State v. Robert D. Critchfield - Lewd conduct with minor child

State: Idaho

Docket No: 38540

Case Date: 08/27/2012

Plaintiff: State

Defendant: Robert D. Critchfield - Lewd conduct with minor child

Preview:IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 38540 STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROBERT D. CRITCHFIELD, Defendant-Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

2012 Opinion No. 44 Filed: August 27, 2012 Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho, Kootenai County. Hon. Charles W. Hosack, District Judge. Order granting motion for a new trial, affirmed. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Mark W. Olson, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for appellant. Mark W. Olson argued. Siebe Law Offices, PLLC, Moscow, for respondent. James E. Siebe argued. ________________________________________________ LANSING, Judge The State of Idaho appeals from the district court's order granting defendant Robert D. Critchfield's motion for a new trial due to the erroneous exclusion of defense evidence at his initial trial. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND In this case, involving nine separate children, the State tried Critchfield on two charges of lewd conduct with a minor child under sixteen, Idaho Code

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