FROM THE NEWSROOM: HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — One of two men - TopicsExpress



          

FROM THE NEWSROOM: HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — One of two men convicted in the killings of a mother and her two daughters in a 2007 Connecticut home invasion is seeking a new trial, saying recordings of non-emergency police phone lines were withheld from the defense. Lawyers for Joshua Komisarjevsky asked the Connecticut Supreme Court last week to hold an evidentiary hearing, reverse Komisarjevskys convictions and order a new trial. The lawyers say the recordings would have proved a defense theory that the police response to the Cheshire home invasion was inadequate — an effort to question the credibility of police witnesses. Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes are on death row for the killings of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela. Prosecutors say the recordings were given to the defense and dont raise any significant appeal issues.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:55:03 +0000

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