Jimmy Hancock

• Bill Walsh built a dream that hasn't died

  By Jimmy Hancock The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge separates two of the most diverse and different cities in the country. Because of the bridge, a 15-minute drive is all that is required to move from San Francisco’s free spirited, metropolitan world to the racially challenged and one-time violent streets of Oakland. Before [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2007, 9:27am EDT
  

• Teen killers to be sentenced together

  By Jimmy Hancock jhancock@journalnet.com POCATELLO — Teen killers Torey Adamcik and Brian Draper will be together again Aug. 9 when they are sentenced for the murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart. Sixth District Judge Peter D. McDermott, who presided over the trials of both teens, said that although they were severed for those proceedings, they [...]
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  Posted: June 12, 2007, 4:51am EDT
  

• Harsh words exchange between attorneys

  Words were exchange Wednesday between prosecuting and defense attorneys during the Torey Adamcik trial in a situation that had the potential to become much hotter than it did if not for the calming influence of Sixth District Judge Peter D. McDermott. The exchange erupted during defense attorneys' second witness, Rudolph Riet, [...]
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  Posted: June 07, 2007, 12:40am EDT
  

• Prosecution winding down, Defense up next

  The last two days have no doubt been heavy ones for jurors to digest. Monday they saw the videotape made by Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik. It was a short day which began at 1 p.m., but it was a biggie. Their perspective on Adamcik was dramatically changed. Until the videotape [...]
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  Posted: June 05, 2007, 4:51pm EDT
  

• Civility returns to the courtroom

  Although questions from Bron Rammell during cross-examination of Bannock County Sheriff's Detective Andy Thomas created some frustration between the two, the attorney clearly maintained a more subdued composure Saturday. Frustrations stemmed from Rammell's line of questioning regarding how officers handled the crime scene at the home where Stoddart's body was found. [...]
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  Posted: June 04, 2007, 1:37am EDT
  

• Attorney on the offensive

  Much of Friday's proceeding in the Torey Adamcik trial was grueling to watch. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for Idaho State Police Lt. John Ganske who spent much of the day testifying. Ganske was part of the investigative team, along with Bannock County Sheriff's Detective Andy Thomas, [...]
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  Posted: June 01, 2007, 3:27pm EDT
  

• Different defendant, same defense: Kind of

  Thursday start to the Torey Adamcik trial was nearly an exact duplicate to the Brian Draper trial. Prosecutors called the same first few witnesses in an effort to establish a crime had been committed and that Cassie Jo Stoddart was the victim. The biggest difference between the starts of the [...]
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  Posted: June 01, 2007, 1:35am EDT
  

• Adamcik's jury selection

  Selection of a jury from Twin Falls County for the Torey Adamcik trial was completed in one day — one longgggg day. Many involved with the case believed it would take at least part of a second day to secure a jury from the Twin Falls area, Primarily over concerns [...]
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  Posted: May 30, 2007, 12:52pm EDT
  

• Idaho Attorney General talks water and MySpace

  By Jimmy Hancock Journalism can be as rigorous as any profession out there, sometimes more. The cool part, however, is the people we get to meet. It easily makes up for the grueling side of the job. From the least known to the most prominent, the people are what this job [...]
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  Posted: May 16, 2007, 2:58pm EDT
  

• Adamcik video played at Draper trial

  By Jimmy Hancock The most substantial testimony of the Brian Draper trial came from Bannock County Sheriff's Detective Andy Thomas who first took the stand Thursday. During Thomas' Thursday testimony, recordings of Draper's second, third and fourth interrogations were played. On Friday, Thomas again spent most of the day on the stand [...]
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  Posted: April 13, 2007, 3:45pm EDT
  

• Thursday Draper trial proceeding all about the videos

  By Jimmy Hancock The second day of testimony in the Brian Draper trial was all about watching videos. The day began with jurors watching the last hour of Draper’s Sept. 26 interrogation by police. Videos of two subsequent interrogations on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 were also admitted into evidence and shown [...]
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  Posted: April 12, 2007, 2:51pm EDT