
Doug Lindley/Idaho State Journal
Martin Edmo Ish goes back to the courtroom after a lunch break at the Bannock County Courthouse last week.
By Journal Staff
POCATELLO — Martin Edmo Ish has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of Eugene Lorne Red Elk. However, he was found not guilty of second-degree murder.
Ish, of Fort Hall, was arrested in June 2015 and charged with the beating death of Red Elk, a bouncer at Duffy’s Tavern in Pocatello.
Red Elk was found severely beaten outside the pub and was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, where he died from those injuries three days later.
The trial began April 18 at the Bannock County Courthouse. After eight days’ worth of witness testimony, extensive evidence and two days of deliberation, a Twin Falls-based jury determined there was enough evidence to find Ish guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
The charge of voluntary manslaughter is punishable by a fine of up to $15,000 and/or up to 15 years in prison.