PORT ANGELES — A plea offer remains on the table for Robbie Wayne Davis, a Port Angeles man who allegedly tried to kill a relative with a potentially deadly dose of insulin.
The scheduled trial was moved Friday from April 11 to July 18 because of a conflict with a judicial conference.
Clallam County Superior Court Judge Brian Coughenour set a March 25 status hearing to determine whether the plea offer is accepted or denied.
Davis, 40, is charged with three counts of first-degree attempted aggravated murder, three counts of first-degree aggravated assault-administers a destructive or noxious substance and two counts of harassment-threats to kill.
Authorities allege that Davis tried to murder his non-diabetic stepuncle, Richard Haynes, with lethal doses of insulin in December 2013, March 2014 and June 2014.
The third alleged murder attempt was reported by an Olympic Medical Center nurse, who told Port Angeles police that Haynes had had dangerously low blood sugar after being visited by Davis on June 15, 2014.
Haynes died of an unrelated illness in October 2014 at the age of 57.
Harassment charges
The harassment charges stem from intercepted letters in which Davis allegedly threatened a deputy prosecuting attorney and a caseworker, according to the affidavit for probable cause.
Delays in results from DNA testing have postponed Davis’ trial several times since his arrest.
An initial plea offer was submitted to the defense in April 2015.
Davis is being held in the Clallam County jail on $50,000 bail.
If the case goes to trial, the proceedings are expected to take at least two weeks, court papers said.
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