LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Both prosecutors and defense attorneys continue their preparations for the retrial of a suspect in a triple homicide near West Salem nearly three years ago.
Judge Elliott Levine criticized prosecutors for missing a deadline for submitting jury questionnaires in the trial of triple-homicide defendant Nya Thao. Thao, who has been held in jail for two years, is accused of murdering three people in 2021. Prosecutors missed the deadline for submitting their proposed questionnaire until the day before the hearing, prompting Levine s frustration. Defense attorney Aaron Nelson argued for a shorter questionnaire, and Levine told prosecutors to agree on a questionnaire by the end of the week.
A 31-year-old Wallace, Idaho, man has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial for attempting to board a private plane at the La Crosse Regional Airport. Cody A. Anderson pleaded no contest to one felony count of attempted robbery with threat of force, but four other felony charges were dismissed. The judge agreed with a medical assessment that Anderson was not responsible for his actions.
A 31-year-old Wallace, Idaho, man has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial for attempting to board a private plane at the La Crosse Regional Airport. Cody A. Anderson pleaded no contest to one felony count of attempted robbery with threat of force, but four other felony charges were dismissed. The judge agreed with a medical assessment that Anderson was not responsible for his actions.