Why The State Says Lori Vallow Caused Her Own Appeal

Lori Vallow Daybell's appellate attorney wants the Idaho Supreme Court to erase every conviction or order a new trial. The state's 59-page response says she built the very problems she's complaining about. She was found incompetent twice — 353 days in state hospitals — and then filed a speedy trial claim over the delay she caused. She moved to change venue and then argued the timeline violated her rights.

The appeal's strongest claim involves her defense attorney Mark Means. Chad Daybell arranged and paid for Means while they were co-conspirators in a capital case. A recorded jail call captured Chad calling Means "my attorney." The judge removed Means for a documented conflict. Durham argues the removal process was unconstitutional because it happened in a courtroom Lori wasn't allowed into while she was too sick to understand what was happening.

The oral arguments are set for November 2 at the Idaho Supreme Court in Boise. This hearing is standard under Idaho appellate rules, not a special grant. Lori Vallow Daybell won't attend. She is serving seven life sentences across Idaho and Arizona, and even if every Idaho conviction is reversed, two Arizona life sentences remain untouched. The families of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow are watching the system work through a process that cannot free her.

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