Claim Vance retarded still lawyers’ tack
They also seek to scrap tapes of police interviews
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Defense attorneys for the Marianna man accused of killing TV news anchor Anne Pressly are pressing their claim that he could be mentally retarded - which would prohibit him from being executed - but are resisting a Pulaski County circuit judge’s request that they prove it by Friday.
Curtis Lavelle Vance’s defenders also are petitioning Judge Chris Piazza to order redactions in the three recorded interviews Vance gave to detectives, two weeks after the defense lost an effort to suppress those statements.
Among the latest filings in the capital-murder case, prosecutors moved Wednesday to challenge a defense strategy aimed at discrediting those statements to police.
In the Wednesday motion, chief deputy prosecutor John Johnson said the defense should be prevented ...
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Poorboy says...
Anyone doing this type crime must be either retarded or a pschopath but that should not preclude them from being prosecuted to the fullest extent and executed if the jury decides it is necessary.
October 22, 2009 at 8:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
kingdaddy says...
From what I have heard about the defense attorney he is just being lazy and not wanting to mount a suitable defense. It is sad that a person cannot get a fair trial because of blatant disregard for their rights by their attorney.
There was no mention a year ago that he had mental issues therefore it should not be brought up now.
October 22, 2009 at 9:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
parkerhouse says...
If the judge has already rebuffed the request, then what is the issue? Judge, please stand by your original ruling. Do NOT give in. After all YOU are the Judge, and I think The People are looking to you to uphold the law. Don't let the lawyers sway your original decision. PLEASE!
October 22, 2009 at 11:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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