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Continued From Page 1 —•testify to facte given by him under oath in his August 1980 capital murder trial.* Wallacecourt reporter can prepare the facts in the case.“It is our opinion that a number of reversible errors were committed during the conduct of this trial,” Vollers said.Voilers said that the appeal would be based on the decision of the court to move the trial from Hopkins County to neighboring Delta County in granting a pre-trial change of venue motion by the defense.Errors in the admission andIrejection of evidence, jury selection and court procedure during the trial would also be included in the appeal attempt, Voilers said.District Attorney Jim Chapman said that he was pleased with the verdict and felt that the jury did a good job despite their inability to render a decision in the punishment phase of the trial.Jessie Lee Shaw,'* also convicted in the death of Mrs. Wallace, faces a perjury charge for his refusal toMrs. Wallace’s body was found in December 1979 in a shallow grave near the Caney community in Hopkins County some five months after her disappearance was first reported to police.Shaw, who pleaded guilty to killing Mrs. Wallace, later received a 60 year sentence in a plea-bargain agreement,
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Paris News
Paris, Texas, US
Fri, Dec 11, 1981
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