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State v. Cheatham

Citations

  • 6 P.3d 815
  • 134 Idaho 565
  • 2000 Ida. LEXIS 60

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  • holding that sufficient probable cause existed to support the issuance of the search warrant and that the information in the affidavit was not stale even though the affidavit contained typographical date errors
  • “The general rationale behind the felony murder rule is that the intent to commit the felony substitutes for the malice requirement. Where the intent to commit the felony does not arise until after the homicide has occurred, the rationale behind the rule no longer applies.”

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Judges: Kidwell, Schroeder, Silak, Trout, Walters

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