STATE v. KIRKWOOD

No. 16413.

726 P.2d 735 (1986)

111 Idaho 623

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Miles "Mike" KIRKWOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

September 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Gass, Boise, for defendant-appellant.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., and Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.


HUNTLEY, Justice.

The issue on appeal is whether the Court of Appeals incorrectly refused to enforce I.C.R. 12(d), a rule of procedural default, by requiring the trial court to render findings of fact as to the voluntariness of the defendant's confession where findings were not requested by either of the parties.

Miles "Mike" Kirkwood was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder for stabbing his ex-wife to death in her home. Police arrested Kirkwood at the...

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