Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Trial Continues In Murder Of Former WV Player
WEST VIRGINIA....
As the murder trial of Jocelyn Branham Earnest, former West Virginia Mountaineers basketball player from 1989 to 1992, continues in Virginia, the judge ruled Wednesday the jury can see pictures of some of the pages of her handwritten journals while prosecution witnesses testify about some of the entries. Prosecutors say former school administrator Wesley Earnest allegedly shot to death his estranged wife three years ago and then tried to make it look like a suicide. Wesley Earnest was convicted earlier this year, but jurors who discussed information from the journals, which were not part of the evidence, forced the judge to throw out the conviction. In journal entries, Jocelyn Earnest described Wesley Earnest as her "cheating husband" and wrote he would be guilty if she were ever found dead.
As the murder trial of Jocelyn Branham Earnest, former West Virginia Mountaineers basketball player from 1989 to 1992, continues in Virginia, the judge ruled Wednesday the jury can see pictures of some of the pages of her handwritten journals while prosecution witnesses testify about some of the entries. Prosecutors say former school administrator Wesley Earnest allegedly shot to death his estranged wife three years ago and then tried to make it look like a suicide. Wesley Earnest was convicted earlier this year, but jurors who discussed information from the journals, which were not part of the evidence, forced the judge to throw out the conviction. In journal entries, Jocelyn Earnest described Wesley Earnest as her "cheating husband" and wrote he would be guilty if she were ever found dead.
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