State v. Laramore

LANSING, Judge.

In this appeal from a judgment of conviction for attempted strangulation, we are called upon to determine whether the statute under which the defendant was convicted was facially void for vagueness and whether the jury instruction defining “reasonable doubt” lessened the State’s burden of proof and thereby violated the defendant’s right to due process.

Jerry Wayne Laramore was charged with attempted strangulation in violation of Idaho Code § 18-923. The information alleged that he committed the crime against a woman with whom Laramore was in a dating relationship. Laramore filed…