Idaho Lewd Molestation Law
<h1> United States of America v. Cody Michael Howells </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Weiser Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b... More...
$0 (07-01-2025 - ID)State of Idaho v. Annette Dee Reed
Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with sexual battery by lewd or lascivious conduct with a minor sixteen to seventeen years of age.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. SENTENCING DISCRETION. The case involved an appeal against a unified sentence of twenty years, with a minimum period of confinement of ten years, for the offense of sexual battery c... More...
$0 (03-04-2025 - ID)State of Idaho v. Von Dane Leondard
<h2><br> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking post-conviction relief.<br> <h2><br> <br> Leonard pleaded guilty to one count of sexual battery of a minor and one count of lewd conduct with a minor, both felonies. For each count, the district court sentenced Leonard to a concurrent, unified sentence of thirty years, with twelve years determinate. At sentencing, the ... More...
$0 (11-06-2024 - ID)State of Idaho v. Cody Ray Averett
<h2><br> Payette, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen.<br> </h2><br> "Cody Ray Averett pled guilty to lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen, Idaho Code § 18-1508. The district court imposed a unified sentence of thirty years, with a minimum period of confinement of nine years. <br> <br> State v. Averett, 51069 (Idaho App... More...
$0 (11-06-2024 - ID)United States of America v. Benjamin Morton
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child.<br> <br> An investigation was begun of Benjamin Morton, age 39, of Nampa, Idaho, when the Boise Police Department (BPD) received information that an adult male, pretending to be a juvenile online, had arranged to meet the 14-year-old victim. BPD later identified Morton as the suspect and determ... More...
$0 (05-09-2023 - ID)State of Idaho v. Ahmed Mohammed Saad
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen in violation of Idaho Code 18-1508.<br> ... More...
$0 (05-01-2023 - ID)State of Idaho v. Christopher John Lawson
Sandpoint, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with lewd conduct.<br> <br> Christopher John Lawson, age 53, was alleged to have assaulted a pre-teen in 2013.<br> <br> The girl did not report the assault for a number of years.... More...
$0 (06-02-2022 - ID)United States of America v. Robert Lee Brittain
Boise, Idaho criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug distribution.<br> <br> Robert Lee Brittain, 54, of Boise, sold two pounds of methamphetamine to another person in February 2021. Investigators obtained a warrant authorizing the search of Brittain's residence in Boise. When investigators searched his residence on February 23, 2021, they found over 15 pounds of methamphe... More...
$0 (01-09-2022 - ID)United States of America v. Danny Henderson
Pocatello, ID - Burley Man Sentenced to 20 years for Possessing and Distributing Child Pornography<br> <br> Danny Henderson, 42, of Burley, Idaho, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for possessing, distributing, and receiving child pornography. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also imposed 15 years of supervised release. Henderson pleaded guilty on February 10, 2016.<br> <br> According... More...
$0 (06-24-2016 - ID)State Of Idaho v. Michael Eugene Koch
A grand jury indicted Koch on four counts of lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen on November 15, 2011, with “C.C.” named as the complaining witness in all counts. Count I alleged the crime was committed “by manual to genital and/or oral to genital contact” between January and May 2011. Counts II, III, and IV all alleged genital to genital contact in April 2011. Koch’s daughter, T.K.... More...
$0 (09-21-2015 - ID)STATE OF IDAHO v. DAVID AARON KNUTSEN
The victim entered a psychiatric hospital on January 30, 2009, and David Aaron Knutsen (Defendant), who was thirty-one years old, was already at the facility. The victim, who was a twenty-two-year-old woman with a full-scale IQ of 72, had been admitted to the hospital because <br> 2 <br> she was depressed and suicidal. Defendant had checked himself into the hospital for thirty-six hours to have... More...
$0 (08-24-2015 - ID)State v. Terry Lin Smith
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)STATE OF IDAHO n. MARVIN ORELLANA-CASTRO
<br> I. Factual Background. <br> On December 7, 2011, an information was filed charging Marvin Orellana-Castro with unlawful sexual contact with his two stepdaughters. He was charged with two counts of lewd conduct and two counts of sexual abuse regarding the older girl, who was thirteen and fourteen years old at the time of the alleged crimes, and he was charged with two counts of sexual abuse... More...
$0 (08-09-2015 - ID)State of Idaho v. Marvin Orellana-Castro
On December 7, 2011, an information was filed charging Marvin Orellana-Castro with unlawful sexual contact with his two stepdaughters. He was charged with two counts of lewd conduct and two counts of sexual abuse regarding the older girl, who was thirteen and fourteen years old at the time of the alleged crimes, and he was charged with two counts of sexual abuse <br> 2<br> with respect to the yo... More...
