After declaring Dawn Holmstrom a hostile witness, Judge Carpeneti hoped to get the trial back on track. Once the jury…
Not much had changed with Dawn Holmstrom, except that her memory was two years older. She still wanted — and…
Juneau is not so far from Ketchikan that word doesn’t travel. More than that, there was already an extensive record…
With the jury seated, Judge Carpeneti faced a barrage of requests. As always, the agenda featured old allegations and even…
How do you select a jury? There are as many theories as there are lawyers. But attorneys know what they…
On November 28th, 1986, as Judge Schulz was set to hear defense motions, Mary Anne Henry surprised him. She was…
Arguments in State v. Peel ended with a thud, not a bang. After a dispiriting attempt to grind Jim Robinson…
At this trial, every witness seemed to be under suspicion from one side or the other. Every story was subject…
The controversy surrounding Jim Robinson would not die. Phil Weidner wouldn’t let it. Instead, he called him in as a so-called…
John Peel’s defense predictably countered that testimony pointing to a stocky, dark-complexioned Native man raised questions about a core prosecution…