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YOUNGSTOWN An aggravated murder trial that might hinge on an unusual type of identification of the suspect won’t go forward Monday, after defense attorneys cried foul last week.
Attorneys David Betras and Patrick Kirally filed a motion in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court asking that the trial of Lavontae E. Knight be postponed or certain evidence be tossed because they were not given evidence in the state’s possession favorable to the defense until April 30 10 days before the trial was supposed to begin.
The evidence is related to a photo lineup police showed to a witness in the case.
Staff photo / Ed Runyan
Todd Perkins of Youngstown, left, stands with his attorney, Thomas Zena, during Perkinsâ plea hearing Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Perkins was found guilty to two counts of rape involving young girls.
YOUNGSTOWN Todd Perkins, 55, of Coitsville Hubbard Road, pleaded no contest Wednesday to two counts of rape involving two children.
His plea avoided a trial scheduled for Monday.
Perkins, an electrician, pleaded no contest before Judge Maureen Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to a sex act involving a girl between October 2015 and October 2016 who was about 4 years old.
The girl also described inappropriate touching, said Jennifer McLaughlin, assistant county prosecutor.
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