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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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Police officers testified Friday that a Johnson City teenager planned to skip town after a deadly shooting, but no one answered his calls after the incident. ....
Attorneys appointed for two accused in death of child Two unrelated high-profile murder cases were set for hearings Monday and two defendants in one case were appointed attorneys while the third in a different case will undergo a mental evaluation. Annette D. Harvey, 51, of New Jersey, was charged in January with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Robin Leonard. The stabbing happened Jan. 29 at Leonardâs home and she died 11 days later. Harvey appeared with her attorney, Jeff Johnson, before Criminal Court Judge Lisa Rice. Johnson asked the judge to approve a mental evaluation for his client, which she did. ....
The attorney for a 17-year-old charged with murder in what authorities have indicated was a gun sale gone wrong this week wants to keep the media from covering a transfer hearing set in May. Johnson City police investigators recovered 15 shell casings from the scene of a deadly shooting Wednesday, according to testimony in the teenagerâs detention hearing on Thursday. Investigator Shane Malone also testified that Darius W. Adler, 17, of Johnson City, told police he fired off 17 rounds at a man heâd arranged a meeting with to buy a gun. Adler was charged with first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, possession of schedule III drug for resale and simple possession of schedule VI drug on Wednesday. ....