Police: Double murder in Douglas<\/a>]<\/p>\nKemp insisted that Graham\u2019s questions about informants and a murder investigation are just him \u201cfishing\u201d for a distraction unrelated to the real issue: he allegedly threatened to throw a woman out of her top floor apartment in front of her child.<\/p>\n
Judge Philip Pallenberg, who exhibited a lot of patience with the defendant\u2019s lack of knowledge about court proceedings, didn\u2019t side with Kemp about keeping the murder investigation off the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems to me that I can only exclude this if I\u2019m going to exclude his entire defense,\u201d Pallenberg said.<\/p>\n
Instead, Pallenberg allowed Graham to practice his cross-examination of Salisbury while the jury was gone to ensure he stayed on track. Graham tended to drift during the day into speeches about conspiracies rather than asking direct questions of witnesses. He did eventually ask a yes\/no question to Salisbury.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you aware of the fact that (the victim) that stay … at Gruening Park apartment, that she was in fact an informant for JPD?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Salisbury said.<\/p>\n
Graham then asked Salisbury if he knew of the defendant (Graham) before the alleged assault because he was part of a \u201chot topic\u201d investigation. Salisbury said yes.<\/p>\n
Kelli Menze, an office assistant for the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation which manages the Gruening Park apartments, was called by the state to give testimony Wednesday. Menze said she was inside the Gruening Park manager\u2019s office on March 17 when the victim came running inside without shoes on and holding a baby, crying for help.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe looked like she was running … scared out of her mind, fleeing to get away from whatever she was running from,\u201d Menze told Kemp as she recalled the events from that day. \u201c… She looked cold and scared.\u201d<\/p>\n
During cross-examination, Graham asked Menze if she knew about a larger police operation to bring him down.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid JPD present a request to Gruening Park office manger to in fact ask the Mr. Graham, black male to produce … ID to your office?\u201d Graham asked Menze.<\/p>\n
She said she only asked for Graham\u2019s ID in November because it is required for all long-term guests. She later said that apartment management was aware of possible drug activity in the victim\u2019s apartment and management was trying to learn more.<\/p>\n
Officer Kirt Stage-Harvey and arresting Officer Terry Allen also took the stand Wednesday. Stage-Harvey spoke mainly about the victim\u2019s emotional state after the alleged attack and confirmed that the victim had an informant relationship with JPD Detective Matt DuBois.<\/p>\n
Allen is expected to return to the stand Wednesday to address a note found on Graham during his arrest. When Gruening Park manager Tamara Rowcroft and the victim will take the stand was not made clear by day\u2019s end.<\/p>\n
Graham left the courtroom chatting with attorney Nicholas Polasky, one of three attorneys who previously represented Graham. Graham said he might take Polasky on to help him with his case.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Contact reporter Paula Ann Solis at 523-2272 or paula.solis@juneauempire.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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