LIVE: Hearing regarding Daybell prosecutor happening Wednesday morning
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ST. ANTHONY A judge will listen to arguments Wednesday morning from the attorneys of Chad and Lori Daybell as they request that special prosecutor Rob Wood be dismissed from the cases of their clients.
Lori’s attorney, Marks Means, and Chad’s attorney, John Prior, have accused Wood of prosecutorial misconduct. Prior and Wood requested that the hearing be closed to the public but Means argued to have it open and District Judge Steven Boyce agreed.
The parties will meet via Zoom at 9 a.m. It’s not clear if the Daybells will appear.
Local man placed on rider after baby found with severe injuries
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Mekenzee Grant | Fremont County Jail
EDITOR’s NOTE:The following story contains graphic details regarding an abused child. Reader discretion is advised.
ST. ANTHONY A Fremont County man will spend up to a year in prison treatment programs after investigators found a severely injured 4-month-old boy.
Mekenzee Grant, 27, pleaded guilty to felony injury to a child and on Dec. 22, District Judge Steven Boyce sent him on a rider program. Fremont County Prosecutor Marcia Murdoch had signed an agreement with Grant that if he pleaded guilty, she would recommend he be placed on a rider.
Updated: 11:17 AM PST, December 23, 2020
Chad and Lori Daybell s attorneys this week alleged prosecutorial misconduct in their client s case which is set for trial in July.
Chad and Lori Daybell s attorneys this week alleged prosecutorial misconduct in their client s case, which is set for trial in July, according to a report. Defense attorneys Mark Means and John Prior accused Special Prosecutor Rob Wood of attempting to coerce, unduly influence, coach, and or intimate Lori s sister Summer Shiflett in October, the East Idaho News reported.
After the joint motion to disqualify was filed Tuesday, Wood, who is serving in Madison County in Lori s case and acting as a Special Prosecutor in Fremont County for Chad s case, spoke out the next day denying all allegations against him and requesting an expedited hearing to clarify the lawyer s claims, the outlet reported.
New information released on closed Daybell court hearing
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Chad and Lori Daybell
ST. ANTHONY A court order summarized what happened at a closed hearing Friday in the Chad and Lori Daybell cases.
Allegations of misconduct were made last week by Lori’s attorney, Marks Means, and Chad’s attorney, John Prior, against Special Prosecutor Rob Wood. The attorneys went before District Judge Steven Boyce on Friday after several motions were filed by the parties. Boyce closed the hearing to the public and media citing “prejudicial” or harmful information would be discussed.
In joint motions to disqualify Wood from the case, Means and Prior accused the prosecutor of allegedly trying to “coerce, unduly influence, coach, and or intimidate” Lori’s sister, Summer Shiflet, during an October meeting in Arizona. Around the same time, he is also alleged to have been inappropriately discussed the case with Lori’s sister-in-law, Zulema Pastenes. The accusations are relate
Hearing set to consider disqualifying Vallow-Daybell prosecutor
Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell
ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)-A hearing will be held January 6 to consider whether to disqualify Special Prosecutor Rob Wood from prosecuting Lori Vallow-Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell in connection with the disappearance of Vallow’s children, Tylee and J.J.
The action was announced this week following a closed hearing last week.
You can read the Judge s orders here.
Seventh District Judge Steven Boyce denied two motions for a judicial protective order. One was filed by the Prosecutor, the other by Vallow’s attorney.
The court did approve a motion from the defendants to extend the time they require to prepare for trial. By stipulation, Boyce has vacated a hearing on the defendants’ joint motions for a change of venue, originally scheduled for January 6, 2021.