The criminal case against Chett Logan Whitman, 25, was bound over to the 9th District Court last week after the Eden man waived his right to a probable cause hearing.
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SUBLETTE COUNTY — The criminal case against Chett Logan Whitman, 25, was bound over to the 9th District Court last week after the Eden man waived his right to a probable cause hearing. Whitman’s preliminary hearing — where a judge determines if there’s sufficient evidence to bind a felony case to a higher court — was rescheduled from Aug. 24 to Sept. 19 “to give the defense more time,” according to court records. Friends of Meeks recently put out a call on social media for the public to attend the hearing, but Whitman’s attorney, Rives White, filed the waiver on Sept. 16, helping his client avoid such a confrontation.
Whitman is accused of brutally beating Chris Meeks, of Daniel, in the parking lot behind the Cowboy Bar in Pinedale on July 9. Meeks was found unconscious and life-flighted to an out-of-state trauma facility.
Whitman was charged with aggravated assault and battery after two witnesses told a sheriff’s deputy that he struck Meeks in the face at least three times, according to court records.