Legal Opinion
State v. Lindquist
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided January 11, 1979No. 12218PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAKES, Justice.
In January of 1976 a jury convicted defendant appellant Phillip Lewis Lindquist *768of the first degree murder of Joy Weitz in January of 1975. In February of 1976 the district court sentenced the defendant to death pursuant to the version of I.C. § 18-4004 then in effect, which provided “[e]very person guilty of murder in the first degree shall suffer death . . . Ch. 276, § 2, 1973 Idaho Sess.Laws 588. In this appeal the defendant challenges only his sentence, and this on constitutional grounds.
Subsequent to the defendant’s sentencing, the United States Supreme Court decided…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by96 opinions
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