Crime & Safety

Murder Trial Moved to September

The man facing charges in the murder of St. Michael-Albertville teacher Timothy Larson won't appear in court again until August, according to a judge's ruling last week.

The jury trial for one of the two men facing first-degree murder charges in the death of St. Michael-Albertville teacher Timothy Larson has been postponed to September. 

Judge Michael J. Thompson decided to postpone the trial in accordance with a new state law that will allow the state to cover fees incurred by offering 81-year-old Delbert Huber, the man accused of shooting Larson last October, standby counsel. 

Huber, who is at this point in the process representing himself, should be given standby counsel (or an attorney with whom he can consult, despite not having direct representation) when he faces those charges later this year.

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The jury trial was scheduled for mid-June, but Thompson and the Kandiyohi County Attorney–Jenna Fischer–agreed the state, via the State Courts Administration-should help pay for standby counsel needed throughout the course of the two-week trial. 

Delbert Huber and his son, , 46, have been charged with first-degree murder by a grand jury in Kandiyohi County for their actions in the death of Larson. Both have been held on bail since they called authorities back on Oct. 9, 2011. Delbert Huber is being held on $5 million bail, while Timothy Huber is imprisoned on $1 million bail. 

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The elder Huber has appeared in Kandiyohi Court more than a half-dozen times without representation,  in his due process. He has told the court repeatedly his family members were arranging counsel, going so far as to bring a lawyer to court who stated he would represent him, but the man said he hadn't been paid. 

Delbert Huber has also made applications through the court for public defense. Those were denied becaue of his financial status. Delbert Huber owned 80 acres of land valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars by assesors in Kandiyohi and Stearns counties. 

Delbert attempted to transfer that acreage from his possession by filing a quitclaim dead, moving the land to his relatives. A niece and a sister were named the beneficiaries of that deed, which has made them, along with the Hubers, subjects of a in January by the Larson family. 


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