State v. Hatton

DONALDSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant-appellant Paul G. Hatton from a judgment of conviction of first degree murder, and from the order of the district court denying his motion for a new trial. Appellant’s principal assignments of error relate to the admission of certain evidence at trial.

In the early morning hours of June 12, 1970, the Seven-Eleven store at the corner of Broadway and Rossi streets in Boise, Idaho, was robbed, and the clerk on duty at that time, Mark Charles Hatten (not related to the defendant) was shot in the back of the head. Hatten died following surgery,…