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The case went to the jury yesterday
http://www.record-bee.com/ci_13155416
Closing complete: Jury to DeliberateBy Katy Sweeny-- Staff reporter
Updated: 08/18/2009 09:54:01 PM PDT
LAKEPORT Lights on, lights off. Crew, operator. Corruption, no corruption.
Jurors heard those and other arguments during closing statements Tuesday in the trial against Bismarck Dinius for felony boating under the influence and two misdemeanor boating under the influence charges.
Dinius was at the tiller of Mark Weber's sailboat on April 29, 2006 when Capt. Russell Perdock of the Lake County Sheriff's Office crashed into the vessel with his speedboat. Perdock was off duty at the time of the collision. Sailboat passenger Lynn Thornton died as a result of the crash.
Defense attorney Victor Haltom argued the sailboat lights were on, Dinius was a member of the crew and wasn't responsible for the boat or its lights, and the LCSO and the Lake County District Attorney's office is corrupt.
District Attorney Jon Hopkins told the jury the sailboat's lights were off, Dinius was the operator with the responsibility to make sure the sailboat's running lights were on, and his office and the sheriff's department is not corrupt for charging a man who was drunk with boating under the influence.
The bailiff told one man to leave the courtroom because the man was responding to closing arguments with, "Yeah," and nodding his head. Most of the crowd stayed quiet as instructed although people, including Weber, whispered opinions the bailiff and jurors didn't seem to hear.
Haltom used a PowerPoint presentation to go along with his closing argument.
more here http://www.record-bee.com/ci_13155416
http://www.record-bee.com/ci_13155416
Closing complete: Jury to DeliberateBy Katy Sweeny-- Staff reporter
Updated: 08/18/2009 09:54:01 PM PDT
LAKEPORT Lights on, lights off. Crew, operator. Corruption, no corruption.
Jurors heard those and other arguments during closing statements Tuesday in the trial against Bismarck Dinius for felony boating under the influence and two misdemeanor boating under the influence charges.
Dinius was at the tiller of Mark Weber's sailboat on April 29, 2006 when Capt. Russell Perdock of the Lake County Sheriff's Office crashed into the vessel with his speedboat. Perdock was off duty at the time of the collision. Sailboat passenger Lynn Thornton died as a result of the crash.
Defense attorney Victor Haltom argued the sailboat lights were on, Dinius was a member of the crew and wasn't responsible for the boat or its lights, and the LCSO and the Lake County District Attorney's office is corrupt.
District Attorney Jon Hopkins told the jury the sailboat's lights were off, Dinius was the operator with the responsibility to make sure the sailboat's running lights were on, and his office and the sheriff's department is not corrupt for charging a man who was drunk with boating under the influence.
The bailiff told one man to leave the courtroom because the man was responding to closing arguments with, "Yeah," and nodding his head. Most of the crowd stayed quiet as instructed although people, including Weber, whispered opinions the bailiff and jurors didn't seem to hear.
Haltom used a PowerPoint presentation to go along with his closing argument.
more here http://www.record-bee.com/ci_13155416
Our condolences. Paul and Terri
