CADILLAC â The preliminary exam in the Buckley murder case was adjourned a second time after a recent change in legal counsel for the defendant, Alex Keith Mesler.
This is the second time the preliminary exam in Wexford County s 84th District Court was adjourned. The first time was on Nov. 9 and was due to issues related to witnesses, according to Wexford County Prosecutor Corey Wiggins. Wiggins, however, didn t go into details about those issues.
The case was recently adjourned on Dec. 11 after Mesler s former attorney, Bill Barnett, was released from representation on Dec. 3. The motion earlier this month, made by Barnett, was filed with and heard in district court on Dec. 2. The ordered to release him was entered on Dec. 3. The motion was made due to a conflict Barnett had, but Wiggins had no other comment regarding the conflict.