Legal Opinion
State v. Silcox
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided August 23, 1982No. 13376PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McFADDEN, Justice.
On June 24, 1978, defendant James Lee Silcox attempted to place certain individuals under citizen’s arrest. One of the individuals Silcox attempted to place under arrest, Leroy Burger, refused to acknowledge the arrest and fled the scene of the arrest. In the course of firing shots in the direction of Burger, Silcox shot Burger in the back. Silcox was subsequently charged with the offense of assault with a deadly weapon. I.C. § 18-906.
The matter was set for trial on February 8, 1979. The defendant filed a motion for an order staying the proceedings and an order dismissing…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Ollie Melvin Hodges v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- State v. WatsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1978
- Plumley v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. TalmageIdaho Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. LopezIdaho Court of Appeals · 1984
- State v. FlintIdaho Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. ClayIdaho Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. DambrellIdaho Supreme Court · 1991
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