Ricky A. Riffe listens to his lawyer during a court hearing yesterday.
Updated
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Ricky A. Riffe is finally off to prison today, nearly two months after he was sentenced to 103 years for the 1985 kidnapping, robbery and murders of Ed and Minnie Maurin.
Riffe, 55, has remained in the Lewis County Jail as he still faces charges that he raped and molested his then-9-year-old step-daughter in the mid-1980s.
The trial was set for next month, but yesterday a judge approved postponing it because of defense attorney John Crowley’s conflict with another trial.
A new date in April was chosen, but Riffe waived his right to a speedy trial all the way into September, so that if any further delays are requested and granted, he would not have to be transported back to Lewis County for a hearing.
The former Mossyrock man who was extradited from his longtime home in King Salmon, Alaska in mid-2012 denies any sexual contact with the alleged victim and is appealing his November conviction in the Maurin case.
He appeared before Lewis County Superior Court Judge Nelson Hunt yesterday for a status review of the child molestation case.
Lewis County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher said he opposed the continuance, because of how long the matter has been pending. Prosecutors filed the new charges in the old case while Riffe was preparing for the murder trial which subsequently lasted more than six weeks this past fall.
An order was entered yesterday in which lawyers estimate the molestation trial will last four days.
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For background, read “Battle continues between Ricky Riffe, Lewis County prosecutors” from Friday January 3, 2014, here
And, “Attorneys dispute statute of limitations rules on surprise child sex charge for Maurin double murder defendant” from Saturday February 23, 2013, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
These bros were ass clowns, id love some backwoods justice for these cowards and why didnt his ho wife get life as well. Ricky boy thinks hes hard killing elderly people and showing no remorse??? May your bloodline suffer a million lifetimes of the most horrible, foul, misery for your ills you putrid scum f%!k
About time they ship this POS off . They should hold off on the Rape charge just in case hell freezes over and he actually gets an appeal . Then they can charge him for the rape. He should never see the light of day again. Good riddance!