Inmate Guilty of Attack on Attorney in Court
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Pelican Bay State Prison inmate was convicted of attempted murder for trying to stab his attorney in court.
A Del Norte County jury this week found Phillip Evans guilty of trying to stab attorney Leroy Davies with a prison-made weapon. The Feb. 22 attack failed when a pen in Davies’ pocket deflected the weapon.
Davies was not injured.
Jurors found Evans guilty of first-degree attempted murder, second-degree attempted murder, possession of a weapon in prison and personal use of a deadly weapon.
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