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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Ind. Decisions - Transfer petition filed re Myers' murder conviction
"Lawyers asking courts to overturn John Myers conviction" is the headline to a story today ($$) by Laura Lane in the Bloomington Herald-Times. Some quotes:
MARTINSVILLE — Lawyers representing the man convicted of killing Bloomington resident and Indiana University student Jill Behrman are asking the Indiana Supreme Court to overturn the guilty verdict.For background, here is a 3/21/08 story on the oral arguments before the COA, and here is the 5/30/08 COA opinion.On Wednesday, Indianapolis attorney Patrick Baker and his father, Hugh Baker, filed a 10-page petition asking that the case be transferred to the supreme court, which can accept or decline the request.
John R. Myers II, 33, was convicted of murder in 2006 and given a 65-year jail term. Behrman was 19 when she disappeared on a bike ride in 2000; her body was found three years later.
The Bakers make several claims: that reference to a polygraph test Myers took tainted the jurors, that inappropriate testimony was given by two law enforcement officers, and that the sequestered jurors’ “shocking jury misconduct” prejudiced Myers’ right to a fair trial.
After oral arguments in May, the Indiana Court of Appeals issued a 44-page ruling affirming Myers’ conviction. His attorneys appealed, and last month, the appeals court denied their petition for a rehearing on the matter without issuing a written opinion.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 11, 2008 02:22 PM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions