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Jury trial next week for man accused of sexual assault of young girl

Pickens

A 59-year-old Williston man is scheduled to go on trial March 13 in Stanley.

Clyde Edward Pickens is accused of sexually assaulting a girl on different occasions in Mountrail County in 2012 when she was 10 and 11 years old.

Pickens is charged with two Class AA felonies, both carrying a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole, and one Class A felony, carryng a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in prison.

The charges were filed in November 2013. A jury trial has twice been scheduled and then called off.

Judge Todd Cresap has set four days aside for next week’s trial and has given it top priority in the court schedule.

– Andrea Johnson

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