Monday, March 31, 2008
Pike County Sex Abuse Case Ends In Hung Jury.
A jury deliberated for several hours Friday and came back with no verdict for a Phelps man on trial for allegedly committing first degree rape seven years ago.
Pike County Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Ron Burchett says that he will decide within the next couple of weeks to see if the Commonwealth is going to attempt to retry the case.
The Commonwealth believes that Jimmy Hamilton raped his then girlfriend’s six year old daughter in March of 2001. The mother disclosed the alleged crime the next month after she moved to Tennessee.
Pike County Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Ron Burchett says that he will decide within the next couple of weeks to see if the Commonwealth is going to attempt to retry the case.
The Commonwealth believes that Jimmy Hamilton raped his then girlfriend’s six year old daughter in March of 2001. The mother disclosed the alleged crime the next month after she moved to Tennessee.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 11:53 AM 
