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A retrial is underway for a Walla Walla man who was granted a second trial by the Washington Court of Appeals after originally being convicted of second-degree rape in 2019.
A retrial is underway for a Walla Walla man who was granted a second trial by the Washington Court of Appeals after originally being convicted of second-degree rape in 2019.
Michael S. Mitchell is stepping down from his role as a Walla Walla County Superior Court commissioner. Superior Court judges announced the departure Friday and said Mitchell will be succeeded by local attorney Patricia Fulton. According to a release from judges M. Scott Wolfram and John Lohrmann, and Judge-elect Brandon Johnson, Mitchell submitted his resignation effective Dec. 31. Mitchell said heâs resigning from the part-time commissioner position so he can focus on his private law practice, according to the release. In the release, Lohrmann, Wolfram and Johnson issued a joint statem...