Law day recap: Rowe gets warrant quashed, Hardy motion continued

WALLACE — Several cases appeared in District Court this week, including those of Jamie Rowe and David Hardy at Wednesday's Law Day.

Rowe appeared before Judge Scott Wayman where he was looking to quash a warrant.

Rowe, who was hoping to quash a warrant for his arrest, has been wanted for violating the conditions of his release. Shoshone County Prosecuting Attorney Keisha Oxendine objected to the quashing of the warrant, but ultimately Judge Wayman sided with Rowe’s attorney and voided it.

Rowe is facing a jury trial after pleading not guilty to heroin trafficking and possession charges that stem from an event in May where he was found under the influence of drugs in his vehicle.

Shoshone County Sheriff’s Deputy Ben Abshire, along with K-9 Lulu, searched the vehicle and found eight grams of heroin, which is six grams above the threshold for trafficking, as well as implements for packaging, delivering, and smoking heroin hidden throughout the vehicle and on Rowe’s person.

If convicted, Rowe could face up to 10 years in state prison and a $15,000 fine.

In the case of Hardy, he has been seeking a motion for reconsideration from Judge Wayman concerning his guilty verdict and sentencing from March. The motion is an attempt to reduce his current prison sentence. Due to unforeseen notice issues though, this request was once again given a continuance.

Hardy was found guilty last year of one count of felony injury to a child and was handed a 10-year (four years fixed, six indeterminate) prison sentence. The sentence stems from an event in 2019 where Hardy was found guilty of harming his then-girlfriend’s toddler, resulting in several injuries.

Hardy pled not guilty and presented a defense that largely painted the child’s mother as the person responsible for the child's injuries. Ultimately, Hardy was found guilty of one of the two counts that he was charged with and then sentenced.