Suspect enters not guilty plea
Keith Kinnaird News Editor | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 10 months AGO
SANDPOINT — An Oldtown man accused of forcible rape pleaded not guilty in 1st District Court on Tuesday.
Jax Jale Baker’s plea clears the way for a two-day jury trial in June. He is free on his own recognizance while the case is pending.
Baker, 19, is accused of forcing himself on a female at an Oldtown residence on June 30, 2015. The alleged victim, whose age is not specified in court documents, testified during a preliminary hearing last month that she began having consensual sex, but withdrew her consent as the encounter escalated, according to court documents.
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