Idaho Courts

Gov. Cecil D. Andrus fulfilled a 1989 pledge by appointing the first woman in the state's history to serve on an Idaho appellate court. Boise attorney Cathy Silak, 40, was appointed to replace retiring Judge Donald Burnett of Pocatello, as Andrus made good on his promise to name a woman to either the state Supreme Court or the Idaho Court of Appeals. "I just hope I will be a fair and honest judge," said Silak when introduced by the Democratic governor.

FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter after winning his bid to be tried in federal court on charges that he illegally fired the shot that killed Vicki Weaver in the 1992 siege at Ruby Ridge.

The Justice Department agreed Tuesday to pay $3.1 million to white separatist Randy Weaver and his three surviving children for the loss of his wife and 14-year-old son, who were killed by federal agents in a 1992 shootout at Ruby Ridge, Ida. The payments--$1 million to each child and $100,000 to Weaver--settle $200 million in claims filed by the family over the episode, in which a deputy U.S. marshal also was slain.

The Justice Department agreed Tuesday to pay $3.1 million to white separatist Randy Weaver and his three surviving children for the loss of his wife and 14-year-old son, who were killed by federal agents in a 1992 shootout at Ruby Ridge, Ida. The payments--$1 million to each child and $100,000 to Weaver--settle $200 million in claims filed by the family over the episode, in which a deputy U.S. marshal also was slain.

FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter after winning his bid to be tried in federal court on charges that he illegally fired the shot that killed Vicki Weaver in the 1992 siege at Ruby Ridge.

Atty. Gen. Janet Reno is considering whether to take the side of the FBI sharpshooter accused of involuntary manslaughter in the 1992 clash between federal agents and anti-government separatists in Ruby Ridge, Ida.

It's hard to find good help these days . . . Fear and loathing in the green room. Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. If you're Marty Ingels, actor, comedian and host of radio's "Talk to Marty" show, it's definitely funnier. Ingels, who starred with John Astin in the 1960s sitcom "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," recently was the star prosecution witness in Beverly Hills Municipal Court at a preliminary hearing for a case involving a high-speed chase. Our story begins at 6 a.m.

It seemed an unlikely friendship: the tall prosecutor with a self-described penchant "for designer suits, ties and shoes," and the T-shirt vendor with connections to the notorious Hells Angels motorcycle club who was facing nine years in an Idaho prison on drug charges.

Gov. Cecil D. Andrus fulfilled a 1989 pledge by appointing the first woman in the state's history to serve on an Idaho appellate court. Boise attorney Cathy Silak, 40, was appointed to replace retiring Judge Donald Burnett of Pocatello, as Andrus made good on his promise to name a woman to either the state Supreme Court or the Idaho Court of Appeals. "I just hope I will be a fair and honest judge," said Silak when introduced by the Democratic governor.