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Attorneys seek to overturn Lach murder conviction
Two Houston lawyers for Benjamin Lach filed a motion to vacate his 40 year Texas death sentence to allow a late appeal and motion for a new trial after Lach said he was in shock and disbelief when waiving his rights. Judge Byron Matthews skepticism on reopening the case persists as Lach was convicted December 4, 1967, for the scalpel slaying of Mrs Sarah Alice Morgan in Fort Worth.
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Jack Golding
Avalanche-Journal
Houston
Benjamin Lach
Texas Tech
Lach
Carl F. Dally
Joe Shaffer
Aarace
Har- County District Attorney's Mail
Byron Matthews
Criminal District Court No. 1
Fort Worth
Matthews
Avalanche Journal
Sarah Alice Morgan
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