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• Judge: Man who stripped at airport not guilty

  July 18, 2012 in Region PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon man kept his clothes on when he went through court security on his way to his trial, unlike the episode that got him there: stripping … 7

• Judge upholds Coeur d’Alene election

    October 5, 2010 The city of Coeur d’Alene and an incumbent councilman emerged victorious Tuesday in a lawsuit that challenged the legality of the November 2009 City Council election and accused Kootenai County’s …

• Woodland Man Found Guilty In Mongolia Shooting Trial

  March 26, 1998 in City on Page B4 A Washington state businessman was convicted here Wednesday of “over-zealous self-defense” in the shooting death of a sawmill worker. A three-judge panel sentenced George Risley of Woodland, Wash., to 18 …

• Jury Convicts Girl In Death Of Parents

  March 20, 1998 in City on Page B2 Starr Lake, described by prosecutors as a scheming seductress who manipulated her boyfriend into shooting her adoptive parents, was convicted Thursday of participating in their slayings. The Garfield County Superior …

• Man Convicted Of Resisting Arrest Police Stop Led To Three Misdemeanor Charges, And Citizen’s Complaint Against Police Officer

  February 19, 1998 in City on Page B2 A Davenport man who has filed a citizen’s complaint against a Spokane police officer was convicted of three misdemeanors Wednesday, including resisting arrest and failing to obey an officer. Christopher …

• Nanny Found Guilty Of Murdering Infant

  December 16, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 A nanny was convicted of murder Monday for suffocating a 6-month-old in her care as the boy’s parents slept in another room. Donna Gist, 35, was accused of shaking, beating …

• Man Convicted Of Murdering Pair For Drugs

  November 22, 1997 in City on Page B8 A 23-year-old Marysville man can expect to spend the rest of his life in prison for killing two men for their drugs. Snohomish County Superior Court jurors on Thursday convicted …

• Judge Sets Convicted Au Pair Free Ruling Assailed For Leniency; Prosecution Vows To Appeal

  November 11, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Louise Woodward reiterates her innocence to Judge Hiller Zobel on Monday. Photo by Associated Press

• Mcveigh Gets Death Jury Condemns Bomber To Death By Lethal Injection

  June 14, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Timothy McVeigh listens Friday as a jury sentences him to die for killing 168 people. The drawing is by CBS artist Pat Lopez. Associated Press

• Trial Ends In Hung Jury Juror Forces Mistrial On Major Counts

  April 3, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 The government’s case against three North Idaho men accused of terrorizing the Spokane Valley dissolved Wednesday when deadlocked jurors walked away in frustration. The jury was hung 11-1 in favor …

• Sentencing Set On Assault Conviction

  February 26, 1997 in City on Page B3 A Ford area man is to be sentenced March 28 for threatening three youths with a gun when he entered a Springdale resident’s home last October to collect a debt. …

• Jury Orders Simpson To Pay $25 Million In Punitive Damages

  February 11, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Expressing little doubt about the evidence and scant faith in O.J. Simpson’s testimony, a civil jury decided Monday that he should pay $25 million as punishment for the slayings of …

• Ex-Ballet Director Found Guilty Of Killing Wife Russian Emigre Faces 10 Years To Life In Strangling Death

  February 9, 1997 in Idaho on Page B4 A Russian emigre and former Ballet Idaho artistic director was convicted on Saturday of strangling his cleaning lady wife and dumping her nude body near his former patron’s home. Veniamin …

• Jury Backs Doctor In Aids Suit Family Alleged Diagnosis Of Aids Was Made Too Late

  December 24, 1996 in City on Page B1 A jury spent less than two hours Monday deciding a Deer Park doctor was not guilty of malpractice when he treated a patient who later died of AIDS. Jurors listened …

• Cavanaugh Found Guilty Of Illegal Weapons Charges

  November 22, 1996 in City on Page B1 Paul Cavanaugh was found guilty Thursday of three illegal weapons charges. File/The Spokesman-Review

