Idaho Intent to Commit Murder Law
<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Scott Mercurio </h1></center></h1>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.<br> <br> Alexander Scott Mercurio, 20, of Coeur d’Alene, pleaded guilty today, to Attempt to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.<br> <br> According to court records, Mercurio pledged his allegiance to ISIS and intende... More...
$0 (10-22-2025 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. James Martinez, Kelli Woolum, and Tinas Houlden </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyers will be representing the Defendants charged with Murder, criminal solicitation to commit a crime, and harboring a felon. <br> <br> Kelli Woolum. Woolum and James Martinez are in a dating relationship. Woolum and the victim, Christopher Holloway, were acquaintances. A dispute between Woolum and Holloway erupted before the shooting. ... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Emerson Clyde Buck, IV </h2> <center>
Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree<br> murder (with a deadly weapon enhancement) and resisting and obstructing an officer.<br> <br> In the morning hours of January 19, 2020, Norma Buck (“Normaâ€) heard Buck, her son,<br> yell something to the effect of “you’ll never say that again, son of a bitch.†She later testi... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Robin Lee Row </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder.<br> <br> Robin Lee Row was sentenced to death in 1993 for murdering her husband and two<br> children in their sleep on February 10, 1992. Over the next 30 years, Row filed five petitions for<br> post-conviction relief in state court and two federal habeas corpus claims, all of which were<br> unsuccessful.... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - ID)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Logan Harden Patrick </h2> </center>
Pocatello, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and 18 U.S.C.<br> <br> On July 25, 2023, Patrick was indicted on one count of<br> possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in<br> violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and 18 U.S.C.<br> USA... More...
$0 (09-18-2025 - ID)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Carson Lee Maynard, Amy Marie Tillman </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Drug Dealers from Montana Sentenced to Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <c... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Saengutone Ty Maria </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Saengutone Ty Maria, 33, of Nampa, Idaho was charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Police responded to several calls of shots fired and the possibility of an injury in the parking lot of a hotel in the 4100 block of East Flamingo Ave. in Nampa, and found the victim, who had been shot to d... More...
$0 (08-31-2025 - ID)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Nathanael Michael West </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threatening a Federal Judge and a Federal Prosecutor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Career Offender Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Threatening a Federal Judge and a Federal Prosecutor</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </... More...
$0 (08-12-2025 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Bryan Kohberger </h2> </center>
Moscow, Idaho criminal defense lawyers represented Bryan Kohberger who was charged with one count of burglary and four counts of murder.<br> <br> Investigators have said that the murders happened sometime around 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2022. The victims — Ms. Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20 — had spent a typical Saturday night out near the univers... More...
$0 (05-30-2025 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Ayana R. Bacon </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Out-of-State Defendant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br... More...
$0 (01-29-2025 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Rebecca Marie Lavatta; Kristen Nichole Meyer </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Fentanyl Distribution </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Women Sentenced to Federal Prison for Roles in Separate Eastern Idaho Fentanyl Distribution Cases</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit ann... More...
$0 (01-31-2025 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Daniel Ruiz Ortiz </h2> </center>
Mountain Home, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> 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)<h1><center> United States of America v. Andrew George Haney; Anthony Michael Stratton </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Men Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl in Pocatello</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Andrew George Haney, 41, of Torrance,... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Jesus Rosas; Brandon Luce; Darren Payne </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Idaho Falls Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> ... More...
$0 (12-04-2024 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Francis DAvid Gunseor </h2> <center>
<h2><br> Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and aggravated battery.<br> </h2><br> <br> Francis David Gunseor pled guilty to second degree murder and aggravated battery, Idaho Code §§ 18-4003(g), 18-907. The district court imposed a unified sentence of forty years with twenty-five years determinate for second degree murder an... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Joshua Alan Berg </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pocatello, ID criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances</h2></center></b></b> </h2><... More...
$0 (10-11-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Chad Michael Kulow; Andrea May Major; LaVoy Linton Eborn </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy and Lacey Act Violations </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Big Game Guides Indicted for Conspiracy and Lacey Act Violations </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury sitting in Pocatello re... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. James Dougherty; Jessica Dougherty </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Husband and Wife Sentenced for Defrauding an Elderly Victim Out of Her Home and Obstruction of Justice</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> James Dougherty, 44, of Boise, was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (09-01-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Juan James Dougherty; Jessica Dougherty </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Husband and Wife Sentenced for Defrauding an Elderly Victim Out of Her Home and Obstruction of Justice</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In early 2015, James Dougherty, age 44, of Bois... More...
