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GREENFIELD Judge Richard Carey has given the state until July 30 to hand over to the defense materials relevant to the case of Rie Hachiyanagi, the Mount Holyoke College professor accused of using a fire poker, rock and pruning shears to attack a.
Judge considering motion to access employment records in Mount Holyoke prof’s case
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GREENFIELD Franklin County Superior Court Judge John Agostini said he expects to quickly render a decision on the state’s motion to obtain the employment records of Rie Hachiyanagi, the Mount Holyoke College professor accused of using a fire poker, rock and pruning shears to attack a colleague in the alleged victim’s Leverett home nearly a year ago.
An unidentified third party advised the state to request the employment records. Assistant District Attorney Matthew Thomas, who is prosecuting the case for the state, said during a hearing Tuesday that the records could “show some kind of modus operandi or state of mind of the defendant.”