Legal Opinion
State v. Powers
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1975No. 11217PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McQUADE, Chief Justice.
In September, 1972, Danny Ray Powers (hereinafter appellant) was tried for the murder of William Butler, an inmate at the Idaho State Penitentiary. A jury found appellant guilty of murder in the first degree upon which a judgment was entered. It is from that judgment that this appeal was taken. We affirm the judgment of conviction.
On the night of August 14, 1971, the body of William Butler, who had been an inmate at the Idaho State Penitentiary, was found by prison officials rolled up in a floor mat against the wall in the gymnasium area of the prison. An autopsy…
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