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ROCKFORD The case for a man acquitted of murder and his quest for a certificate of innocence will continue for at least another three weeks.
Patrick Pursley, accompanied by his attorney Rachel Brady, appeared Monday in Winnebago County Court before Judge Joe McGraw. Their appearance came two months after McGraw granted the certificate and three weeks after the state and a private law firm asked McGraw to reconsider his decision.
Pursley, now lives in the Champaign area served 23 years of a life sentence in prison in connection to the 1993 murder of Andy Ascher.
Ascher and his girlfriend, Becky Myers, whose last name was George in 1993, were seated in a car on Silent Wood Trail when a man wearing a ski mask approached and demanded their money. The man, whose face was not see, then proceeded to shoot Ascher in the head.
ROCKFORD A certificate of innocence granted in late February to Patrick Pursley is being contested.
The Winnebago County State s Attorney s Office as well as a private law firm representing seven retired Rockford police detectives who pegged Pursley as the gunman who robbed and fatally shot Andy Ascher in 1993 have filed a motion to reconsider.
The request was filed Wednesday just within the 30-day time frame permitted, prosecutors said. The certificate, among other things, allows Pursley to file for up to $220,000 in compensation for being incarcerated for 23 years.
Mike Iasparro, an attorney with the law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson, and Andrew Fisk, an assistant state s attorney, said the motion was filed on the basis of new evidence. Iasparro went on to explain Thursday it is actually the same ballistics evidence that only recently has been properly tested.
Hintz ignored calls by county office holders to resign and ran unopposed in the Nov. 3 election. He was re-elected to another four-year term and a day later, he pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts, including 23 counts of official misconduct, 12 counts of forgery and two counts of theft.
Michelle Hintz pleaded not guilty to four counts of theft and three counts of unlawful use of a credit card.
Former State’s Attorney Marilyn Hite Ross said purchases were made with a county-issued credit card.
Between April 2018 and July, the Hintzes are alleged to have used county funds for personal expenses. According to the indictments, Bill Hintz allegedly spent more than $10,000 on hotel rooms, car rentals, gasoline and tolls unrelated to official county business.
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ROCKFORD Attorneys for the man accused of killing three people and wounding three others at a bowling alley Saturday told a judge he may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and has issues with memory loss.
Ela Bucko of Granger & Donahue said Duke Webb, 37, of Shalimar, Florida, will undergo mental health evaluations.
Webb made his first appearance in court via video on Monday and was denied bond by Judge Debra Schafer.
Webb, who joined the Army in July 2008, is a decorated Special Forces assistant operations and intelligence sergeant. He served four tours of duty in Afghanistan, the most recent ending in July.