...should have excluded one piece of testimony from the case. Witness Caroline Gerkin testified that her boyfriend, Zachary Brown, told her he gave a shotgun to Smith and Soto before the murder and later cleaned blood from it. Brown did not testify...
...residents on Village Street at the scene of Juneau's last murder more than five years ago, its owner testified Tuesday. Zachary Brown said he told Smith he couldn't have the gun, but "he became anal about it and became aggressive. He pointed it...
...Gerken - was at the center of the appellate decision reversing the verdict. Gerken testified that her boyfriend, Zachary Brown, had told her he gave a shotgun to Smith and Soto before the robbery and murder and later cleaned blood from it...
...Epstein, loss prevention manager at Fred Meyer, testified to the purchase Jan. 20 of a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun by Zachary Brown. The state alleges that Smith and Soto borrowed Brown's gun and used it in the assault. Police officer Robert Haskell...
...Ron Smith and Rey Soto went downtown to buy drugs," she told the jury." She said they didn't find any drugs at Zachary Brown's apartment, where Soto and Brown testified they got the shotgun, but he directed them to the Village Street trailer...
...Smith, the appeals court cited trial testimony from witness Caroline Gerken. Gerken testified that her boyfriend, Zachary Brown, had told her he gave a shotgun to Smith and Soto before the robbery and killing and later cleaned blood from it...
...The appeals court found that Weeks was incorrect in finding an exception to a rule against most hearsay testimony. Zachary Brown invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination in refusing to testify. Caroline Gerken was permitted...
...recalling state witness Kyle Nolan, who said he was present between 4 and 4:30 a.m. Jan. 25 at the apartment of Zachary Brown when Smith asked to borrow Brown's shotgun. Darrel Gardner, attorney for Smith, and Michael O'Brien, attorney...
...insulated drinking mug with six grams of marijuana in it. Zachary Brown is a friend of Ron Smith. He purchased a Mossberg 12-gauge...before 3 a.m. He went to the apartment of his friend Zachary Brown, Apt. D of Heritage House, to sleep for a while...
...back of the trailer, then went back outside." Jay Epstein, loss prevention manager at Fred Meyer, testified that Zachary Brown bought a Mossberg there Jan. 20. Kyle Nalan testified he was sleeping at Brown's place when Smith and Soto came...
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