and the black hills institute as a corporation is convicted of two misdemeanor thefts, a felony theft, and twice making false statements to customs officials. they also found them guilty of bringing goods into the states by making a false statement. defendant eddie coals and terry wince were not convicted on any charges. as the verdict was announced, it was almost impossible to believe that the defense had scored a great victory. however, there were some fairly significant felony convictions. the expression, you could have knocked me over with a feather, you could have knocked me over with a feather. i talked to some jurors after the trial. some of them were near tears when i interviewed them about how they had hoped they could acquit on every single charge. i believe they had to have something to take this to trial, and i spent the whole trial waiting for that something. without a doubt, the majority of
pete ended up not testifying. the state had not proven its case. the state doesn t prove your case, your client doesn t take the stand, period. and so on the advice of counsel, i did not testify. the jury came back today in the hill city fossil hunter trial. the jury said over and over again, either not guilty, or no unanimous verdict could be reached. over 150 charges, the jury agreed to convict only 13 times, and five of those convictions are for misdemeanor crimes. so here is how the convictions break down. pete larson, co-owner and founder of the institute, is convicted on two counts of misdemeanor thefts and two
and so on the advice of counsel, i did not testify. the jury came back today in the hill city fossil hunter trial. the jury said over and over again, either not guilty, or no unanimous verdict could be reached. over 150 charges, the jury agreed to convict only 13 times, and five of those convictions are for misdemeanor crimes. so here is how the convictions break down. pete larson, co-owner and founder of the institute, is convicted on two counts of misdemeanor thefts and two felony counts of illegally transporting money in and out of a country. brother neil larson found guilty of one misdemeanor theft. the jury either acquitted neil or couldn t agree on a verdict
for the others. bob fa rahr, a third co-owner, convicted of two felonies, making false statements to customs officials. and the black hills institute as a corporation is convicted of two misdemeanor thefts, a felony theft, and twice making false statements to customs officials. they also found them guilty of bringing goods into the states by making a false statement. defendant eddie coals and terry wince were not convicted on any charges. as the verdict was announced, it was almost impossible to believe that the defense had scored a great victory. however, there were some fairly significant felony convictions. the expression, you could have knocked me over with a feather, you could have knocked me over with a feather. i talked to some jurors after the trial. some of them were near tears when i interviewed them about how they had hoped they could acquit on every single charge. i believe they had to have something to take this to trial, and i spent the whole trial waiting for tha
felony counts of illegally transporting money in and out of a country. brother neil larson found guilty of one misdemeanor theft. the jury either acquitted neil or couldn t agree on a verdict for the others. bob fa rahr, a third co-owner, convicted of two felonies, making false statements to customs officials. and the black hills institute as a corporation is convicted of two misdemeanor thefts, a felony theft, and twice making false statements to customs officials. they also found them guilty of bringing goods into the states by making a false statement. defendant eddie coals and terry wince were not convicted on any charges. as the verdict was announced, it was almost impossible to believe that the defense had scored a great victory. however, there were some fairly significant felony convictions. the expression, you could have knocked me over with a feather, you could have knocked