Legal Opinion
Donald M. Paradis v. A.J. Arave, Warden, Idaho State Penitentiary Al Murphy, Director, Idaho State Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 23, 1994No. 87-4100PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
On June 22, 1980, the bodies of Scott Currier and Kimberly Palmer were found in a forest in Idaho. Petitioner Donald Paradis and Thomas Gibson were tried jointly and acquitted of Currier’s murder in September 1980. Paradis and Gibson were tried separately in Idaho for the murder of Palmer. Both were convicted after trial by jury and sentenced to death by Judge Gary Haman, who found that they had acted with “utter disregard for human life.”
Paradis’ judgment of conviction and the sentence of death were affirmed by the Supreme Court of Idaho. State v. Paradis, 106 Idaho…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by52 opinions
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