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Doe v. Doe
Grangeville, Idaho, family law lawyers represented the parties in a parental rights termination case.<br> <br> In 2017, Mother and Doe had a sexual relationship which resulted in Child being born. While in jail, Mother found out that she was pregnant; Mother let Doe know he could be the father. Doe was not listed as Child's father on Child's birth certificate. Doe was incarcerated in 2018 when Ch... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - ID)State of Idaho v. John Doe I, et al.
Boise, Idaho family law lawyer represented the Defendant Father in a parental rights termination action.<br> <br> Doe is the biological father of Children. In August 2022, John Doe I was placed in foster care when he was approximately two weeks old.[1] Doe was not listed on the birth certificate as the father but was regarded as the putative father until legal paternity was established. Although D... More...
$0 (03-28-2025 - ID)<h1> United States of America v. Rebecca Marie Lavatta; Kristen Nichole Meyer </h1>
<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)<h1> United States of America v. Chase Phillip Hornaday </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ammon Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Chase Phillip Hornada... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - ID)<h1> United States of America v. Twyla Dawn Basil </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Involvement in a Fentanyl Overdose Death </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bonners Ferry Woman Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Involvement in a Fentanyl Overdose Death</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Twyla... More...
$0 (12-11-2024 - ID)In the Matter of: Jane Doe, II, A Child Under Eighteen (18) Years of Age </H2>
<h2><br> Caldwell, Idaho family law lawyer represented the father in a termination of parental rights case.<br> </h2><br> Doe is the father of Child; Doe was married to Mother, but the two divorced. Mother is currently married to Stepfather. Mother and Stepfather filed a petition seeking to terminate Doe's parental rights to Child and to allow Stepfather to adopt Child. The petition for terminatin... More...
$0 (12-03-2024 - ID)<h1> United States of America v. Jesus Rosas; Brandon Luce; Darren Payne </h1>
<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)Aaron Severinsen v. Thomas and Michael Tueller, et al.
<h2><br> Blackfoot, Idaho real property law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and the Defendants on a failure to disclose information required to be disclosed.<br> </h2><br> <br> In 1999, Thomas and Michelle Tueller purchased real property in Shelley, Idaho. Twenty years later, the Tuellers received a notice, dated August 16, 2019, that there would be a public meeting to address a request made by ... More...
$0 (11-08-2024 - ID)<h1> United States of America v. Ernesto Garza </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Extorting H-2A Agricultural Workers and Tax Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Farm Foreman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Extorting H-2A Agricultural Workers and Tax Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ernest... More...
$0 (09-23-2024 - ID)<h1> United States of America v. James Dougherty; Jessica Dougherty </h1>
<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> United States of America v. Juan James Dougherty; Jessica Dougherty </h1>
<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)Thomas E. Hennig, Jr. v. Money Metals Exchange, LLC, et al.
<h2><br> Boise, Idaho employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking unemployment insurance benefits.<br> </h2><br> <br> Hennig worked as a weekend shift supervisor for Money Metals Exchange, L.L.C. His job duties included monitoring and correcting time clock punches of his coworkers. About three months into his employment, Hennig explained to a new employee how he handled variances in ti... More...
$0 (07-04-2024 - ID)State of Idaho v. Chad Daybell 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> United States of America v. Tyler Douglas Asker </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> Tyler Douglas Asker, 33, of Caldwell, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison on the charge of attempted use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor, whic... More...
$0 (04-25-2024 - ID)Donald Paradis v. A.J. Arave, Warden, Idaho State Penitentiray, et al.
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)Christopher Conley Tapp v. State of Idaho
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)State of Idaho v. Christopher C. Tapp
<br> 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.<br> <br>         I.<br> <br>         FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY<br> <br> �... More...
$0 (07-20-2001 - ID)State of Idaho v. Christopher Tapp
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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> The city's police department investig... More...
$0 (12-31-1998 - ID)Linsay Lorine Gatsby, aka Linsay Lorine Wallace v. Kylee Diane Gatsby
Boise, Idaho family law lawyers represented Petitioner and Respondent seeking child custody.<br> <br> Linsay and Kylee Gatsby married in June 2015. They later decided Kylee would attempt<br> to conceive a child through artificial insemination, using semen donated by a mutual friend. They<br> elected to attempt this procedure on their own, without using the services of a physician.<br> Additionally... More...
$0 (09-24-2021 - ID)United States of America v. William Scott Halford
Pocatello, Idaho causing a fire in a recreational area charge criminal defense lawyer represented William Scott Halford, 50, of Burley, was charged for causing a fire, other than a campfire or the industrial flaring of gas, to be ignited by any source.<br> <br> According to court records, Halford started five fires in the Milner Recreation Area on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land west of Burle... More...
$0 (07-07-2021 - ID)United States of America v. Larry James Cline
Boise, ID - The United States of America charged Larry James Cline with attempted use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor.<br> <br> 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)Robert Martin v. City of Boise
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://ecf.idd.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"><br> </center><br> “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich<br> and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg<br> in the streets, and to steal their bread.”<br> — Anatole France, The Red Lily<br> We consider whether the Eighth Amendment’s<br> prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment bars a city fr... More...
