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Federal judge allows key evidence in Pocahontas murder case
A federal judge in Abingdon Virginia ruled that selected evidence collected at the scene including tires plaster casts footprints and photographs may be admitted at the federal trial for Samuel Ealy and Walter Church in the 1989 Pocahontas murder case. The trial, set for November 6, will proceed as a capital murder case with possible death sentences though the death penalty is removed from some aspects. The ruling comes as prosecutors consider appealing the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Abingdon
U.S
James P Jones
Western District of Virginia
Samuel Stephen Ealy
Walter Lesight
Pete” Church
Tazewell County
H.S. Caudill
Ealy
Jones
U.S. Department of Justice
Anthony Giorno
Giorno
Thomas Blaylock
Roanoke
Tom Scott
Grundy
Beverly Davis
Radford
James Turk Jr
Church
Péuit