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BOMB. - Com imie.l Utie pbsi ting e xj.it os i ves and thereby: injuring another. ,: County Atty. James Don, ;discussing' the plea agreement with a. reporter, said he;was. • satisned with the arrangement, which nullifies a trial that was to begin Tuesday ' ''He i.Web.br has agreed, to plead, so why go through with a trial when you've got a sure conviction'? Don said!Asked, .why.- he didn’t press both charges against Webb, Don said he felt the-charges, “were one and the same because they related to rhe same act and that, prusecuiing Webb on both counts could possibly be double jeopardy.”: Prtncsed for an explanation why his office . dropped thetough-if we don’t get it, . ...‘ trustees also were asked their 'plans to present the override proposal to the public.Skaggs said such an effort was premature until after the hearing making the- election official, and added fact sheets would'he prepared, “i have a strong feeling for presenting the facts to the public and letting , them make the. decision, he ’. said.Linseed oil is used in the manufacture of putty,oni page 1more serious rather than the ^ lesser charge,. Don replied that “I don’t think it's that big of a deal. He can still get up to 20 years. The judge, has. all the ; facts and I think, heJ1 make a fair -decision.’’The penally for attempted murder is .five.years to one-half of life, according to state Saw, Don said.' • .Don't askone what one-half life means. I’m not really sure, he added, explaining- tiiat the attempted murder statute calls for a sentence up to half that for first degree murder, which is life imprisonment:Newel) Webb was released from Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix one month ago today, on March 30..His whereabouts is unknown, hospital officials said today.Officials said they are checking’’ and shotdd learn of the eider Webb’s location later today. He has not relumed to the. hospital to begin.. Union Gen. Sam Curtis defeated the Gonfederales via northern Arkansas in the battle of Pea Ridge, March 7*8, 1862, ending the war west of ffie Mississippi River.rehabilitation with artMc*a»-.. limbs,, though hospital officials have said that such a decisionhas not been made. - 'Webb was first - arrested by U.S. Postal inspectors in Tucson ■ on Jan. 28; and the. next day admitted to a postal inspector that he constructed the shoe*-box-size bomb and regrettedit worked as good as it dm.' initially charged with 'possessing or delivering unlicensed explosive devices,the federal charge was droppedwhen the Grand Jury returnedits mdictmeJs. • aWebb was ordered on. Feb. 2-* bvSuperior Court Judge.ED-. McBryde . to undergo psychiatric examinations at Arizona .State Hospital sr. Phoenix to determine whether he is able to stand trial on the charges.. ■ On -April 7. three, court-.-., appointed mental health ex--. peris told McBryde that young Webb was capable of standing trial, saying, Be does not. demonstrate an active mental illness that would interfere in, his competency fo proceed m legal matters.”. Described by investiga tors as a “drifter, the younger Webb was not. known to have experienced any abnormal tensions with his father. An. inheritance was first speculated • by investigators as a motive for the incident,, but they never confirmed that theory. -
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Casa Grande Dispatch
Casa Grande, Arizona, US
Wed, Apr 30, 1975
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