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A former district attorney who served as a prosecutor in the last death penalty conviction in Elko County has been appointed as the lawyer for the defendant in a potential capital murder case.
An Elko County justice of the peace appointed former DA Gary Woodbury Tuesday to represent 18-year-old Bryce Dickey of Spring Creek in the March 8 killing of 16-year-old Gabrielle “Britney” Ujlaky.
District Attorney Tyler Ingram has reserved the option of seeking the death penalty if Dickey is convicted, so Dickey must be represented by a death penalty-certified lawyer.
Woodbury said Kelly Rhyne's was the last death penalty case he would ever prosecute because of the high cost compared to seeking life imprisonment.
Since then, other DA's have sought death penalties, but they all ended in life sentences under plea agreements, most recently in Spring Creek in 2016.
A former district attorney who served as a prosecutor in the last death penalty conviction in Elko County has been appointed as the lawyer for the defendant in a potential capital murder case.
An Elko County justice of the peace appointed former DA Gary Woodbury Tuesday to represent 18-year-old Bryce Dickey of Spring Creek in the March 8 killing of 16-year-old Gabrielle “Britney” Ujlaky.
District Attorney Tyler Ingram has reserved the option of seeking the death penalty if Dickey is convicted, so Dickey must be represented by a death penalty-certified lawyer.
Woodbury said Kelly Rhyne's was the last death penalty case he would ever prosecute because of the high cost compared to seeking life imprisonment.
Since then, other DA's have sought death penalties, but they all ended in life sentences under plea agreements, most recently in Spring Creek in 2016.