Murder and attemtped murder charges against Devonte T. Phillips, 22, were dismissed Wednesday, less than a week before the case was set to go to trial.
The defense said the state failed to present evidence the woman drove her co-defendant to the homicide scene. Prosecutors said she shared culpability, because she knew of the alleged plan
Hill may be the only person in the history of American jurisprudence who has had two convictions for separate crimes set aside because prosecutors failed to turn over potentially exculpatory
Hill may be the only person in the history of American jurisprudence who has had two convictions for separate crimes set aside because prosecutors failed to turn over potentially exculpatory
The Lake County prosecutor s office dropped charges Thursday against James Hill and Pierre L. Catlett in the 1980 homicide of off-duty Hammond police Officer Lawrence J. "Larry" Pucalik.