Dec - 21
1995
AS REPORTED in your Dec. 15 news article (“Marijuana trial is unlikely”), a deal has been cut with seven of 10 defendants in a pending federal trial. The other three might be allowed to enter bargained pleas as well. Their…
Dec - 15
1995
The federal case against 10 people charged with conspiracy to cultivate high-quality marijuana in local “grow houses” likely will end without a trial. Known as the “phototron pot” operation for the way the plants were grown indoors, the case was…
Feb - 10
1990
Roanoke lawyer Jonathan Rogers had planned to take his family to St. Croix in the Virgin Islands for a vacation, but canceled the trip after Hurricane Hugo demolished the island. To make up for the missed vacation, he decided to…
Jan - 10
1990
A decision by Roanoke County Circuit Judge Jack Matthews not to disqualify himself from sentencing a woman he called a tramp has been reversed by the Virginia Supreme Court. In an order dated Tuesday, the Supreme Court said that Matthews…