COLFAX, WA – The child rape trial against a 20-year-old former Palouse man ended this week when the judge agreed with a defense motion and dismissed the case. Jaxon Raup’s trial began Monday in Whitman County Superior Court in Colfax. Raup was accused of raping a young boy in the summer of 2023. After the prosecutor presented their evidence to the jury, Raup’s public defender Steve Martonick made a motion to Judge Roger Sandberg for what’s calle…
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