Mountain Home, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

niel Ruiz Ortiz appeals from his convictions for second-degree murder and a violation of a no contact order, alleging that the district court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence discovered during a warrantless search of his home and during a subsequent search conducte... More...    $0 (01-08-2025 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an alien unlawfully in the United States.


Violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326, which provides:

(a) In generalSubject to subsection (b), any alien who—
(1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of ex... More...    $0 (06-13-2024 - 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)

Pocatello, Idaho civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Christopher Conley Tapp claimed that he was coerced into confessing to being involved in the rape and murder of Angie Doge, age 18, on June 13, 1996, and as a direct result he was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated from 1998 to 2019.

01/27/2... More...    $0 (07-18-2022 - 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)

Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual assault and forcible penetration.

Former state Representative Aaron von Ehlinger, age 39, was charged with a legislative intern, age 19, in his apartment after they had dinner.

Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Katelyn Margueritte Farley prosecuted the case.... More...    $0 (04-29-2022 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

Justin Beasley, 27, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was indicted for second degree murder for killing Austin Pevo, 23, who on Februacy 3, 2018 was dropped off by his mother at a residence on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation for work cutting firewood. Testimony at trial showed that Beasley and others w... More...    $0 (08-07-2021 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene, ID - The United States of America charged Laurcene Barnes Isenberg, a/k/a "Lori Isenberg" with wire fraud and theft of federal program funds.

The Government claimed that Defendant embezzled about $580,000 from funds th... More...    $0 (01-30-2019 - 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)

Burley, ID - Jury Convicts Two Men of Assaulting and Battering A Teenage Hunter

The State of Idaho charged Rodge Powell and Jeff Owen Smith with felony injury to a child, misdemeanor interfering with a lawful hunt, grand theft of a firearm, burglary and a lesser charge of unlawful entry.

The State claimed that the defendants assaulted and battered the 16-year-old boy and threaten... More...    $0 (07-31-2018 - ID)

Medical Recovery Services, LLC (“MRS”) appeals a district court’s judgment denying its request for postjudgment attorney fees on an appeal. The dispute arose after MRS attempted to collect a debt owed by Robert Lopez (“Lopez”). The magistrate court entered a default judgment and awarded attorney fees to MRS. MRS continued to incur attorney fees while attempting to collect on the default judgment a... More...    $0 (02-19-2018 - 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)

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)

Boise, ID - Michael Lance Davis sued Christopher McCormick, Canyon County deputy sheriff, on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

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Date Filed # Docket Text
07/13/2016 81 AMENDED Witness List (sealed) by Christopher McCormick. (Kane, Michael) Modified on 7/14/2016 to reflect amended (cjs).
07/13/2016 82 Exhibit List (Third Amended) by Christopher M... More...    $0 (08-05-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Brady Wilson sued the United States of America seeking the recovery of taxes from the IRS under 28 U.S.C. 1346.

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09/30/2015 25 AMENDED DOCKET ENTRY NOTICE of Hearing: Pretrial Conference currently set for 10/5/2015 03:00 PM via telephone is hereby RESCHEDULED to begin at 03:30 PM and shall occur in person, Boise - Courtroom 6 before Judge Candy W. Dale. Motion ... More...    $0 (10-19-2015 - ID)

EISMANN, Justice.
This is an appeal out of Shoshone County from a judgment: (a) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to grant the Plaintiffs a right of first refusal with respect to a parcel of real property they were leasing, (b) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to purchase the Plaintiffs’ buildings that were located on that property, and (c) finding that the Plaintiffs were... More...    $0 (02-24-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Meridian Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Oxycodone Distribution

Theodore Pena, 66, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and three years of supervised release for distributing oxycodone. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered that Pena forfeit $3,200 in drug proceeds.

According to evidence presented at the entry of plea ... More...    $0 (09-06-2016 - ID)

Boise, ID - Treasure Valley Contractor Pleads Guilty and is Resentenced

Elaine Martin, 69, of Meridian, Idaho, the former president and majority stockholder of MarCon, Inc., pleaded guilty to one count of making and subscribing a false tax return before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. Following the entry of her plea, Judge Winmill sentenced her for the tax conviction, and res... More...    $0 (01-11-2016 - ID)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Defendant Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Theft from the Coeurd'Alene Tribe and Making Counterfeit Checks

Roberta Jean Peone, 43, of Desmet, Idaho, was sentenced in United States District Court to time served — 100 days — for conspiracy to commit theft from the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and for making counterfeit checks. United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian, a... More...    $0 (12-16-2015 - ID)

The District is a governmental subdivision that is organized under Idaho Code section 674901 and operates in Boise. The District currently operates the Boise Centre, a convention center in Downtown Boise. The District seeks to expand operations by acquiring a new facility (hereinafter the Centre Facility) being constructed near the Boise Centre. But the District, as a governmental subdivision, is ... More...    $0 (10-15-2015 - ID)

