A Ketchikan jury took less than an hour to acquit Steve Marshall of a murder solicitation Thursday, officials and family members said.
The trial – held before Superior Court Judge William Carey in the First Judicial District at Ketchikan – hinged on the credibility of witness Frank W. Mooney, according to family members and the Ketchikan Daily News. Mooney is a convicted sex offender.
Carey sentenced Marshall to 10 unsuspended years on a first and third degree assault counts Aug. 20 after a Wrangell jury acquitted him of rape charges at the same trial.
The earlier trial was held June 8 in Wran...
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