Legal Opinion
Fields v. State
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided May 25, 2011No. 36508PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EISMANN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment summarily dismissing an application for post-conviction relief based upon DNA test results and affidavits of trial witnesses. Because the DNA test results did not establish that petitioner did not commit the offense and the affidavits cannot support a claim for post-conviction relief, we affirm the district court.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On February 11, 1988, Zane Jack Fields (Fields) stabbed 69-year-old Mary Katherine Vanderford to death while stealing about $50 from the Wishing Well Gift Shop, the store in which she was working.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- House v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Timothy Alan Dunlap v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 2015
- Carlton Michael Gary v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- Sarah Marie Johnson v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 2017
- Zane Jack Fields v. State of IdahoIdaho Supreme Court · 2013
- Hooley v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 2023
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