On September 17, 2011, Martin Hayes (Hayes)1 was seriously injured after stumbling on uneven ground hidden by grass while attending his grandson’s Pop Warner football game at the Plummer School Park (Park), which is owned by the City of Plummer (City). Hayes did not pay any fee or admission to enter the Park.2 Hayes filed a premises liability claim against the City for his injuries.3 In turn, the ... More...    $0 (10-05-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial, upon remand, of Appellant’s Memorandum of Attorney Fees and Costs. Appellant argues that the district court erred in ruling
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that the court did not have jurisdiction to award fees and costs on remand. We agree with appellant and reverse.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In prior proceedings, this Court reversed the district c... More...    $0 (10-05-2015 - ID)

In 2002, Juarez admitted to committing an offense that would have been a misdemeanor if he had been an adult. Much time passed and the court entered several orders directing Juarez to pay fees and restitution in varying sums. Eventually, on October 6, 2005, the magistrate court entered its Amended Financial Judgment and Order directing Juarez to pay $3,694.85 in restitution. On January 12, 2010,... More...    $0 (09-15-2015 - ID)

On the afternoon of August 19, 2013, detectives and officers of the Pocatello Police Department obtained and served a properly issued warrant on the private residence of Charles Ziebach. The police were searching the residence for methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, evidence of drug transactions, and weapons. This search was the culminating event in a twomonth investigation by narcotics detecti... More...    $0 (08-25-2015 - ID)

On July 19, 2010, around 10:30 p.m., S.S. put her two young children (three and five years old) to sleep in her bed and shortly thereafter joined them. Hours later, at approximately 3:30 a.m. on July 20, 2010, S.S. woke up to find Elias seated at the end of her bed with his fingers inserted into her vagina. S.S. and Elias were acquaintances and Elias had previously been a guest in S.S.’s home. S.S... More...    $0 (08-22-2015 - ID)

This case arises from the failed Black Rock North Development project undertaken by BRN in Coeur d’Alene. BRN was formed by Marshall Chesrown, who served as CEO, to develop a high-end 325-unit residential and golf course community on the west side of Lake Coeur d’Alene. The project was known as Black Rock North. American Bank was the lender for this project. The project required that BRN obtain ... More...    $0 (08-20-2015 - ID)

The City maintains a drinking water distribution system. In December of 2011, the City commissioned the services of Riedesel Engineering to determine the present and future adequacy of the system with respect to laws and standards of the local fire authority, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Riedesel Engineerin... More...    $0 (08-20-2015 - 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)

A grand jury indicted Smith with four counts of lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen, one count of sexual battery of a minor child sixteen or seventeen years of age, one count of sexual abuse of a minor child under the age of sixteen, and one count of forcible sexual penetration by use of a foreign object. The case proceeded to trial where the victim, who is related to Smith, testified about S... More...    $0 (08-10-2015 - ID)

Charles Lytle appeals from the district court’s order on intermediate appeal, affirming the magistrate’s denial of his motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Idaho Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(4). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I.
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
On October 1, 1991, Charles Lytle filed for divorce from Julie Lytle. During the original divorce proceedings, Cha... More...    $0 (03-16-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Payette County from a judgment terminating the appellant’s parental rights in her child. We affirm the judgment of the magistrate court.
I.
Factual Background.
On August 15, 2012, Jane Doe’s three-year-old son was found wandering in a truck stop parking lot, where trucks were entering and leaving. He had walked from a recreational vehicle 1.9 miles away, wh... More...    $0 (02-26-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Bonner County from a judgment awarding damages for common law trespass and attorney fees for statutory trespass. We affirm the judgment except for $1,000 of the damages awarded and remand for the entry of an amended judgment.
I.
Factual Background.
Duane Mueller and his wife owned a 20-acre parcel of rural real property (Mueller Parcel) in Bonner County. They l... More...    $0 (02-26-2015 - ID)

This case was brought before the magistrate court as a request for modification of the child custody arrangement of the parties’ four children, in which Hilary Firmage sought sole custody and permission to relocate. The parties orally stipulated to resolve the custody matter in favor of the future recommendations that would result from a child custody evaluation that was ongoing at that time. Wh... More...    $0 (02-26-2015 - ID)

Dennis Raymond Heilman appeals from the summary dismissal of his successive petition for post-conviction relief. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I.
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
In 2006, Heilman was found guilty by a jury of rape, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and unlawful entry. Heilman filed an appeal, which was dismissed due to his counsel filing the notice of appeal fou... More...    $0 (01-13-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County from an order granting respondent a new trial. We reverse the order of the district court and remand this case for entry of a judgment that is consistent with the jury verdict.
I.
Factual Background.
On June 28, 2007, Mosell Equities issued a check to Berryhill & Co. in the sum of $50,000. The word “loanâ€� was written on the memo line of the check... More...    $0 (01-26-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Payette County from a judgment terminating the appellant’s parental rights in her child. We affirm the judgment of the magistrate court.
I.
Factual Background.
On August 15, 2012, Jane Doe’s three-year-old son was found wandering in a truck stop parking lot, where trucks were entering and leaving. He had walked from a recreational vehicle 1.9 miles away, wh... More...    $0 (01-26-2015 - ID)