Legal Opinion

State v. Soura

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided July 30, 1990No. 17412/17948PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAKES, Chief Justice.

Defendant John Raoul Soura appeals from a conviction for rape and the infamous crime against nature. Soura’s rape conviction was based upon his having sexual intercourse with a woman who was incapable of giving legal consent due to unsoundness of mind. Soura was sentenced to a term of ten to fifteen years for rape, and a concurrent five-year term for the infamous crime against nature.

Soura was charged with raping a young married woman sometime during the month of April, 1987. He was also charged with committing the infamous crime against nature against the woman. The…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Connecticut v. BarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. United States v. Pierre FoucheCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  5. Big Butte Ranch, Inc. v. GrasmickIdaho Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  4. State v. MosbruckerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2008
  5. State v. DoeIdaho Court of Appeals · 2002

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