05/10/93 State Idaho V. Charles Tribe

Tribe was charged with the first degree torture murder of Diana Tribe, his wife. Before trial, the district court informed the panel of prospective jurors that Tribe's case was "not a death penalty case." At the Conclusion of the trial, the court instructed the jury relative to first degree murder by torture and as to second degree murder but not as to second degree murder by torture. The jury convicted him on the first degree murder charge. The district court imposed a fixed life sentence.