Chad Daybell files notice of appeal, asks Supreme Court to review verdict and sentence

ST. ANTHONY — Chad Daybell’s lawyer has revenge an entreaty and is asking nan Idaho Supreme Court to analyse his case, verdict and decease sentence.

A assemblage sentenced Daybell to decease Saturday pursuing an 8 week proceedings successful Ada County. Two days earlier, nan aforesaid assemblage recovered him blameworthy of murdering his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and 2 children – Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan – belonging to his existent wife, Lori Vallow Daybell.

John Prior, Daybell’s attorney, revenge nan announcement of entreaty Monday. He asked nan Supreme Court to see nan pursuing issues:

• Did Judge Steven Boyce err successful not granting Daybell’s mobility to disregard nan expansive assemblage indictment successful nan case?
• Did Boyce err successful ruling Dr. Davidson’s study and grounds would beryllium inadmissible successful nan case?
• Did Boyce err successful allowing nan prosecution to amend their indictment aft they rested?
• Did Boyce err successful denying nan defense’s mobility to disregard nan case?
• Did Boyce err successful providing to nan assemblage nan astir existent assemblage instruction of reasonable uncertainty astatine nan guilt stage?
• Did Boyce err successful providing nan assemblage nan astir presently instruction of reasonable uncertainty astatine nan sentencing phase?

Prior wrote he “reserves nan correct to amend and see further issues” erstwhile appellate attorneys are appointed to nan case.

In a abstracted motion, Prior requested a authorities appellate defense lawyer beryllium instantly appointed “to protect Mr. Daybell’s correct to activity appellate relief.”

Prior is requesting that each lawsuit motions, records and a transcript of nan proceedings beryllium included successful nan entreaty and asked for each transcript and different fees beryllium waived because Daybell is incarcerated and indigent.

Appeals of felony convictions, particularly successful execution cases, are common. They must beryllium revenge wrong 42 days of sentencing. The Idaho Supreme Court automatically reviews each decease punishment condemnation imposed by proceedings courts, which is abstracted from immoderate entreaty revenge by nan defendant.

The appellate process tin beryllium lengthy and whitethorn return respective years. The Idaho Attorney General will delegate a lawyer to correspond nan prosecution, and that attorney, on pinch nan defense appellate attorney, will hole written briefs and apt coming oral arguments earlier nan Idaho Supreme Court issues its decision.