Legal Opinion
State v. Mitchell
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided February 11, 1983No. 13757PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAKES, Justice.
Defendant appeals from a conviction of first degree murder.
Betty Jane Mitchell, the defendant appellant, arrived at her home on the evening of January 23, 1978, and found her husband, “Mitch”, dead. Initial investigation indicated that Mitch had been murdered by strangulation during a burglary of their home, but police attention subsequently focused upon Mrs. Mitchell and the possibility that- she had arranged to have her husband killed.
On January 31,1978, Mrs. Mitchell was in Boise, Idaho, and registered at The Boisean Motel. At approximately 12:45 p.m. Lt. Tom Taylor of the…
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- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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