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State v. Pratt

Citations

  • 873 P.2d 800
  • 125 Idaho 546
  • 1993 Ida. LEXIS 141

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that killing occurring after entry but before belongings were removed occurred in the perpetration of the burglary
  • noting that guilt of attempt crimes requires the specific intent to commit the attempted offense
  • felony murder can be found if killing is committed as part of a “stream of events” that began with predicate felony
  • ‘Attempted felony murder is not a crime in Idaho. Instead, there is either the crime of murder, or the crime of attempt to commit a crime, in which case the state bears the burden of proving that the defendant intended to commit the crime.’
  • entering home with intent to steal

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Judges: McDevitt, Bistline, Johnson, Trout, Bengtson, Tern

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