Idaho prisoner charged with murder, and facing death penalty, uses standing silent plea
Skylar Meade attends a hearing at the Ada County Courthouse. He’s now facing the death penalty in Nez Perce County after prosecutors charged him with the first-degree murder of an 83-year-old Juliaetta man. Sarah A. Miller [email protected]
Skylar Meade, the prisoner charged with murder in the death of a North Idaho man, stood silent as 2nd District Judge Michelle Evans asked him how he pleads. Evans entered a not guilty plea for the first-degree murder charge on Meade’s behalf Thursday afternoon.
The 32-year-old was accused of killing 83-year-old James Mauney, of Juliaetta, while he was on the run after ambushing a Boise hospital. A grand jury indicted both Meade and Nicholas Umphenour, who police said helped him plan the ambush, on the murder charges in June. Police said the two suspects were involved in a second homicide in North Idaho, though no charges for that death have been filed yet.
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