by Kate Shunney
Morgan County’s Prosecuting Attorney opened the murder trial of Erick Shute on Monday, July 16 by telling a Morgan County jury of nine men and three women that the 35-year-old Great Cacapon man “took the law into his own hands” on June 13, 2016 when he shot and killed three men on a neighboring property.
Dan James delivered a 25-minute opening statement to the jury shortly before lunchtime on Monday. Jury selection…
