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Show Narcotics Possession Brings Jail Sentence Carl Rappe of Moab appeared ap-peared before City Judge Don Crist on Tuesday afternoon, af-ternoon, July 21, and on the advice of counsel, entered en-tered a plea of guilty to the charge of possessing a narcotic drug, to-wit, marijuana. He was thereupon there-upon sentenced to serve six months in the Grand County Jail; five of the months were suspended and he was placed on probation pro-bation under the supervision super-vision of the Adult Probation Pro-bation and Parole Department De-partment for a period of six months following his jail sentence. The terms and conditions condi-tions of the probation indicated in-dicated that he would meet with his probation officer, Carl Kraync, on Monday and Thursday of each week during the term of his probation. He will also be required to report to the rehabilitation counselor coun-selor in Provo on the first and third Wednesday of each month, or at such other times which may be established by his probation proba-tion officer, at least twice per month. When traveling to Provo for his appointments, he must furnish, his own transportation, and will be accompanied by no one excepting an immediate member of his family or another person who is on probation and has an appointment ap-pointment with the rehabilitation reha-bilitation counselor in Provo. He will be prohibited from leaving Grand or San Juan Counties except when accompanied by a member mem-ber of his immediate family fam-ily and except when attending at-tending counseling sessions. ses-sions. Court action considered on Friday, July 17, resulted result-ed in a sentence of $250 fine for driving while intoxicated in-toxicated for Kent Evans Lewelling. The sentence indicated that the defendant defen-dant would serve a day in jail for every $5 not pai to the court. Another narcotics case which came before the judge this week was that of the State of Utah vs. Delford Hotz, charged with selling LSD. As the court found that probable cause existed, it ordered Hotz to appear before the District Court on Monday, August 17, at 10 a.m. to answer to the information on file in said court. A jury trial, scheduled last week resulted in the counsel for the defense appearing, but not the defendant. de-fendant. William J. Oliver was advised on the night prior to the trial that the trial would go ahead as scheduled, and that he was to appear. He placed a call from Grand Junction to his attorney, Luke Pap-pas Pap-pas from Price, the next day after failing to appear in court and indicated that he had left the area as he felt he would not get a fair trial through the Moab Mo-ab courts. Bail for Oliver was forfeited and a. warrant war-rant issued for his arrest, should he return to the. state of Utah. Charles Thomas Leonard Leon-ard was in court on a fugitive fu-gitive complaint alleging' theft of ' an automobile from Arapahoe . County, Colorado. He was arrested arrest-ed on a warrant from the district attorney in that state, and was brought before the court on Friday, Fri-day, July 17. Wrhen advised advis-ed of his rights relating to extradition, he signed a waiver of extradition, and was transported back to Colorado. |