STATE v. MAJOR

No. 13950.

665 P.2d 703 (1983)

105 Idaho 4

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Melvin Dean MAJOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

June 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gar Hackney, of Lynn, Scott & Hackney, Boise, for defendant-appellant.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., Neil Tillquist, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.


BAKES, Justice.

Defendant appellant Melvin Major was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to a fixed term of life in prison. He appeals both the conviction and the sentence, asserting numerous errors which denied him a fair trial. We find that none of these errors require reversal of defendant's conviction or reduction of his sentence; thus, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

During December of 1979, the defendant, his wife and two children...

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