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HOUGHTON – Former attorney and Hancock resident Evan Andrew Dixon, 62, was sentenced
to a minimum of 18 years and a maximum of 40 years in prison on Monday in Houghton County 12th Circuit Court on one count of second degree murder in the Nov. 13, 2023 shooting death of Theron Duncan, 53, of Houghton. The shooting took place in the men’s restroom of the Douglass House Saloon in downtown Houghton.
Marquette County Circuit Judge Matthew Wiese presided over the case due to local judicial conflicts of interest. Because Dixon was a long-time practicing attorney in Houghton County, local judges recused themselves to avoid conflicts of interest, requiring outside judges to handle the district and circuit court proceedings.
In addition to the prison sentence, Dixon was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $14,091.56 for a combination of Duncan's funeral and cremation services. He was also ordered to pay $150 to the Crime Victims Assessment, comply with DNA testing and pay the $60 fee as ordered by the court and $68 in additional cost as ordered by the court.
Court documents state that as part of the plea agreement, two other charges, first-degree murder and felony firearms, were dismissed. A no-contest plea allows the court to treat the defendant as guilty for sentencing without a formal admission of guilt.
“Mr. Dixon, I don’t doubt your remorse here,” Weise said, “but I am just very puzzled by we are all here today and it seems so senseless what you have done.”
Weise said he understands Dixon is struggling to find some solace and he recognizes that he will never walk out of prison alive.
“Mr. Duncan should not be dead,” Weise told Dixon. “And he’s only dead because you killed him.”