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Smith Convicted in La Crosse Stabbing
A La Crosse County jury found Bryant Q. Smith, 53, guilty of first-degree intentional homicide for stabbing Timothy Salis, 43, to death on Dec. 5, 2023. He faces life in prison at a sentencing set for Feb. 16, 2027.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
The jury rejected self-defense. A guilty verdict on first-degree intentional homicide is the conviction, and life is the exposure when the judge sets the term in February. Timothy Salis was killed, and this is the finding on that death.
A La Crosse County jury on Wednesday found Bryant Q. Smith guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in the stabbing death of Timothy Salis.
Smith is 53. Salis was 43. On Dec. 5, 2023, the two were at Stokke Tower on South Sixth Street in La Crosse. Around 9:32 p.m. Smith called for help and said he had stabbed Salis after Salis tried to kill him. Officers met him outside the building. He set down a wallet, a phone with blood on it, and a bloody knife. Salis was dead in the apartment. Prosecutors said Smith stabbed him more than 40 times. The defense said it was self-defense. Officers did not find injuries on Smith that matched the fight he described. Jurors deliberated about an hour and found him guilty.
Jurors returned the verdict to Judge Mark Huesmann. Sentencing is set for Feb. 16, 2027. Smith faces life in prison.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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