Monday, January 5, 2009

Blog Fodder

Fod·der (fŏd'ər) noun.
1. Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.
2. A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in usually abundant supply.

  • No new opinions today from either the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals.
  • The Supreme Court will hear argument in Boise on January 12, 14 and 16.
  • There is only one criminal case on the calendar, but it has an interesting issue regarding the elements of felony-murder.
  • State v. Fuentes-Pina, No. 34192, will be argued on January 12. In this case, the state claimed that Fuentes-Pina was holding Jesse Naranjo at gun point. Johnny Shores talked Fuentes-Pina into giving him the gun, but ends up shooting and killing Naranjo himself. Fuentes-Pina ends up being charged with felony-murder. He argues that the jury should have been instructed that the felony-murder rule requires that the co-defendants act in concert or in furtherance of a common purpose or object.

-- Dennis

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