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Monday, July 17, 2006

Ind. Decisions - "Man prepares for new murder trial"

The Fort Wayne News Sentinel has an AP story headlined "Man prepares for new murder trial." It begins:

Michael "Wolf" Collins, 49, was convicted in February 2004 in the 2003 shooting death of 33-year-old Michele Jaynes of Marion.

But Collins' conviction was overturned by the Indiana Court of Appeals because the case's original judge should not have allowed jurors to view a videotaped statement by a witness who refused to testify on the stand. The state Supreme Court declined to hear a further appeal, and sent the case back to Grant County.

The new jury will be selected in adjacent Blackford County and bused to Grant County for the trial after Grant Circuit Judge Thomas Hunt ruled that local publicity surrounding the case would be prejudicial.

Here is the 2-1 May 4, 2005 Court of Appeals opinion.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 17, 2006 09:00 AM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions