[Vision2020] Question . . .

Sun Aug 12 15:59:06 PDT 2018

Sorry, the retrial was 2011. Did you know that Google searches from the
Trib return current dates on old articles? Meister was convicted a secon
time and got a life sentence
Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 3:50 PM Ron Force <ronforce at gmail.com> wrote:

> How soon we forget. From the  Lewiston Trib::
>
> MEISTER TRIAL: Victim's father takes the stand'I didn't trust him,' he
> said of Linderman
>
>    - By William L. Spence, Lewiston Tribune staff writer
>    - Nov 5, 2011
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>    <http://dnews.com/local/meister-trial-victim-s-father-takes-the-stand/article_b5e9b987-a57e-57d5-83e5-621ddd1cfa08.html#comments>
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> Three years before she was murdered, Tonya Hart's father told her
> boyfriend if he ever hurt his daughter he would "come and get him."
>
> Barry Hart's testimony wrapped up the second week in David Meister's
> first-degree murder trial.
>
> Meister, 28, is accused of shooting Tonya Hart in the face and chest on
> Dec. 11, 2001, killing her instantly. Prosecutors say he was paid $1,100
> for the killing by Hart's boyfriend, Jesse "Shorty" Linderman.
>
> When questioned by Latah County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Michelle Evans on
> Friday, Barry Hart said he warned Linderman about hurting Tonya three or
> four times, even though he'd never said anything like that to her other
> boyfriends.
>
> "Why did you say it to Shorty?" Evans asked.
>
> "Because I didn't trust him as far as I could spit," Hart replied.
>
> Linderman was called to the stand Thursday, but declined to answer any
> questions on the advice of his attorney. He was charged with conspiracy to
> commit murder after Meister confessed to the killing back in 2002, but the
> charges were dropped for lack of evidence once Meister recanted.
>
> Meister was found guilty of the murder in a 2003 trial, but the conviction
> was later thrown out by the Idaho Supreme Court, in part because his
> attorneys weren't allowed to pursue the idea that someone else was
> responsible for the shooting.
>
> Defense attorney Scott Chapman briefly cross-examined Hart on Friday,
> suggesting that at one time he "thought Shorty was good for Tonya."
>
> "At one time you were OK with that relationship, right?" Chapman asked.
>
> "As OK as a father could be," Hart replied. "But when you say you're going
> to come and get him, the only reason a father would say something like that
> is out of total desperation."
>
> Hart acknowledged that he'd been a heavy drinker in the years before and
> after his daughter was murdered, and said he didn't remember a lot of that
> time very clearly.
>
> That was a common theme Friday, when several of Meister's former
> co-workers and neighbors were called as witnesses. Ten years after the
> fact, most had difficulty remembering specific details, such as what time
> they came into work the day Hart was killed, who was working that day, how
> long Meister's hair was or what exactly Linderman said about his girlfriend.
>
> When asked to identify his former co-worker in the courtroom, one witness
> even mistook a county jailer for Meister.
>
> Testimony will resume at 9 a.m. Monday in the Latah County Courthouse.
> Before recessing for the weekend, Judge Carl Kerrick admonished jurors not
> to discuss the case with anyone or read or watch any of the media coverage.
> He indicated the trial was still on track to conclude sometime around Nov.
> 17.
> ------------------------------
>
> *William L. Spence* may be contacted at bspence at lmtribune.com or (208)
> 791-9168.
>
> Excerpts from a couple of other articles:
>
> *Linderman still lives and works in the area and was called to testify,
> but opted to remain silent. No charges are pending against him...*
>
> *Prosecutors initially alleged Meister was hired for $1,000 by Hart's
> longtime boyfriend, Jesse (Shorty) Linderman, to do the shooting, with an
> additional $100 if it was done before Christmas of that year.*
>
> *Initial felony charges against Linderman were dropped for lack of
> evidence, according to the prosecution, and his side of the incident has
> never been aired publicly...*
>
> This comes up because Meister has had a new trial ordered by the Idaho
> Supreme Court. But you remembered, don't you?
>
> Ron Force
>
> Moscow Idaho USA
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 3:31 PM Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Are any of you fine peeps familiar with the name “Shorty Linderman”?
>>
>> I ask because . . .
>>
>> This was seen (and photographed) outside the Moscow Food Co-Op:
>>
>> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/CoOp/CoOp_081218.jpg
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
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