Roberts v. Idaho

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BACKGROUND

Douglas Roberts was convicted in Idaho state court of one count of lewd conduct with a minor, in violation of Idaho Code § 18-1508, and one count of sexual abuse of a child, in violation of Idaho Code § 18-1506.1 He petitions for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that the trial court erred by placing a condition on the introduction of his alibi defense, with which he intended to impeach the testimony of three other girls he allegedly molested. The trial court ruled that Roberts could testify that he was not in the state of Idaho at the time the molestations allegedly…