63, of Kingston, Idaho, was sentenced on November 20, 2017 to 192 months in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for unlawfully distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Dr. Beier to pay a $63,000 fine and to forfeit procee... More...    $0 (12-02-2017 - ID)

In December 2012, Tollman pled guilty to the felony crime of driving under the influence. In March 2013, the district court sentenced Tollman to a unified term of ten years, with two and a half years fixed followed by seven and a half years indeterminate. The judgment required that Tollman’s driver’s license be absolutely suspended for five years beginning on the date of Tollman’s release from cus... More...    $0 (11-26-2017 - 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 - Oglala Tribal Member Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter

Ruben Wounded Head, III, 20, of Chubbuck, Idaho, was sentenced August 2, 2017 to a total of 46 months imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter resulting from a drunk driving crash. Wounded Head will serve 34 months in federal prison in addition to the 12 months he already served in Fort Hall Tribal Jail on the sa... More...    $0 (08-04-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Two Men From New York Plead Guilty to Identity Theft

Jason Morel, 22, and Kenith Quesada, 23, of Bronx, New York pleaded guilty August 3, 2017 in United States District Court to aggravated identity theft.

According to the plea agreements, Morel and Quesada traveled to Idaho to defraud AT&T stores and AT&T customers. Morel and Quesada fraudulently impersonated real AT&... More...    $0 (08-04-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Self-proclaimed Vagos motorcycle club member sentenced to ten years in federal prison

David Allen Oney Jr., 35, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison June 29, 2017 for distributing methamphetamine. Oney will have to serve a five-year period of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and pay a $100 special assessment. Oney entered his guil... More...    $0 (07-11-2017 - ID)