• Jury Spares ‘Ambushed’ TV Guest Man Humiliated By Jenny Jones Guilty Of Second-Degree Murder

  November 13, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Jonathan Schmitz

• Man Convicted In Case Alleging Spread Of Aids Virus

  September 27, 1996 in City on Page B4 A Camas man suspected of passing the AIDS virus to dozens of people was convicted Thursday of one count of second-degree assault for intentionally infecting a 28-year-old woman. Randall Ferguson, …

• Jury Convicts Shooter Of Attempted Murders

  July 4, 1996 in City on Page B5 Sabrina Lewin swears she doesn’t care about the stranger who nearly killed her in a shooting last summer. He’s a “loser,” she said. In the same breath, she acknowledges how …

• Two Found Guilty In Woman’s Death Former Couple Had Blamed Each Other In Robbery Scheme That ‘Went Too Far’

  July 4, 1996 in City on Page B4 Koralee Dixon had two killers, a Spokane County jury decided Wednesday. Marcella Taylor and Willie Richardson were found guilty of first-degree murder after less than four hours of deliberations. The …

• Man Found Guilty Of Klaas Murder

  June 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Richard Allen Davis was found guilty Tuesday of the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas, a crime that makes him eligible for the death penalty. Davis, 42, listened impassively …

• Priest Convicted Of Raping Boy

  June 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A Roman Catholic priest who prosecutors said had sex with an altar boy for six years was convicted Tuesday night of rape, and will be sentenced to life in prison …

• 2nd Man Guilty In Double Murder Orchard Workers Were Beaten, Left To Drown In Okanogan River

  June 18, 1996 in City on Page B3 Scott Pierce, 21, will join Anthony Sammons, 25, in prison for the rest of his life for a double murder last September that may have been racially motivated. A jury …

• Comeslast Still Insists He’s Not The Killer

  June 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A12 Half an hour after jurors pronounced him guilty of two murders, Kenneth “Junior” Comeslast sat inside the Spokane County Jail, waiting for a phone call from his mother. “Am I …

• Officer Guilty Of Shooting Transit Cop

  March 27, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 A jury Tuesday convicted New York City Police Officer Peter Del-Debbio of second-degree assault, finding he “recklessly” fired his gun into the back of undercover Transit Police Officer Desmond Robinson …

• Former Law Student Guilty Of Rabin’s Assassination

  March 27, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 An Israeli court today convicted Yitzhak Rabin’s confessed assassin of murder, saying the former law student meticulously planned the killing and then calmly pulled the trigger. Defendant Yigal Amir, 25, …

• Abortion Protester Guilty Of Vandalism

  March 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 A Denver jury Wednesday convicted abortion protester David Lane on burglary and criminal mischief charges for vandalizing an abortion clinic and a doctor’s office last year. Lane, 26, also was …

• Man Guilty In Deaths Of Japanese Students

  March 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 A man was convicted Wednesday of killing two students from Japan during a 1994 carjacking in a supermarket parking lot. Raymond Oscar Butler, 20, could face the death penalty. A …

• Boot Will Spend Life In Prison Teen Convicted Of Aggravated Murder

  February 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 ‘Felicia can have some peace.’ After the Kevin Boot verdict, Felicia Reese’s fiance, Ken Whitehall, hugs his mother, Sharon Whitehall, and the courtroom and says, “I just can’t believe it’s …

• Man Convicted Of Driving Drunk Woman Faces Tough Recovery From Accident A Year Ago

  February 17, 1996 in Idaho on Page B1 1. Thomas 2. Victoria and Rick Van Horn leave court Friday. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

• Counselor No Predator, Jurors Rule Panel Rejects Man’s Claim That Therapist Made Sex Advances

  February 9, 1996 in City on Page B1 It didn’t take jurors long to decide that counselor Janice White isn’t the sexual predator one of her patients wanted them to believe. The panel deliberated less than 90 minutes …

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