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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Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation and prsentation of a false and fraudulent tax return, statement or other document.

Keveny Rosier, 45, operated a tax preparation business in Boise, Idaho and prepared tax returns for clients for the 2016 and 2017 tax years. On returns he prepared, Rosier routinely falsely i... More...    $0 (09-11-2023 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
wire fraud.

Trina Welch, age 49, of Osburn, Idaho, was employed by Kasco of Idaho, LLC as a bookkeeper from 2012 until 2019. Kasco is a construction and telecommunication company that does work in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Alaska. Beginning in at least 2013 and continuing until the day she was termina... More...    $0 (09-19-2022 - 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)

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)

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 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)

This is an appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment and dismissing Geralyn Gallagher’s (Gallagher) lawsuit against the Best Western Cottontree Inn (the Hotel) and Snake River Peterson Properties LLC (Snake River). The district court held that the amended complaint did not relate back to the date of the original filing and that the statute of limitations was not tolled by Sn... More...    $0 (01-19-2017 - 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 - 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)

This lawsuit arose out of a fatal helicopter crash that occurred on August 31, 2010, in Kamiah, Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (Department) had contracted with Leading Edge Aviation, LLC, to fly two Department employees from Clarkston, Washington, to the Selway River in Idaho in order to collect data on salmon spawning. The pilot of the helicopter was Perry J. Krinitt, Jr., the son... More...    $0 (09-26-2015 - 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)

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)

On August 2, 2012, Kenny Carl Struhs was invited to the home of a friend for a barbecue in Blackfoot. Struhs had five or six beers before arriving at the barbecue and had five to seven more once there. Later, Struhs was involved in a confrontation and left in his vehicle. He entered an intersection without observing a stop sign and collided with a motorcycle driven by Brent Hansen, with Brent’s si... More...    $0 (08-03-2015 - Id)

As this appeal hinges on the regulation of Indian gaming, we begin with a brief introduction to the IGRA. Congress passed the IGRA in 1988 “in order to provide a statutory basis for the operation and regulation of gaming by Indian tribes.” Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 48 (1996). “The Act divides gaming on Indian lands into three classes—I, II, and III—and provides a different... More...    $0 (07-25-2015 - ID)

Boise, ID - Tampa, Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

Yinet Quintana Isalgue, 27, of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Quintana Isalgue was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 11, 2015.

As described in th... More...    $0 (07-21-2015 - ID)

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe (“Tribe”) appeals the
preliminary injunction prohibiting the Tribe from offering
Texas Hold’em (“Hold’em”) poker. The Tribe argues that
tribal sovereign immunity was not abrogated and that venue
was improper under the terms of the Tribal-State Gaming
Compact (“Compact”). We affirm because the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”) severed tribal immun... More...    $0 (07-22-2015 - ID)

POCATELLO, ID - Michael Justin Hoopes, 41, of Rexburg, Idaho, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, including 200 hours of community service, for wire fraud and monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Hoopes to pay $620,00... More...    $0 (06-16-2015 - ID)

Kristi Hurles pleaded guilty to grand theft for embezzling from her employer, was sentenced to fourteen years with two years fixed, and was ordered to pay $204,174.61 in restitution. Hurles appealed, challenging the restitution order in a number of respects. The Court of Appeals initially considered the appeal, reversing the restitution order in part, affirming in part, and remanding the case to t... More...    $0 (05-21-2015 - Id)

This is an appeal out of Nez Perce County from a judgment terminating John Doe’s parental rights in his two minor children. Because the judgment was based solely upon the jury verdict finding John Doe guilty of murdering the children’s mother and his judgment of conviction, both of which were vacated on his appeal in the criminal case, we vacate the judgment terminating his parental rights and... More...    $0 (04-23-2015 - ID)

HJ Grathol (“Grathol�) appeals the Kootenai County district court’s judgment awarding Grathol $675,000 in just compensation from the Idaho Transportation Department (“ITD�). This eminent domain case arose when ITD acted to condemn 16.314 acres to improve U.S. Highway 95 (“U.S. 95�). Those 16.314 acres were part of 56.8 acres that Grathol owned in Athol, Idaho.
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After a bench... More...    $0 (02-11-2015 - 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 appeal arose from an arbitration decision regarding Peggy Cedillo’s underinsured motorist insurance policy with Farmers Insurance Company of Idaho (“Farmersâ€�) and damages for injuries she suffered in a motorcycle accident. After the arbitrator issued his final award, Farmers provided the arbitrator evidence that Farmers had already paid Cedillo the total amount of remaining damages. The... More...    $0 (03-03-2015 - ID)

POCATELLO, ID - Michael Justin Hoopes, 41, of Rexburg, Idaho, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Hoopes pleaded guilty pre-indictment to a criminal information filed by the U.S. Attorney.

