State v. Romero

BISTLINE, Justice.

By order of this Court, we decided to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in this case, State v. Romero, 114 Idaho 92, 753 P.2d 828 (1988). The Court of Appeals summarized the facts as follows:

Miguel Acuna Romero was convicted of voluntary manslaughter following a jury trial. The district court sentenced him to a determinate period of fifteen years in the custody of the Board of Correction.

A review of the facts is appropriate. On October 29, 1986, shortly after 11:00 p.m., Robert Thompson was crossing a parking lot in Pocatello, Idaho. Romero and a co-defendant,…