State v. Dallas

DONALDSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of the conviction of appellant, Claude Dallas, for voluntary manslaughter following the fatal shooting of two Idaho Department of Fish and Game conservation officers in January of 1981. The events surrounding the shooting can be summarized as follows:

On the evening of January 4, 1981, Ed Carlin, a trapper, telephoned Idaho conser*672vation officer Bill Pogue to report finding illegal traps in the vicinity of the “45 Ranch” in Owyhee County near the Idaho-Nevada border. Pogue indicated he would be out in a day or two to check the traps. When Carlin…