Case Name: STATE, Respondent, v. MALCOLM BENTLEY, Appellant
Court: Idaho Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Decision Date: 1929-09-03
Citations: 48 Idaho 191
Docket Number: No. 5371
Parties: STATE, Respondent, v. MALCOLM BENTLEY, Appellant.
Judges: Budge, C. 'J., and Givens, Wm. E. Lee and Yarian, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Idaho Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 191–192

Head Matter:
(No. 5371.
September 3, 1929.)
STATE, Respondent, v. MALCOLM BENTLEY, Appellant.
[280 Pac. 1038.]
F. J. Cowen, for Appellant.
"W. D. G-illis, Attorney General, Fred J. Babcock, Assistant Attorney General, and Z. Reed Millar, Prosecuting Attorney, for Respondent.

Opinion:
T. BAILEY LEE, J.
— The only direct evidence of the crime charged to defendant was the testimony of Arthur Killian, an admitted accomplice. There was no corroborative evidence tending to connect the defendant with the alleged crime. Judgment is therefore reversed and the cause remanded.
Budge, C. 'J., and Givens, Wm. E. Lee and Yarian, JJ., concur.