Sitka Trial Courts: December 2019
There were two major criminal indictments in Sitka in December 2019: A homicide and theft of electrical power. However, few details are available yet to the public.
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Judge to resolve email standoff in Sitka homicide case
An effort by the City of Sitka to keep some emails out of a murder trial involving two former municipal employees will be resolved in a judge’s chambers. Judge David George has ordered that over 1,800 emails seized from the computer of Reuben Yerkes be turned over the court for ex parte in camera review.
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As evidence dispute drags on, Sitka murder trial pushed to September ’18
Attorneys have been unable to resolve a dispute over access to emails exchanged by the 40-year old former paralegal and his alleged victim, 28-year old Ali Clayton, when they both worked in Sitka’s City Hall.
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Attorneys tangle over email search in Sitka homicide case
The trial of a 39-year old Sitka man accused of murder remains delayed, while the court attempts to screen out email evidence potentially harmful to the City of Sitka. Before his arrest, Reuben Yerkes was Sitka's paralegal.
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‘Privileged’ emails may delay Sitka homicide trial
At a hearing held Thursday afternoon (10-12-17), Yerkes’ defense argued that examining evidence and screening the former Sitka paralegal's emails for privileged information could make a January trial unrealistic.
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