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DA drops Yang case
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The Del Norte District Attorney’s Office will not be retrying a local man whose attempted murder case was declared a mistrial last week. Sou Feng Yang, 19, was accused of bashing the skull of Robert Davis Jr. with a hammer during a dispute outside Davis’ house in April. District Attorney Jon Alexander said he made the decision after reviewing the case and speaking with jurors after the trial. “I am convinced a subsequent trial could not result in a guilty verdict,” said Alexander. The trial itself was marred by inconsistent witness testimony and an adversarial witness, resulting in several delays that caused the anticipated three-day trial to carry into a fourth day. |
