Post by Logan on Jun 16, 2016 3:20:40 GMT -6
Tiede theft charge dismissed (man that the movie "Bernie" was based upon)
The judge presiding over the Bernie Tiede case has dismissed the convicted murderer's theft indictment, agreeing it violated Tiede's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial.
The action by visiting Judge Diane DeVasto expands the possibilities for Tiede, who is appealing a 99-year sentence jurors levied in April after hearing three weeks of testimony.
Defense attorney Mike DeGeurin's motion for a new sentencing trial, which would be Tiede's third for the 1996 murder of 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent in Carthage, remains pending before DeVasto.
The judge's action on the felony theft indictment puts to bed a defense motion DeGeurin filed more than a year before Tiede's re-sentencing trial in Henderson.
Read more: www.news-journal.com/news/2016/jun/15/tiede-theft-charge-dismissed/
The judge presiding over the Bernie Tiede case has dismissed the convicted murderer's theft indictment, agreeing it violated Tiede's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial.
The action by visiting Judge Diane DeVasto expands the possibilities for Tiede, who is appealing a 99-year sentence jurors levied in April after hearing three weeks of testimony.
Defense attorney Mike DeGeurin's motion for a new sentencing trial, which would be Tiede's third for the 1996 murder of 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent in Carthage, remains pending before DeVasto.
The judge's action on the felony theft indictment puts to bed a defense motion DeGeurin filed more than a year before Tiede's re-sentencing trial in Henderson.
Read more: www.news-journal.com/news/2016/jun/15/tiede-theft-charge-dismissed/