Creech v. State

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is a motion by the State of Idaho (“the State”) to dismiss the appeal of Thomas Eugene Creech (“Creech”) pursuant to I.C. § 19-2719. Creech appeals the district court’s order dismissing his successive petition for post-conviction relief in a capital case.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Creech was originally convicted of and sentenced to death for first-degree murder after pleading guilty in 1981. Creech thereafter appealed, which was upheld by this Court. State v. Creech, 105 Idaho 362, 364, 670 P.2d 463, 465…