As Mary Anne Henry dove into her opening statement, she reeled off a cacophony of names, a dizzying list that…
As the trial began, Judge Schulz’s courtroom was packed. He’d switched to the larger Superior Court in hopes of accommodating…
As the jury selection process moved into its fourth week, the judge took over the questioning of prospective jurors. He…
When the Jim Robinson hearing ended, the former Craig Auto owner hurried to catch up with Mary Anne Henry. After…
After three weeks, the Peel jury of seventeen citizens — down from eighteen because the jury box would only seat…
Phillip Weidner wanted a jury of peers that fit snuggly within the boundaries of blue-collar, working-class folks. He made it…
After two weeks of tedious one-by-one questioning, the judge dismissed a total of three people on the grounds of financial…
Ketchikan has long been a blue-collar town and there were some expectations the Peel jury would represent its blue-collar origins.…
The highlight of the increasingly nasty exchanges between counsel came, predictably enough, in the form of another defense request. John…
Brant McGee’s response to Mary Anne Henry’s argument was quick and angry. He charged that prosecutors had “selected” evidence to…