Attorneys Sheffield, Hodges, and King appeared in Columbus Georgia in the State of Georgia vs. Rebecca Haynie. The prosecutor had suddenly elected to bring the death penalty, after the case had been pending for seven years. Fortunately, after five months of preparation, the defense team held a hearing and convinced the judge that the prosecutor’s…
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Rebecca Haynie News
Defense claims Canadian vendor illegally altered Columbus grand jury pool in murder case
Attorneys for a woman and her alleged ex-lover accused of killing her estranged husband in 2004 are claiming the suspects’ indictment was illegal and should be quashed. The lawyers representing Rebecca McInnis Haynie and Donald Keith Phillips, each charged with murder in the fatal March 4, 2004, shooting of Columbus auto shop owner Kirby Smith,…
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Peters, Rubin, and Sheffield Begin Pretrial Hearings on the Kirby Smith Cold Murder Case
Jason B. Sheffield, Foss Hodges, and Erin King continued in pretrial hearings in Muscogee Superior Court in front of Judge Bemon McBride, this time asking the Court to dismiss the indictment due to violations of their client’s Constitutional right to a Speedy Trial. The Court heard witness testimony offered by Mr. Hodges, specifically from Forensic…
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