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You have to believe he is the perp, but there are several things that make one wonder, now. The prosecutors are upset there is a second attorney appointed to represent him and call it stacking the deck??? Just maybe he is not guilty?
New trial date set for man convicted in Coast Guard killings
Courtesy: MGN
By Associated Press | Posted: Tue 11:07 AM, Nov 27, 2018 | Updated: Tue 11:57 AM, Nov 27, 2018
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - A new trial date has been set for a man convicted in the 2012 killings of two co-workers at a Coast Guard communications station in Alaska.
The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports James Wells is scheduled for trial April 29 in Anchorage.
The new date comes nearly a year after a federal appeals court panel concluded Wells did not receive a fair trial. The three-judge panel reversed Wells' conviction on murder and weapons charges and ordered a new trial.
Members of the panel took issue with the government challenging the appointment of a second attorney to help represent Wells, saying it carried a "reproachable air of stacking the deck."
The panel also found the lower court erred in permitting the use of certain testimony.
You have to believe he is the perp, but there are several things that make one wonder, now. The prosecutors are upset there is a second attorney appointed to represent him and call it stacking the deck??? Just maybe he is not guilty?
New trial date set for man convicted in Coast Guard killings
Courtesy: MGN
By Associated Press | Posted: Tue 11:07 AM, Nov 27, 2018 | Updated: Tue 11:57 AM, Nov 27, 2018
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - A new trial date has been set for a man convicted in the 2012 killings of two co-workers at a Coast Guard communications station in Alaska.
The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports James Wells is scheduled for trial April 29 in Anchorage.
The new date comes nearly a year after a federal appeals court panel concluded Wells did not receive a fair trial. The three-judge panel reversed Wells' conviction on murder and weapons charges and ordered a new trial.
Members of the panel took issue with the government challenging the appointment of a second attorney to help represent Wells, saying it carried a "reproachable air of stacking the deck."
The panel also found the lower court erred in permitting the use of certain testimony.