Whitman pleaded not guilty to the single charge and waived his right to a speedy trial, which Judge McKay rescheduled for July 17 after Whitman fired his original attorney, Rives White, and hired McCarthy.
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SUBLETTE COUNTY – With the jury trial set to begin July 17, the attorney for Chett L. Whitman, formerly of Big Piney, filed a pretrial memorandum in 9th District Court on June 8.
Chett L. Whitman, 27, who is living and working in Arizona and New Mexico, is charged with one felony count of aggravated assault and battery for allegedly attacking Christopher Meeks, of Daniel.
Whitman allegedly brutally beat Meek behind a Pinedale bar late on July 9, 2022, during Rendezvous. Off-duty EMTs helped stabilize the unconscious Meeks, who was taken to the Pinedale Medical Clinic and then life-flighted to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center’s trauma unit.
On June 8, Whitman’s attorney David McCarthy of Rawlins submitted the memo of lists of exhibits and witnesses, which include prosecution and rebuttal witnesses.
The pretrial conference is set for June 22 at 2:30 p.m. and 9th District Court Judge Kate McKay ordered him to appear in person.
On April 25, Sublette County Attorney Clayton Melinkovich filed a restitution request; it shows that Meeks was awarded $25,000 from the Wyoming Division of Victim Services and personally incurred another $18,081.08 in medical expenses.
Whitman was not arraigned in 9th District Court until Oct. 27, when he pleaded not guilty before former Judge Marv Tyler, who allowed Whitman to work and travel between Arizona and New Mexico.
Whitman pleaded not guilty to the single charge and waived his right to a speedy trial, which Judge McKay rescheduled for July 17 after Whitman fired his original attorney, Rives White, and hired McCarthy.
