POCATELLO, Idaho -- The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a Pocatello teen found guilty of killing his classmate and the life sentence that went with it.
But the high court threw out Brian Draper's conviction of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, saying that jurors were given erroneous instructions on the conspiracy charge.
Draper and another teen, Torey Adamcik, were convicted of stabbing fellow Pocatello High School student Cassie Jo Stoddart to death in 2006. All three were 16 at the time, and Draper and Adamcik were charged as adults.
The Idaho State Journal reports that the Idaho Supreme Court ruling means that Bannock County prosecutors will have to decide whether to re-try Draper on the conspiracy charge.
