Legal Opinion
Matthews v. State
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 1992No. 18772PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISTLINE, Justice.
On March 21, 1983, Matthews was convicted of first degree murder by torture and sentenced to an indeterminate life sentence which he is currently serving in the Idaho Department of Corrections. Matthews appealed. In that appeal, Matthews’ counsel, who was not the attorney who represented him at trial, attacked the validity and applicability of I.C. § 16-1806(l)(a), which excludes the offense of murder from the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts. It was argued that Matthews, who was a juvenile when the offense was committed, should have been tried in juvenile court. The…
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