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Show First Degree Murder Trial for Richard Dean Opens at Parowan; Jury Named The first degree murder trial of a Beryl Cafe Operator Richard Dean moved Into its third day Wednesday witii continued testimony tes-timony from witnesses called by the state. The trial, which has had a series of delays since December, got under way Monday In District Dis-trict Court in Parowan with Judge C Nelson Day presiding. The entire day was taken up with the selection of a Jury. A total of 50 jurors were called, a total of 32 was impanneled and final selections were made. The 12-man jury includes three wo men and nine men. They were listed as follows: Clifford Stones, Paragonah; Lorin Smith, Hattie Harris and LaVerne Dobrusky, all of Parowan; and Harry . B. Leigh, Wesley McEown, Fred La-Frentz, La-Frentz, Clair Macfarlane, Pearl E. Rogers, M. M. Rasmussen, Dudley Leavitt and J. M. Palmer, all of Cedar City. Opening Statements Opening statements and four testimonies were heard as the trial opened Tuesday. The state called four witnesses to the stand during the day, two of which were part of the. 13 . which were subpooned by the state and the fourth, Luther Yel-lowhair, Yel-lowhair, continued testimony as the trial continued Wednesday. Dean has been charged with the September 29 shooting of Lee Nez, 21-year-old Navajo Indian, in the parking lot of the cafe owned and operated by Dean at Beryl Crossroads in Western Iron County. In his opening statement the District Attorney Charles Pickett, indicated that the state would attempt at-tempt to prove that Dean showed an utter disregard for human life In the Incidents that led tip to the shooting of Nez. Opening statements by Attorney Attor-ney J. Harlan Burns indicated that self defense will apparently be the main line of defense in the case. September 29 Events The shooting occured on a Sunday evening after a brawl near the cafe in the afternoon when Nez and three other com-panions com-panions returned to the cafe in the evening. Called to the witness stand Tuesday by the state was Iron County physician L. V. Broad-bent; Broad-bent; Iron County Sheriff Otto Fife; Deputy Sheriff Dallen Williams Wil-liams and the first major witness of the case Luther Yellowhalr, a stepbrother of the shooting victim vic-tim and a member of the group reportedly involved in the brawling brawl-ing and who returned with Nez to the cafe area when the shooting shoot-ing occured. Yellowhalr was on the stand when court recessed at 5:30 p. m. and resumed in the witness chair on Wednesday. Testimony by Yellowhalr was given through an interpretor Richard George of Windowrock, Ariz. Two others of the state's witnesses required Interpreters. |