Jury Trial

The following cases were recently handled in Jessamine Circuit Court by Circuit Judge Hunter Daugherty. • Derrick B. Trent plead guilty to first-degree fleeing or evading police, two counts first-degree wanton endangerment, operating on a suspended or revoked license, and second-degree persistent felony offender. His sentencing is set for Feb. 11 at 9 a.m. • John Griffin has been charged with two counts third-degree complicity to burglary, two counts complicity theft by unlawful taking, complicity tampering with physical evidence and first-degree persistent felony offender.

David Hacker, 51, was scheduled for a jury trial last Wednesday morning but ended up accepting a plea deal from County Attorney Daryl Day that would allow him to be a free man, but he hadn’t made it out of the courtroom before Day and others say he violated the rules of his probation causing Day to ask for a revocation hearing. Wednesday morning Hacker was scheduled to go on trial for making a terroristic threat against a high school senior at her home in Hustonville back in May. Kelsey Merriman told Hustonville Police Chief Fred McCoy that Hacker sneaked up on her from behind outside of her Danville Street home as she played with her dog in the yard.

Cases in Lincoln District Court. List includes all names of those charged who are not identified as minors. Jacob T. Adkins, no/expired Kentucky registration receipt, no/expired registration plates and license to be in possession. Failed to appear. Notify Department of Transportation. Larry Allen Jr., theft by deception include cold checks under $500. Plea of guilty. Restitution, fees and costs. Mark Alley, theft by unlawful taking gasoline under $500, operate motor vehicle under influence of alcohol/drugs .08 1st offense, possession of marijuana and possess controlled substance 1st offense.

The couple charged with killing their 16-day-old son will have to wait until April before having their jury trial. Christopher Chandler, 24 of Georgetown, and Amanda Tolson, 23 of 348 Hill St., were on the docket for a trial beginning Oct. 25 in Winchester. Thursday, prosecutors asked to continue the trial due to the process of having some of the evidence in the case analyzed. Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Heidi Engel said experts witnesses for the defense have not had the opportunity to review some of the evidence yet, and prosecutors want to review the experts’ reports once they have finished.

A man charged with stalking Family Court Judge Jeff Walson was back in court Wednesday looking at having his bond revoked after he tried to retrieve several guns he had pawned. Robert Matthew Walker, 39, of Lexington was arrested in May and charged with second-degree stalking for allegedly making threats after Walson ruled against him in a child custody hearing in December 2009. Walker allegedly showed up at Walson’s neighbor’s house in May, dressed as a satellite television installer, taking photos of Walson’s home.

LANCASTER — She huffed about Supreme Court precedents and she puffed about the unconstitutionality of Lancaster’s licensing fees, but when it came judgment time Thursday in Garrard District Court, Lisa Smith folded her hands, paid up and went home. “I caved,” Smith said outside the courtroom minutes after she coughed up $10 for a business license and $50 in administrative fees for paying late. It was a humbling moment for Smith, who lives in Lincoln County and owns a home in Lancaster, which she rents out. She came to the newspaper earlier in the week to talk about her plans to challenge the Lancaster ordinance requiring landlords to purchase a $10 license for doing business in the city.

STANFORD - In an unexpected move Monday, three defendants provided a surprise ending to a seven-year-old murder case by pleading guilty in the deaths of Bo Upton and Ryan Shangraw. Deonte Simmons, one of the main shooters, pleaded guilty to wanton murder, robbery, burglary and wanton endangerment in exchange for a recommended sentence from prosecutors of life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. That recommendation matches the sentence received by the other shooter, Jamarkos Campbell, who was convicted of murder last month after a five-day jury trial in Lincoln Circuit Court.

By Michael Broihier With less than two weeks before his jury trial begins, Jamarkos Campbell, a suspect in the Upton/Shangraw murders, was in court Friday as Judge Jeffrey Burdette decided on some motions and made some preliminary instructions on filling the jury, the presentation of evidence and media in the courtroom. Assistant Com-monwealth's Attorney David Dalton said that this kind of detail work is typical of high stakes trials. Campbell will be standing trial alone, with jury selection beginning on April 6. Deonte Simmons, Charles Smith and Neccolus Mundy will be tried together in mid-July.