Former Idaho representative convicted of rape asks for new trial or acquittal – Idaho Capital Sun

Former Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, whom a jury discovered responsible of felony rape in April, filed a movement searching for  a brand new trial or acquittal in Ada County’s Fourth District courtroom on Friday.

Von Ehlinger’s legal professional additionally requested that he be launched on bond if a brand new trial is granted. A listening to to think about the motions will happen at 9 a.m. June 13.

Von Ehlinger, who represented Lewiston within the Idaho Legislature from 2020 to 2021, is scheduled to be sentenced July 28 for the rape conviction. 

A jury of seven males and 6 ladies on April 29 discovered von Ehlinger responsible of the crime of rape, and never responsible on a cost of forcible penetration with a overseas object.

The fees had been associated to an evening in March 2021 when von Ehlinger, 39, took a 19-year-old legislative intern to dinner, then again to his residence, the place the previous intern stated he pressured her to carry out oral intercourse and inserted his fingers within her with out her consent. Below Idaho Code, he faces between one yr and life in jail for the crime.

Von Ehlinger’s legal professional, Jon Cox, stated within the movement for a brand new trial {that a} transcript of the four-day trial would present that proof was inadequate to maintain a conviction, that there was error relating to statutory and constitutional grounds throughout the trial, and that the decision was opposite to the legislation or proof.

“As well as, the protection anticipates that there will probably be presentation of recent proof at a listening to on the choice movement for a brand new trial, and that further time could also be obligatory to offer stated data,” Cox wrote.

Von Ehlinger served within the Legislature for lower than one yr. Gov. Brad Little appointed von Ehlinger to the Idaho Home of Representatives on June 3, 2020, to fill the seat held by the late Rep. Thyra Stevenson. 

He resigned from the Legislature following an ethics listening to within the Home of Representatives in April 2021. The ethics committee really useful his suspension or expulsion for the alleged conduct.