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…
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…
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…
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…