DAVID P. BUTLER

September 13, 2006 Aberdeen Daily World.
Son critical after shooting; father arrested.  An apparent dispute between a father and son over a vehicle Tuesday afternoon landed the 64-year-old father in jail and the 32-year-old son fighting for his life at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.


May 31, 2007 Aberdeen Daily World.
A North River man who shot and nearly killed his son last September was a “battered dad” acting in self defense, the man’s attorney said as a trial got under way Wednesday in Grays Harbor Superior Court.  In his opening statement, defense attorney David Butler, told the jury that Guy Covey has a reputation for violence that may stem from drug use. He had a pattern of bullying his father to get what he wanted, Butler said, adding that Dwight Covey had told several people over the years that he thought his son wanted to kill him.


June 1, 2007 Aberdeen Daily World.
Son testifies to beating his father.  When questioned by defense attorney David Butler, Guy Covey said he thinks his father was afraid of him, but was never in any danger from him. Butler also used Guy Covey’s criminal history — convictions for false reporting, residential burglary and vehicle theft — to question his truthfulness.


June 5, 2007 Aberdeen Daily World.
Jury Deadlocks in Shooting Trial.  The three-day trial of a North River man accused of shooting and nearly killing his son ended with a hung jury Friday evening.


August 12, 2008 Aberdeen Daily World.
An assault charge against a 65-year-old North River man was dismissed Monday almost two years after he shot his son three times during an argument over a truck. Dwight S. Covey will not be re-tried on an expected first-degree assault charge, which resulted in a hung jury at his initial trial last summer.