Closing Arguments Heard in Murder Trial
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One dollar THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 newsminer.com T HE VOICE OF INTERIOR ALASKA Inside Today House of Representatives discusses bill that would create refuge in Tangle Lakes. » A3 Closing arguments heard in murder trial By Dorothy Chomicz in the nearby Walgreens park- acquit Burton-Hill on any of of any person, or, that he knew ing an extreme indifference to [email protected] ing lot and ended when Bur- the three charges against him. his conduct was substantially the value of human life. ton-Hill grabbed Hinson’s A first-degree murder convic- certain to cause death or serious A Fairbanks jury heard clos- 9 mm Glock pistol from their tion requires the state to prove physical injury to another per- ing arguments Wednesday in vehicle and fired off 12 rounds. that Burton-Hill intended to son, and he caused the death of Nondeadly force the murder trial of Patrick Dale One of the rounds entered the cause the death of another per- any person. If the jury finds the Burton-Hill. back right side of Kavairlook’s son, and that he did cause the state has proved these elements versus deadly force Burton-Hill, 24, is charged head and exited through the top death of any person. If the jury and has also proved Burton-Hill Lyle told the jury a defendant with one count of first-degree of his left ear. He died on scene. finds those first two items to be did not act in self-defense, they may use nondeadly force upon murder and two counts of sec- true, and also finds the state did must find him guilty. another if he believes it is nec- ond-degree murder for the May not prove Burton-Hill acted in A conviction on the second essary for self-defense against 17, 2015, shooting death of John Criteria for a self-defense, they must find him count of second-degree murder what he believes to be the use D. Kavairlook Jr. guilty of first degree murder. requires the state to prove Bur- of unlawful force by the other The shooting happened after murder conviction A conviction on the first ton-Hill did not act in self-de- person. The defendant’s beliefs Kavairlook and one of Bur- Superior Court Judge Paul count of second-degree murder fense when he caused the death must be reasonable under the ton-Hill’s friends, Demarius Lyle began the day’s pro- requires the state to prove that of another person, that he know- circumstances. A defendant Hinson, were kicked out of the ceedings by reading the jury Burton-Hill intended to cause ingly engaged in this conduct may not use nondeadly force in Rock N Rodeo bar after getting instructions on how to deter- serious physical injury to anoth- and the conduct was performed in a fight. The fight resumed mine whether to convict or er person, and caused the death under circumstances manifest- TRIAL » A3 GOOD MORNING GOLD EXPERIENCE Regulators side with GVEA in dispute The weather. Snow. Areas of freez- with Delta ing fog. Areas of fog in the afternoon. A chance of light freez- Wind Farm ing rain in the after- By Sam Friedman noon. Snow accumu- SFRIEDMAN lation around 2 inch- @NEWSMINER.COM es. Tonight: Snow. High today ..............35 The Regulatory Com- Low tonight ............ 19 mission of Alaska has again ruled against Delta Junc- WEATHER » A5 tion wind turbine opera- tor Mike Kraft, this time Aurora forecast. concluding that the Gold- Auroral activity will be en Valley Electric Associ- moderate. Weather per- ation doesn’t have to buy mitting, moderate dis- power from his proposed plays will be visible over- 13.5 megawatt Delta Wind head from Utqiagvik to United States’ Jessica Diggins, left, and Kikkan Randall celebrate after winning the gold Farm because it would cost as far south as Talkeetna medal Wednesday in the women’s team sprint freestyle cross-country skiing final at the Winter Golden Valley ratepayers. and visible low on the Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. AP PHOTO/KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH Kraft is a homebuild- horizon as far south as er who’s been in the wind Bethel, Soldotna and energy business for about southeast Alaska. 