It’s Wednesday, November 13th. I’m Kaitlin Bellamy, and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. Modesto attorney Frank Carson, who has been acquitted of murder, was in court yesterday asking a judge to dismiss charges against his co-defendant, a former California Highway Patrol officer who is set to stand trial in the homicide case. Walter Wells faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and acting as an accessory in connection.