Smith Trial Set For July 7

A Goldendale  woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter and wounding her teenage daughter at an Oregon coast motel last summer is tentatively set for trial next July 7.  Jessica Smith’s defense lawyers sought a trial date in spring or early summer 2016 during a hearing Tuesday in Circuit Court in Astoria.  Judge Cindee Matyas set the trial date for next July, but said she would allow defense lawyer William Falls a postponement if needed.  The 40-year-old woman earlier pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder in the attacks.  Cannon Beach police found the toddler dead and the 13-year-old girl in a hotel room on August 1.  The teen has since recovered.  Smith and her husband, Greg Smith, were divorcing after 17 years amid a custody dispute.