According to the plea agreement, Hoopes admitted that from 2007 through Febr... More...    $0 (02-25-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County from a judgment dismissing a claim that a store owner is liable for injuries caused by a dog that the store employee allowed to stay in the store with its owner. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
I.
Factual Background.
On August 6, 2011, Bryce M. Fuller entered a store of Stinker Stores, Inc., in the Hyde Park area of Boise with his golde... More...    $0 (10-29-2014 - ID)

This is an action for recovery of damages against the State of Idaho. The district court dismissed the action on motion of the State for summary judgment. We affirm.
I. NATURE OF THE CASE
This case was brought under the Idaho Tort Claims Act asserting negligence by a public university in allowing a student-athlete to return to competition after sustaining a head injury. Plaintiff, Samuel Z... More...    $0 (10-29-2014 - ID)

This is a medical malpractice case arising out of the treatment of Rosamond Mattox at Life Care of Lewiston (LCL). The plaintiff-appellant, Rosamond’s son Gene Mattox, claimed that LCL’s sub-standard care caused his mother’s death. The district court excluded Gene’s experts’ affidavits after concluding that they failed to demonstrate actual knowledge of the applicable standard of health ... More...    $0 (10-29-2014 - ID)

Su Warren sought worker’s compensation benefits from her employer, Williams & Parsons, PC, CPAS (Williams & Parsons), and Idaho State Insurance Fund (ISIF), for injuries received on January 23, 2007, during the course of her employment. The Idaho Industrial Commission (the Commission) concluded that Warren had a permanent partial impairment (PPI) of five percent of the whole person and was entit... More...    $0 (11-06-2014 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center from a jury verdict awarding damages totaling $52,084,513 against it for breach of contract and tortious conduct regarding MRI Associates, LLP, and its two limited partnerships that owned and operated magnetic resonance imaging scanners. The respondents also cross-appealed the $4.6 million judgment obtained by Saint Alp... More...    $0 (08-04-2014 - ID)

Camp Easton Forever, Inc., (“CEFâ€�) and Daniel and Matthew Edwards (collectively “the Edwardsesâ€�) appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Inland Northwest Council Endowment Properties, LLC, and Inland Northwest Council of the Boy Scouts of America (collectively “INWCâ€�). CEF and the Edwardses filed an action to declare the parties’ rights to property INWC owns on L... More...    $0 (08-15-2014 - ID)

This is an appeal from a decision of the Industrial Commission finding that Francisco Serrano failed to prove that the condition for which he claimed additional benefits was caused by industrial accidents occurring in 2004 and 2008 while he was working for Four Seasons Framing (Four Seasons). We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Serrano worked as a framer for Four Seasons from S... More...    $0 (08-22-2014 - ID)

Jami and Ryan Conner appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing their claims for medical malpractice, breach of contract, and loss of consortium. The Conners allege that Jami unexpectedly became pregnant due to Dr. Bryan Hodges’ negligent performance of a bilateral tubal ligation. The district court concluded that the medical malpractice claim was barred by the two-year s... More...    $0 (08-22-2014 - id)

Gary R. Corgatelli sought worker’s compensation benefits from his employer Steel West and the State of Idaho’s Industrial Special Indemnity Fund (ISIF) for a 2005 back injury that he incurred as a result of his employment. The Idaho Industrial Commission (the Commission)
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concluded that Corgatelli had a permanent physical impairment of 15% of the whole person, attributing 5% to an ear... More...    $0 (08-25-2014 - ID)

BOISE, ID – Chief United States District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill today sentenced the last two DBSI defendants convicted at trial to federal prison terms, announced Wendy J. Olson, U.S. Attorney for Idaho. David D. Swenson, 38, of Boise, Idaho, and Jeremy A. Swenson, 41, of Meridian, Idaho, were each sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and a $4,400... More...    $0 (08-21-2014 - ID)

This appeal arises from an action filed against Mallory Martinez1, a National Guard member, by William Teurlings. Teurlings alleged he suffered personal injury and economic damage resulting from a vehicle collision caused by Martinez’s negligence. Martinez moved for summary judgment asserting immunity under I.C. § 6-904(4), which provides immunity to National Guard members for claims arising ou... More...    $0 (02-10-2014 - ID)