Quanrude pleads not guilty to murder charge; jury trial scheduled for late August
John Quanrude ...
The Second Degree Murder case against 32-year-old John Michael Quanrude of Waukon has taken a more definitive path this past week, as Quanrude has entered a written plea of not guilty to all charges filed against him in relation to the April 16 fatal shooting of 60-year-old Dean Russell of Waukon. The case was scheduled for an arraignment hearing Monday, May 14 in District Court in Allamakee County, but Friday morning, May 4, Quanrude filed a written arraignment entering his not guilty plea and waiving his right to a speedy trial, according to court documents.
Additional court documents also filed Friday, May 4 by Quanrude’s attorney, Scott Nelson of the State of Iowa Public Defender’s Office, Dubuque location, included a Notice of Defenses for Quanrude. That document listed Quanrude’s defenses in the case as Diminished responsibility and Self-defense.
Upon the filing of those documents, it was ordered by District Court Judge Richard Stochl of the First Judicial District of Iowa that a jury trial in the case be scheduled to begin August 22 of this year at the Allamakee County Courthouse in Waukon. A pretrial conference was also ordered by Judge Stochl and scheduled for August 6.
