Rollin, Kesser appear in court to handle retrial issues
Richard Craig Kesser and Joseph Pierre Rollin appeared together briefly in Judge Timothy Cissna’s courtroom Monday afternoon at the Humboldt County Courthouse.
Kesser, convicted for his role in the 1992 murder of his ex-wife, and Rollin, convicted in connection with the 2002 death of Orick resident Joi Henderson Wright, sat quietly for the most part as their attorneys handled technical matters related to their possible retrials.
Kesser’s conviction was overturned in September, when an appeals court ruled former Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Worth Dikeman had made racially based remarks during the jury selection process.
Rollin’s conviction was overturned in December because DA Paul Gallegos used Rollin’s non-Mirandized denial of responsibility as evidence against him.
And, Allison Jackson, who spent two years preparing the Rollin case, now represents Joi Henderson Wright's family.
Looks like you may see justice after all.
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Who appeared for the County?
ReplyDeleteIf it was the afternoon, PVG was not in court on Applegate and even if he were, it is commonplace to make time for the vertically assigned attorney to appear.
Rollins should be thanking the stars, or rather, PVG, that he wasn't prosecuted by Jackson. Her cases hold up. And since PVG -who has himself been found to have committed Wheeler error by Judge Feeney- has the distinction of having fired
BOTH Jackson and Dikeman,
seems fair he handle both Rollins and Kessner.