Koot Co commissioners deny contract

COEUR d’ALENE - More concerns of conflict, or at least perceived conflict, have arisen over a criminal case involving a Post Falls couple indicted for abusing their foster child.

The Kootenai County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to not approve a separate contract for attorney Sean Walsh to act as public defender for Jeremy and Amber Clark, whose foster daughter, Karina Moore, died of head injuries following injuries they allegedly inflicted.

The commissioners’ decision was based on the recent discovery that Walsh’s wife, Mayli Walsh, is an attorney with the county public defender’s office. Walsh’s partner, Daniel Sheckler, is also married to Lisa Sheckler, a civil deputy prosecuting attorney in the county prosecutor’s office. Sto ry here. Alecia Warren, Cda Press

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