State v. Wells

SWANSTROM, Judge.

A jury convicted Raymond Wells of grand larceny, burglary, and felony escape. Two issues are raised in his appeal from the judgment of conviction. First, did the state’s failure to attempt to recover possible exculpatory evidence from the scene of the burglary deny appellant a fair trial? Second, did an alleged omission in a psychiatric report deprive appellant of a fair trial? We affirm the judgment of conviction.

I

Sometime during the evening or night of July 23, 1979, a rural home, located about five miles from Weiser, Idaho, was burglarized. The burglar apparently entered…