Friday, May 28, 2010
Cabell Circuit Judge Sets Bond In Murder Case
WEST VIRGINIA....
Thursday, Cabell Circuit Judge Alfred Ferguson agreed to set a $50,000 bond, with home confinement as a condition of any release, for Jesse Aaron Blevins. Blevins faces a two-count indictment in the July 28, 2009, stabbing death of one-time love interest Elizabeth Cotton whose body was found hidden underneath a cellar's trapdoor in a basement of a home at 728 Jackson Avenue in Huntington. The judge denied a defense effort to toss out evidence in the case. Defense attorney Courtenay Craig plans to appeal that decision to the state Supreme Court. Craig says Blevins acted in self-defense and lacked premeditation, a prerequisite for first-degree murder. Trial is set for later this year.
Thursday, Cabell Circuit Judge Alfred Ferguson agreed to set a $50,000 bond, with home confinement as a condition of any release, for Jesse Aaron Blevins. Blevins faces a two-count indictment in the July 28, 2009, stabbing death of one-time love interest Elizabeth Cotton whose body was found hidden underneath a cellar's trapdoor in a basement of a home at 728 Jackson Avenue in Huntington. The judge denied a defense effort to toss out evidence in the case. Defense attorney Courtenay Craig plans to appeal that decision to the state Supreme Court. Craig says Blevins acted in self-defense and lacked premeditation, a prerequisite for first-degree murder. Trial is set for later this year.
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