State v. Birrueta

McFADDEN, Justice.

Defendant-appellant, Jesus Gonzales Birrueta, was drinking at a tavern on an evening in August 1975 in Marsing, Idaho. After several, hours of drinking at the bar, as well as heavy drinking earlier in the day, appellant left the bar around 1:00 a. m., in the company of two men. Outside the bar, appellant shot and killed the two men. Appellant was arrested and charged, and later pled guilty to two counts of second degree murder, which pleas were accepted by the court. Upon appeal to this court, those convictions were reversed on the ground that the pleas were not knowingly…