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Show Sixth District Court Actions PANGUITCH Judge K. L. Mclff presided over a single criminal case in Sixth Judicial District Court Thursday, Mar. 19. Four defendants in a wildlife case, James McCorquodale, 37, Johnson City, Texas; Dean Charles Char-les Wintch, 72, Tropic; Dennis D. Wintch, 51, Orem; and Paul Dressel, 56, Yakima, Wash, were due in court for initial ' appearances appear-ances to be followed immediately by preliminary hearings. All, except ex-cept Dressel, were charged with felonies. Attorney Leo G. Kanell, Beaver, Bea-ver, who is prosecuting the case for the state in lieu of Garfield County Attorney Wallace Lee due to a conflict of interest, was present in court with Division of Wildlife Resources representatives representa-tives Doug Messerly and Michael Fowlks were present in court and prepared to go forward with the case. The defendants and their attorney at-torney were not present. Kanel said he had earlier conferred con-ferred with defendant McCorquodale McCorquo-dale and believed he had an offer worked out under which McCorquodale McCor-quodale would plead guilty to a lesser charge of a misdemeanor in exchange for assistance in the case. Kanell said he had expected ex-pected McCorquodale in court to consummate the plea bargain. The, three remaining defendants defen-dants had been represented by Paul Frischknecht of Manti and had been preparing to fight the criminal charges. Kanell was informed that McCorquodale was not present in court and would now also be represented rep-resented by Frischknecht. Frischknecht had requested a continuance claiming that discovery dis-covery had yet to be provided by the state's prosecutor so he could begin to prepare for the case. Kanell acknowledged that the information had not been mailed to Frishchknecht. Kanell argued that a continuance in the case was probably valid for Kent Wintch, Dennis Wincth and Dressel, Dres-sel, but not for McCorquodale. Kanell told Judge Mclff that discovery was never requested in McCorquodale' s behalf so a continuance con-tinuance should not be granted on his behalf by the court McCorquodale McCor-quodale should have been in court and his "non-appearance" in court (See COURT on page 5-A) Court Actions From Front Page should be dealt with by the judge. Judge Mclff said he understood under-stood the state's frustration, but he was reluctant to proceed with a warrant as it was evident that McCorquodale now wanted to be represented by an attorney rather than enter into a plea agreement with the state. Judge Mclff offered to reach Frischknecht by phone and come up with a date agreed upon for a continuance. The matter was 'reset for initial appearances on 'Apr. 30. The case stems back to October Octo-ber 1996 and, as yet, no defendants defen-dants have made an initial appearance ap-pearance in court. |