Legal Opinion
State v. Hawkins
Idaho Court of Appeals
Decided April 13, 1998No. 22489PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANSING, Chief Judge.
A jury found David M. Hawkins guilty of the first degree murder of Leslie McKinney committed in Lewiston in December, 1993. In this appeal Hawkins contends that the evidence at his preliminary hearing did not support the magistrate’s finding of probable cause to bind him over for first degree murder. He also asserts that the district court erred in admitting at trial evidence found during a warrantless search of a motor home, evidence of a bloody handprint that was allegedly destroyed by a state crime laboratory, certain photographic evidence, and DNA evidence. Hawkins…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by65 opinions
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