Legal Opinion
State v. LePage
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided June 25, 1981No. 13010PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISTLINE, Justice.
Defendant-appellant Robin LePage was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life in prison for the murder plus fifteen years for use of a firearm in its commission. In brief, the facts surrounding the crime are these. LePage, together with John Messinese, a juvenile, escaped from State Hospital South in Blackfoot on July 23, 1977. LePage apparently stole a pistol from a parked car soon after this escape. The two then came to a picnic area where several beer parties were underway. Le-Page became involved in a verbal altercation with the murder victim, Kurt…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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