Judge denies prosecution motion
The Leavenworth Times A judge has denied a motion that sought to prosecute a man in Leavenworth for an attempted murder charge a second time, according to court records. The judge made the ruling Friday during a hearing in the case of James D. Thompson. Thompson, 34, previously was charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection to an August 2015 shooting in Leavenworth. During a 2017 trial, the charge of aggravated battery was presented to jurors for consideration as a lesser included offense to the attempted murder charge. And jurors convicted Thompson of the aggravated battery cha...