$0 (07-28-2015 - ID)State of Idaho v. John (2012-10) Doe
This is an appeal from the district court acting in its appellate capacity. The State appeals the district court's decision affirming the magistrate court's holding that it did not have jurisdiction over John (2012-10) Doe because he was twenty-one years of age when the State filed its petition in juvenile court. We reverse the decision of the district court.<br> I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROU... More...
$0 (02-10-2014 - ID)German Popoca-Garcia v. State of Idaho
Popoca-Garcia is a citizen of Mexico and prior to his deportation, he was a permanent resident of the United States. Pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, Popoca-Garcia pled guilty to lewd conduct with a child under the age of sixteen, a violation of Idaho Code § 18-1508. At the change of plea hearing, the court ensured that Popoca-Garcia's plea was knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily ... More...
$0 (05-20-2014 - ID)United States of America v. Jacob Eldon Hobart
BOISE, ID - Jacob Eldon Hobart, 26, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to Possession of Sexually Explicit Images of Minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.<br><br>According to the plea agreement, the case originated in December 2012 when the Idaho Internet Crimes against Children Task Force received a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Child... More...
$0 (05-01-2014 - ID)United States of America v. Darrell Ray Zirschky
Darrell Ray Zirschky, 32, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Zirschky to serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Zirschky pleaded guilty to the charges on November 15, ... More...
$0 (03-24-2014 - ID)Gregory Beers v. The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-DAy Saints
Heidi Beers, a minor, was injured after jumping from a bridge into the Payette River. Heidi had been attending a campout organized by ward members of her church. Her parents, Gregory and Caralee Beers, brought suit individually and on behalf of their daughter against the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the COP) and fourteen individual defendants. Th... More...
$0 (12-11-2013 - ID)Randall Phillip Bottum v. Idaho State Police
This is an appeal out of Kootenai County contending that the district court erred in holding that a 2009 amendment to the sex offender registration law applied to the appellant. Prior to the amendment, he could have petitioned the court to be exempted from the duty to register as a sex offender. The amendment foreclosed that opportunity. We hold that the amendment applied to appellant and affirm t... More...
$0 (02-25-2013 - ID)Habib Sadid v. Idaho State University
Appellant, Habib Sadid, a former tenured professor of civil engineering at Idaho State University, appeals the Industrial Commission's Order reversing the Department of Labor Appeals Examiner's grant of unemployment benefits to Sadid after Sadid was terminated by Idaho State University.<br><br>II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND<br><br>Professor Habib Sadid was a tenured professor of civil engin... More...
$0 (01-24-2013 - ID)Jane Doe v. Project PATCH
Jane Doe, individually and on behalf of her daughter, a minor, sued Ryan VanHook on a sexual assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress theories and Project PATCH on a negligence theory claiming that VanHook groomed her 15-year-old daughter for a sexual relationship and took her to Boise for two weeks of illicit sex before abandoning her. <br><br>VanHook was charged, conv... More...
$2300000 (09-16-2011 - ID)George Davidson v. Jesyca Hood Davidson
George Davidson (Davidson) appeals from the district court's orders dismissing his complaint as to respondent John Prior (Prior); granting summary judgment as to respondent Benjamin Puckett (Benjamin), and partial summary judgment as to respondent Jesyca Hood Davidson (Jesyca); as well as dismissing the remainder of his claims against respondents Jesyca and Kathy Guthrie (Kathy).<br><br>I.<br><br>... More...
$0 (01-26-2011 - ID)John Doe v. Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America and the Ore-Ida Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America (collectively the BSA) were granted a permissive interlocutory appeal to challenge the district court's ruling that the claims asserted in this case by Ronald Morgan, John Doe I, and John Doe II (collectively the Does) are not barred by the statute of limitations. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (01-27-2010 - ID)<a href="http://www2.state.id.us/judicial/opinions/kavajecz.pdf" target="_new">State of Idaho v. James Kavajecz</a>
<P>James Kavajecz appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered upon the jury verdicts finding him guilty of six counts of lewd conduct with a minor child under sixteen years of age. Specifically, Kavajecz claims as error the magistrate court's failure to hold a jurisdictional waiver hearing prior to waiving jurisdiction to the district court, the jury's finding that Kavajecz co... More...
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