It has been awhile since he was in court & I shall shorten this up a bit.
Thursday, July 28th:
*Status Check Hearing (
both cases) (@ 8:30am PT) - OR –
Mark Jeffrey Dribin (42) (last seen July 3, 1999, Portland, reported missing July 6, 1999; has not been found) - *Christopher Charles Lovrien (32 @ time of crime/52/now 53) indicted (4/30/20), arrested (5/4/20 by U.S. Marshalls),
charged (5/4/20) & arraigned (5/5/20) with 2nd degree murder. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Forensic Genetic Genealogy match.
*OR –
Kenneth Lee Griffin (53) (last seen Feb. 1, 2020 & reported missing on Feb. 2, 2020, Portland, found May 19, 2020 in Lovrien’s shed) - *Christopher Charles Lovrien (52/now 53)
charged (3/10/21), indicted (4/30/20), re-indicted (3/10/21) & arraigned (3/11/21) with 2nd degree murder, abuse of a corpse & 6 counts of being a felon in possession of firearms. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
Trial set to begin on 9/30/22 with jury selection (at 8:30am) 12-person jury. Trial begins on 10/3/22 (@ 9am)
Dribin: Court info from 5/5/20 thru 4/26/22 & Griffin: Court info from 3/16/21 thru 4/26/22 reference post #568 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...2-portland-02-july-1999-arrest.153627/page-29
5/20/22: State's response to defendant's Motion to Sever. 5/30/22: Memorandum-reply to Motion to Sever. Next motion to sever hearing on 6/6/22.
6/6/22 Update: Hearing was held re defense's Motion to Sever. Present: Dep. DA Kirsten Snowden, Defendant court appointed attorny Rachel Philips & privately retained attorney Ryan Scott. Lovrien was present for the hearing. The lead defense attorney Scott argued that it was "prejudicial" to try the cases together.
[per LinasK: So we now know what their defenses are going to be: He's claiming that we don't even know if Mark is dead- implying that he just walked away from his life & never contacted his family for over 20 years & abandoned his car, job & house. (None of which Mark would do, plus there's the blood spatter). They are focusing on the paper which Ken found in Mark's house with Lovrien's contact information on it. For Griffin's case, he's going with Self-Defense, which is also laughable because it's his 2nd killing, and he dismembered the body.]
The judge agreed to take the motion "under advisement" and make his decision in a few weeks, hopefully as soon as two weeks. Next motions hearing on 9/16/22.
6/29/22 Update: The Judge decided there will be one trial for both cases, they will not be severed. 7/22/22 Update: Status check hearing on 7/28/22 for dates/briefing schedule. Then motions hearing on 9/16/22.