$0 (09-04-2018 - ID)United States of America v. Vincent Paul Ingolia
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://ecf.idd.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"><br> </center><br> Boise, ID - Vincent Paul Ingolia, 45, of Meridian, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 120 months in federal prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ordered that Ingolia be placed on supervised... More...
$0 (07-18-2019 - ID)United States of America v. Vincent Paul Ingolia
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://ecf.idd.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"><br> </center><br> Boise, ID - Meridian Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Attempted Coercion and Enticement of Minor<br> <br> Vincent Paul Ingolia, 45, of Meridian, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill order... More...
$0 (07-11-2019 - ID)United States of America v. Erik Thompson
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://ecf.idd.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"><br> </center><br> Boise, ID - Last IDOC Correctional Officer Sentenced for Crimes Stemming From FBI Sting<br> <br> Erik Thompson Sentenced to 97 Months<br> <br> Former Idaho Department of Correction (“IDOC”) correctional officer Erik Thompson was sentenced for firearms offenses he committed as part of an FBI st... More...
$0 (04-20-2019 - ID)STATE OF IDAHO v. PHILLIP R. SMALLEY <table> <td>
Smalley was employed at an assisted living facility and worked alone as the overnight caregiver. The victim, F.B., was a 102-year-old patient at the facility who had arthritis, wore <br> hearing aids, and spoke with a low voice. Her hands were deformed from the arthritis, she could only eat with a large-handled spoon, and she had difficulty swallowing. F.B. could not walk, sit up, stand, dress ... More...
$0 (05-13-2018 - ID)Medical Recovery Services, LLC v. Robert Lopez
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 ... More...
$0 (02-19-2018 - ID)Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. v. Lawrence G. Wasden
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 da... More...
$0 (01-09-2018 - ID)STATE OF IDAHO v. TERESA LEE TOLLMAN <table> <td>
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 fr... More...
$0 (11-26-2017 - ID)Todd J. Phillips v. Richard D. Gomez
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... More...
$0 (11-08-2017 - ID)Lisa M. Searle, n/k/a Loosle v. Dustin L. Searle
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,... More...
$0 (11-09-2017 - ID)United States of America v. David Allen Oney, Jr.
Boise, ID - Self-proclaimed Vagos motorcycle club member sentenced to ten years in federal prison<br> <br> 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)In the Matter of Jane Doe, III
This is a parental rights termination and adoption case. John Doe I (“Father”) is incarcerated. The magistrate court held that it was in the best interest of Jane Doe III (“Child”) that Father’s rights be terminated so that John Doe II (“Stepfather”) may adopt her. We affirm.<br> I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND<br> Jane Doe II (“Mother”) and Father are the natural parents of... More...
$0 (05-31-2017 - ID)Idaho Department of Health and Welfare v. Jane Doe
Jane Doe (“Doe”) appeals from the magistrate court’s judgment granting the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s (“IDHW”) petition to terminate her parental rights. Doe asserts that the magistrate court erred by: (1) terminating her parental rights notwithstanding its finding that her mental health issues made it impossible for her to comply with the case plan; and (2) considering e... More...
$0 (06-02-2017 - ID)United States of America v. Cortney S. Valentine and Nicolette P. Valentine
COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Utah Couple Sentenced for Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud<br> <br> Cortney S. Valentine, 40, and Nicolette P. Valentine, 37, husband and wife, both of Liberty, Utah, were sentenced Tuesday for bank fraud, false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Senior U.S. Distric... More...
$0 (03-02-2017 - ID)William Michael Nicholson and Joan Nicholason v. Coeur D'Alene Placer Mining Corporation and IFG Timber, L.L.C.
EISMANN, Justice.<br> 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 we... More...
$0 (02-24-2017 - ID)<h3> United States of America v. Daniel Andrew Mills
Boise, ID - Jerome Man Sentenced to a Decade in Prison for Armed Stand Off with Police<br> <br> Daniel Andrew Mills, 41, of Jerome, Idaho, was sentenced to serve ten years in prison for unlawful possession of firearms and violating the conditions of his supervised release, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Mills to 100 months imprisonment ... More...
$0 (01-29-2017 - ID)United States of America v. Corry Blackmoon Bischoff
Boise, ID - Pocatello Man Sentenced for Failing to Register as a Sex Offender<br> <br> Corry Blackmoon Bischoff, 39, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced to 33 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for failing to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Bischoff pleaded guilty on September 13, 2016.<br> <br> According to the plea agreement, Bischoff w... More...
$0 (12-12-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Jeremy J. Bohlman
COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Federal Jury Convicts Plummer Man of Sexual Abuse<br> <br> Jeremy J. Bohlman, 37, of Plummer, Idaho, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Coeur d'Alene of aggravated sexual abuse and sexual abuse.<br> <br> During the three-day trial, the jury heard evidence that Bohlman used force or fear against a female to cause her to engage in sexual intercourse. Bohlman argued t... More...
$0 (10-04-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Bernard Saul
Boise, ID - Owner of Saul Farms Sentenced Bernard Saul to Serve 36 Months in Prison <br> <br> Bernard Saul, 58, of Bliss, Idaho, the owner of Saul Farms, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the crimes of wire fraud and money laundering. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Saul to forfeit $1,903,727 and pay a fine of $7... More...
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