$0 (08-24-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Gordon Milton Bennett, Jr. </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged withdomestic assault by habitual offender </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Habitual Domestic Violence Sends Lapwai Man to Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Gordon Milton Bennett, Jr., 46, of Lapwai, was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (07-30-2024 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. Juan Iracheta </h2></center>
<h2><br> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth.<br> </h2><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-18-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Bradley Don Oakes; Jason Lee Elsberry; Eric Moore </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Southern Idaho Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Josh Hurwit announced the results... More...
$0 (11-18-2023 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. Joshua Robert Burns </h2></center>
<h2><br> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and importation of controlled substances.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Before the Court is a Report and Recommendation filed by the United States Magistrate Judge. (Dkt. 30). On June 18, 2024, Defendant appeared before the Magistrate Judge to enter a change of... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. John Elisha Mayville </h2></center>
<h2><br> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a).<br> </h2>... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Fredy Munoz-Morales, a/k/a Fredi Munoz-Morales; Gabriel Lopez </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Methamphetamine Traffick </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two East Idaho Methamphetamine Traffickers Receive Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced the senten... More...
$0 (06-20-2024 - ID)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jason Lou Gneiting </h2> </center>
<font color="red"><h2><br> Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth with intent to distribute.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> Violation of 21 U.S.C. 841.... More...
$0 (06-13-2024 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Chad Daybell </h2> </center>criminal
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant who was charged with multiple counts of capital murder.<br> <br> Chad Daybell, age 55, was chargee in the deaths of his former wife, Tammy Daybell, and two children of his current wife, Lori Vallow Daybell.<br> <br> Tammy Daybell died in late 2019. Vallow Daybell's two youngest children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua Jaxon "JJ" Vallow. Tylee ... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Quinn Michael Brockman </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl Through Idaho </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Montana Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Through Idaho </h2></center><br> <br> Quinn Michael Brockman, 34, of Libby, Montana, was senten... More...
$0 (05-02-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Michael McClain </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Boise Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine </h2></center></i><br> <br> Michael McClain, 37, of Boise, was sentenced to 80 months in federal priso... More...
$0 (04-10-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Jason Castillo; Cheyanne Juarez; Owenn Mitchell </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> U.S. Attorney Hurwit Announces Federal Prison Sentences for Three Southern Idaho Drug Traffickers </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Jason Castillo, 46, of Nampa, and Cheyanne Juarez, 31,... More...
$0 (04-05-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Jared Michael Crow; Shawn Michael Young; Bradley Allen Pedersen</h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Crimes Involving Minor Children .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Three East Idaho Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Separate Sex Crimes Involving Minor Children </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit... More...
$0 (03-28-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Helen Lorraine Monaco, </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Pocatello Woman Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution.<br> <br> <br> Husband and Another Co-defendant Scheduled to ... More...
$0 (03-18-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Helen Lorraine Monaco </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Coeur d' Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Pocatello Woman Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution </h3></center></i><br> <br> Helen Lorraine Monaco, 38,... More...
$0 (03-14-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Patricia Gomez </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Idaho Falls Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 11,000 Fentanyl Pills </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> Patricia Gomez, 42, of Idaho Fa... More...
$0 (03-12-2024 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Chris Tapp </h2> </center>
Idaho, Falls criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with first-degree murder and justice went to hell.<br> <br> 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)<h1><center> United States of America v. Rembrandt Carlos Kemp </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Shooting and Killing Another Man.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> After a 2 ½ day trial in September 2023, a jury found Rembrandt Carlos Kemp, 33, of Fridley, Minnesota, guilty of conspiracy to distribu... More...
$0 (01-31-2024 - ID)<h2> <center> Donald Paradis v. A.J. Arave, Warden, Idaho State Penitentiray, et al. </h2> </center>
Donald Paradis, a state prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.<br> <br> Paradis seeks review of his conviction on the following grounds:<br> <br> One. The evidence was insufficient to demonstrate that Kimberly Palmer was killed in the state of Idaho.<br> <br> Two. The state failed to preserve exculpatory evidence.<br>... More...
$0 (01-24-1992 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. Hailey M. Card </h2></center>
Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl.<br> <br> "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)<h2><center> United States of America v. Joel Waters </h2></center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interstate stalking.<br> <br> 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... More...
$0 (08-25-2023 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. David Jay Wheeler </h2></center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant seeking be released without supervision.<br> <br> <br> In January 2013, David Wheeler pleaded guilty to one count of access with intent to view and possession of sexually explicit images of minors. Mr. Wheeler was sentenced to 96 months' imprisonment followed by ten years' supervised release. Mr. Wheeler began his term of supervised releas... More...
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