Retrial In Carson For Teenage Killer

Carson City District Attorney Jason Woodbury  will retry 36 year old Peter Elvik, in the death of William Gibson over 20 years ago.  The body of 63 year-old Gibson was discovered at the Carson City Rifle and Pistol range  on August 31st, 1995.  He was killed by multiple shots from a shotgun. Elvik was arrested in southern California, where he had driven Gibson’s car after shooting him. He was 14 years old at the time.  Elvik’s convictions were reversed in 2013  by a federal court that ruled that due to Elvik’s age, the trial judge needed to instruct the jury that the prosecution was required to prove by “Clear evidence” Elvik knew the “wrongfulness” of his conduct. That was upheld on appeal.  A retrial will be expensive but the D.A. says if he didn’t retry the case, Elvik’s conviction “Legally vanishes.”  Woodbury added, “He would not be a convicted felon; he could own a gun; he would not be supervised on parole; and an employment background check would show no criminal convictions.”