When lawyer Phil Weidner finally got his win in State of Alaska v. John Kenneth Peel, he also got the…
Final arguments are supposed to be final. Phil Weidner had taken some of the air out of that notion, with…
If anything was certain in this trial — in these trials, really — it was that John Peel was still…
Judge Carpeneti finally ruled on questions about Larry Demmert’s use of drugs. And his alleged addictions. He declared that, “It’s…
Trials can be boring and most trials qualify. Murder trials, on the other hand, often reach an emotional state. The…
March 1988 Phillip Weidner had a way of reaching into the grittiest, grimiest details of a criminal case. As always,…
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…