State v. Anthony Wayne Conner

Anthony Wayne Conner appeals from his judgment of conviction for second degree murder, Idaho Code §§ 18-4001, 18-4003(g), and destruction, alteration, or concealment of evidence, I.C. § 18-2603. Conner asserts the district court erred by excluding statements the decedent made in the week prior to his death. We affirm.

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FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

One evening, at approximately 8:50 p.m., Conner called 911 and reported having found his eighty-seven-year-old father, Otis Conner (“Otis”), dead in the garage of the home they shared. Conner indicated to the police that he had come home…