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Friday, June 06, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Haughee requests prison transfer"
Updating this ILB entry from May 2nd, the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:
A former Lake County prosecutor, Hebron councilman and attorney who was sentenced to a year in Porter County Jail asked that he be transferred to state prison so he could better work on his appeals.Michael B. Haughee, 56, has been representing himself on a series of appeals since his March 6 sentencing for sexual battery, criminal confinement and interference with the reporting of a crime.
He asked for the move after two motions he filed April 6 were continued.
He would have access to a legal library in the prison and more of his files from his case, he said.
Porter County Jail allows a duffel of about two square feet for storage of papers.
Judge Mary Harper denied the move and reminded him that she offered to assign him a public defender, but he declined. He'll appear in court again July 1.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 6, 2008 08:14 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts