Defense attorneys hoping to get new trials for a mother and daughterâs first-degree murder cases laid out their reasons in a Washington County courtroom Wednesday during closing arguments in a post conviction relief hearing.
Barbara Potter, 69, and daughter Jenelle Potter, 38, are seeking new trials. Jenelle Potterâs post-conviction attorney, Grace Studer, also made a good argument for at least a new appeal for her client. Jenelleâs trial attorney, Cameron Hyder, admitted Tuesday to his part in missing certain deadlines in the appellate process.
Those missteps were essentially a waiver of appealing much of the evidence presented at trial.
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“The missiles they said were going over their head, Potter said. They always tell me about the missiles going off. But now it s actual rockets and two of them at the beginning of this were in their neighborhood.
Potter said her daughter s main focus is making sure the children are shielded emotionally from what s really happening around them.
Barbara Potter
Barbara Potter, her daughter and two grandchildren. She is worried for my grandchildren,” Potter said. “A two-year-old and four-year-old and they don t know. So, they are kind of just trying to keep that from them. Keep them happy and safe.