Lawyers for Bart McNeil asked a judge on Thursday to approve a full evidentiary hearing on McNeil’s innocence claim in the death of his 3-year-old daughter.
Bart McNeil is entitled to a thorough review of newly-discovered evidence in the death of his 3-year-old daughter, McNeil’s lawyers argued in a new court filing related to his petition for a new trial on murder charges.
A hearing on new evidence that could clear Bart McNeil of murder was delayed on Friday by at least five months after a prosecutor said the state will first seek dismissal of McNeil’s petition for a new trial.
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A man accused of raping an elderly woman and possessing child pornography five years ago told a judge on Friday he has not been successful in hiring a new lawyer to represent him in the county’s longest pending criminal case.
The sexual assault charges filed in 2016 against Jeffrey Martin, 56, accuse him of raping a woman with whom he was staying in Normal. According to authorities, Martin was hired by the woman to work on electronics and she allowed him to stay at her residence.
Police allegedly found illegal images on Martin’s computer during a search of the woman’s home as part of the sexual assault investigation.