10 years, much of it mired in conflicts with Gold- This information is provided en Valley. He seeks to by aurora forecasters at US women win 1st Olympic sell power under the Pub- the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska lic Utility Regulatory Pol- Fairbanks. For more infor- icies Act, a 1978 federal mation about the aurora, law designed to encourage visit http://www.gi.alaska. cross-country ski medal small companies that pro- edu/AuroraForecast duce renewable energy by requiring public utilities to By Steve Reed teammates waiting for her at and at that moment Diggins buy their energy if it can be • • • AP SPORTS WRITER the finish line to bring home the said she felt “unstoppable.” sold at a price that doesn’t United States’ first medal ever in “Around that final corner I hurt ratepayers. PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA women’s cross-country skiing — felt like I was uncoiling a spring But Golden Valley says — As she headed up the steep- and then she let loose. and letting it go,” Diggins, of electricity from Kraft’s tur- est, most grueling hill of her life Diggins reached the peak of Afton, Minnesota, said. “Giving bines wouldn’t be afford- in third place, Jessica Diggins the hill in third place but sped it everything I had, digging as able. The Fairbanks-based thought to herself that just win- past Norway’s Maiken Caspers- deep as I could and putting it utility concluded it would ning an Olympic medal was no en Falla on the last big, wind- all out there. When your team is cost money to add Delta longer good enough. ing downhill. She rounded the counting on you, you don’t give Wind Farm’s power to the She wanted more. She wanted final corner and took dead aim up ever.” grid because wind power gold. at Sweden’s Stina Nilsson on the Diggins certainly didn’t give is sporadic and requires Diggins dug deep, remem- final 100-meter homestretch. up. backup from fossil fuel bering all the years of training The crowd in the grandstand HIT THE SKI » A3 power plants. Buying she had put in, and of all her was on its feet sensing history, power from Kraft would TRAILS mean having diesel plants High school state ski in North Pole ready more meet starts today at often, and the diesel plants Birch Hill. are among the most expen- SPORTS sive plants in the Golden Page B1 Tearful student asks Trump, Valley network. A ruling from a group of five regulatory commis- • • • sioners on Feb. 6 agreed with Golden Valley’s anal- SOURDOUGH JACK: ‘How do we not stop this?’ ysis that the cooperative “I might not be would lose 16 cents for By Catherine Lucey the raw emotion and every kilowatt hour of wind powered, power that it would be but I can blow a and Matthew Daly pledged action, includ- ASSOCIATED PRESS ing the possibility of required to buy from the lot of hot air.” arming teachers. wind farm. The loss would WASHINGTON — Spill- “I turned 18 the day go up to 64 cents per kilo- ing out wrenching tales after” the shooting, watt hour if the calcula- of lost lives and sto- said a tearful Samuel tions are run with Gold- len security, students Zeif, a student at the en Valley’s Healy 2 coal and parents appealed Florida high school power plant online. After to President Donald where a former stu- a few closures because of Trump to set poli- dent’s assault left 17 explosions in recent years, tics aside and protect dead last week. “Woke President Donald Trump looks to Julia Golden Valley plans to have America’s school chil- up to the news that my Cordover, the student body president at Healy 2 operational again dren from the scourge best friend was gone. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as she in September. of gun violence. Trump speaks during the listening session Wednesday listened intently to TRUMP » A6 in Washington. AP PHOTO/CAROLYN KASTER WIND » A3 INSIDE Classified » B4 | Comics » B6 | Dear Abby » Latitude 65 | Markets » A5 | Opinion » A4 Thursday, February 22, 2018 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner A3 INTERIOR/NATION Students celebrate skating with reading and new ice rink ockey activities don’t In 2017, students from Cant- spearheaded by the Barnette walkway from the school to always happen on the Kris Capps well School also discovered the PTA, which hosted a Family the rink. Play It Again Sports ice. Check out what “Brady Brady” books and cre- Fun Day to commemorate offered discount skate sharp- H COMMUNITY EDITOR second-graders at Barnette ated their own version: “Brady opening of the rink earlier this ening for the dozens of school Magnet School plan to do this [email protected] Brady and The Last Frontier.” winter. skates. week. They performed it for their Establishing the rink was a Two classes of students ond-grade class will present own community. An ice storm huge community effort that will present hockey-related “Brady Brady and the Run- prevented their trip to Fair- came to fruition with help Jersey Day performances for their class- away Goalie.” Lesa Meath and banks to perform it here. from these businesses: Big Friday is “Wear Your Jersey mates and families in a special Cassie Kendall’s class will What makes this project Street Construction, Taylored to School Day” for Fairbanks Reader’s Theatre.