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By the end of the year, it may also be the site of a makeshift courtroom.
The state trial court took a walk-through of the Hyannis resort on Monday to assess its suitability as a potential location for jury trials to resume in a safe way during the pandemic.
“In addition to the six-person jury trials that will be conducted at Barnstable Superior Court, the trial court is looking at potential off-site locations for jury business in Barnstable County,” court spokeswoman Jennifer Donahue wrote in an email. Nothing has been finalized at this time.
These sites could be used for jury business during the pandemic, either as a jury pool assembly location or potentially to conduct entire jury trials, from impanelment to verdict, Donahue said.
BARNSTABLE The August trial date in Barnstable Superior Court for the man accused of killing Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon is holding steady for now, though the venue and timing of the trial could change depending on how well the pandemic is under control this summer.
“I think we ought to look to keep this case on track for an August trial, subject to reconsideration if the situation alters,” Judge Jeffrey Locke said Monday in a remote pretrial hearing for Thomas Latanowich.
Latanowich is facing a murder charge for shooting and killing Gannon in 2018. The officer was part of a team serving an arrest warrant for Latanowich in Marstons Mills.
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Christopher Strickland, 33, was charged in Barnstable Superior Court with first-degree murder, carrying a firearm without a license and several other charges. (Shutterstock)
MASHPEE, MA A North Carolina man was held without bail after prosecutors said he killed a New Bedford man in a Mashpee shooting over the summer.
Christopher Strickland, 33, was charged in Barnstable Superior Court Thursday with first-degree murder, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building, improper storage of a firearm, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit murder, the Cape Cod Times reported.
BARNSTABLE A North Carolina man was held without bail Thursday in Barnstable Superior Court in connection with the killing of Damian Anderson in July in Mashpee.
Christopher Strickland, 33, was arraigned in February on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting of Anderson, a New Bedford resident.
Strickland also was charged with carrying a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a Firearms Identification Card card, discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building, improper storage of a firearm, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit murder.
On Feb. 22, Norman Dias, of Mashpee, also was charged with murder in Barnstable Superior Court in connection with Anderson s death.