There were two jury trials in District Court this past week. Each trial lasted just one day from jury selection to the deliverance of a verdict. In the first, Mr. John Wilkinson, a supervisor for Ferrell Gas, was convicted of Assault in the Fourth Degree. The evidence was that on August 26, 2010, an employee […]

A few weeks ago, I had a visit from some folks who have some land in Stevens County. The land had been an old home site many years ago, complete with an outhouse and hand dug well. The folks started with a roof for their travel trailer and then they added a concrete floor, and […]

Mr. William Willard was driving north towards Newport October 3, 2010. He had been drinking. In a moment of inattention, he drifted into the southbound lane. He would have hit the southbound pickup pulling a car trailer, except for the alert driver of that truck. That driver, traveling with his wife and daughter swerved into […]

Last week I wrote about a trial that was in progress; the trial of Leonard Boston on Delivery of Heroin charges. At the start of the trial, Mr. Boston was charged with 4 counts of Delivery of Heroin and one count of Possession of Heroin with Intent to Deliver and one count of Use of […]