according to an affidavit filed in the case<\/a>, De Simone admitted to multiple members of the hunting party that he was the one who shot Rosales.<\/p>\nMaria Rosales, the widow of Rosales, was available over the phone at Thursday’s hearing. Pallenberg pointed out that she had a right to share her opinion on the scheduling of the trial. She kept her comment very brief.<\/p>\n
“I want this to be over, that’s it,” she said. “But if I have to wait, I can wait.”<\/p>\n
De Simone served as a state legislator in Arizona after living in Juneau from 1981 to 1988. According to reports at the time, De Simone had moved back to Juneau shortly before the hunting trip in May 2016.<\/p>\n
Assistant District Attorney Amy Paige and De Simone’s public defender Deborah Macaulay went back and forth about possible dates, listing when witnesses would be available. Paige said multiple state troopers who will testify are scheduled for long absences in February and March. She also pointed out that multiple witnesses were planning on the trial being in January, so they made their travel plans for later in the year.<\/p>\n
Paige and Macaulay said the trial should last about three weeks.<\/p>\n
\n• Contact reporter Alex McCarthy at 523-2271 or alex.mccarthy@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @akmccarthy.<\/b><\/p>\n
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