Case Name: The STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Everett Richard SAM, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Idaho Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Decision Date: 1975-12-10
Citations: 97 Idaho 249
Docket Number: No. 11727
Parties: The STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Everett Richard SAM, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Idaho Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 249–250

Head Matter:
542 P.2d 1168
The STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Everett Richard SAM, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11727.
Supreme Court of Idaho.
Dec. 10, 1975.
William F. Yost, Nampa, for defendant-appellant.
Wayne Kidwell, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for plaintif f-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Everett R. Sam was charged with the crime of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Henry Swirczynski, and the jury found him guilty of that charge. Judg ment was entered, from which he appealed on the ground, among others, that the State of Idaho failed to establish proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The State, both in its brief and on oral argument before this court, confessed error and conceded the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction, and we agree. The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause is remanded with directions to dismiss the action. By reason of this reversal, the appellant's other assignments of error become moot.