Accused Double Murderer Howard Hawk Willis Made An Appearance in Court Wednesday
Nate Morabito
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By Nate Morabito
Reporter / WJHL
Published: July 2, 2008
That’s the opinion of Judge Lynn Brown today during Willis’ brief appearance in court.
As we told you Monday, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a stay of trial for the first-degree murder case, which was set to begin next week.
The appeals court will consider Willis’ claim that he is unfairly being forced to represent himself.
Today, Judge Brown summed up his thoughts.
Brown said, “It’s been a nightmare. I don’t know how anyone could understand this trial has been delayed since 2002.“
Also today, Judge Brown stripped Willis of all of his special privileges to prepare his case, pending the appeals court’s decision.
If convicted of killing teenagers Adam Chrismer and Samantha Leming in Johnson City in October 2002, Willis could be sentenced to death.
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Posted by ( RLHall20 ) on July 02, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Geeee I feel sorry for the tax payers in Tennessee. If I lived in TN I would be more vocal about this and have this case start and come to an end. Its obvious what he is doing. They just told on Fox news how much the TN tax payers have already paid for this long drawn out case. Lets stop the nonsense and end it.
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