GUILTY WA - Susann Smith, 37, murdered, Bothell, 12 Feb 2013

[OkieGranny]

http://www.heraldnet.com/apps/pbcs....Bothell-murder-trial&template=PrinterFriendly

A Bothell man accused of fatally beating, stabbing and drowning his estranged wife in 2013 has decided to let a judge decide his fate.

Jury selection for Alan Smith’s first-degree murder trial had been scheduled to begin this week. On Monday morning, his lawyer told Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Linda Krese that Smith instead wants a bench trial. That means only the judge will weigh the evidence and reach a verdict in the case.

Deputy prosecutor Craig Matheson said he still plans to present the same case, and he expects the trial will last roughly three weeks. Witnesses are scheduled to begin testifying Thursday.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/news/290376451.html

The closing statements from the Alan Smith murder trial, accused of killing his estranged wife Susann Smith in Feb. 2012, were heard in a Snohomish County courtroom today...

The defense and the prosecution rested at 2 p.m., in front of a packed courtroom.

A verdict is not expected until Feb. 4 at 1:30 p.m. - almost two years from the time Susann was killed.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/290567331.html#

A Snohomish County judge plans Wednesday to announce her verdict in the trial of a Bothell man accused of beating, stabbing and drowning his estranged wife.

Susann Smith’s friends were heard saying Friday that they were grateful they wouldn’t have to wait much longer to learn Alan Smith’s fate. They have sat through three weeks of testimony, including the grisly accounts of how their friend, a mother of two young children, was struck and stabbed nearly two dozen times and then dragged into a bathtub where she drowned.

Susann Smith’s sister attended part of the trial but had returned to Germany by Friday when lawyers gave closing arguments.

 

[pharmchick]

GUILTY!!!!

http://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/290832631.html

Sentencing on Feb. 23rd. Keeping Susann's family in my thoughts...

 

[newone]

"The Judge indicated that without the testimony from Wendell Morris, who testified that Alan Smith confessed to him he committed the crime, the conviction may not have been possible."

http://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/290832631.html#

 

[Paintr]

http://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/295264851.html

About 30 people packed into an Everett courtroom on March 5 to hear the sentencing of Alan Smith who was convicted of killing his estranged wife, Susann Smith, in Feb. 2013. Ultimately, Smith was sentenced to 28.6 years, minus time served, and 36 months of community custody after release from prison by Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Linda Krees. It was an intense and emotional hearing for all involved and Smith spoke to courtroom for on the second time during the past month.

 

[newone]

arrogant right to the end it seems!

Hopefully now that the children are in Germany, there will be zero contact with him