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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Tom Peterson / The Bulletin
October 5, 2001
After five hours of negotiating with his attorneys on Thursday, James Byron Coon refused to say the word "guilty" to the murder of his girlfriend, Patty Darlene Flynn.
Instead, the 52-year-old gave an Alford plea to Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge Michael Sullivan, meaning he....
