Legal Opinion
State v. Rhoades
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 1991No. Nos. 17437, 18039PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDEVITT, Justice.
This case arises from the murder of Susan Michelbacher. Paul Ezra Rhoades has been convicted in three separate murder cases. For the murders of Susan Michelbacher and Stacy Baldwin, Rhoades was sentenced to death; for the murder of Nolan Haddon he received an indeterminate life sentence based on a conditional plea.
The issues presented in this appeal are:
I. Whether the legislative abolition of the defense of mental condition in criminal cases violates the Idaho or United States Constitutions.
II. Whether the trial court’s failure to make a pretrial ruling on the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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