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On March 10, 200 9, an Idaho gran d jury charged K T homas with seve erry S tephen n felony counts of vio la tin g Idaho Code Se attemp ting to transfer any of
contact, without disclo
his bodily fluid, to-wit:
sing his infection of th
e human immunodefic
“Not to punish you seve
rely would depreciate
Michael E. Wetherell sa sexual relationship did
semen and/or saliva by
id during Thomas’ sent
ction 39-608 by “trans
ferring or
genital to genital and/
or oral to genital
iency virus (HIV).”
the seriousness of this
encing, according to co
crime and this continui
urt transcripts. “The in
ng conduct,” District Ju
dge
dividual with which yo
not know of your HIV st u had the atus.” Thomas, a longtime Id aho resident and form er Boise State Universi ty basketball player, wa indictment on March 19 s subsequently served , 2009, since he was in the Ada County Jail, followi ng an arrest for violating Oregon without permiss parole by visiting his so ion. Thomas had been n in a parolee since 2003 fo r violating the very same 1996 incident for which HI V di sclosure statute in a he was found guilty by a jury and served seven years in prison.
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