Port Angeles: Murder trial enters second week today

The second week of the Thomas Martin Roberts murder trial begins at 10 a.m. today in Clallam County Superior Court.

Western State Hospital doctors who evaluated Roberts for mental competency are expected to testify this week.

Roberts, 56, is charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the shooting death of Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputy Wally Davis at Roberts’ east Port Angeles home Aug. 5, 2000.

Roberts, who has a history of mental illness, has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. His trial is expected to last three more weeks.

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