Legal Opinion

State v. Matthews

Idaho Court of Appeals

Decided April 30, 1985No. 15054PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURNETT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for first degree burglary and petit theft. We affirm.

A jury found that Michael Matthews entered a grocery store at night with intent to commit theft and that he did, in fact, commit a petit theft of merchandise. For the burglary Matthews received an indeterminate sentence of ten years. For the petit theft he received a jail sentence equal to his prejudgment incarceration. On appeal Matthews has raised a host of issues. His principal contentions are that the district court erred by (1) admitting into evidence merchandise other than…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. State v. ToohillIdaho Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. Foster v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. State v. NeedsIdaho Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. KnutsonIdaho Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. State v. RoachIdaho Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. State v. RosencrantzIdaho Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. State v. ClayIdaho Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Coletti v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1989

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