A jury trial was scheduled in the forgery case against a Hopkinsville City councilwoman.
During a virtual pretrial conference in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday morning, defense attorney David Rye represented Kimberly McCarley on behalf of Ben Fletcher and asked for Chief Circuit Judge John Atkins to set a trial date. Judge Atkins set a jury trial for May 24th.
McCarley was indicted in August 2019 for second-degree forgery after she allegedly forged the name of a woman on a bank document without permission on June 22, 2016.
McCarley has served on Hopkinsville City Council since 2009 and represents Ward 2.
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Proceedings were continued in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday morning in the case against Terrence Stepp, the man accused in the 2018 murder of Tamara Dragoo.
Stepp appeared virtually from the Christian County Jail along with defense attorney Michael Thompson, who informed the court that he has received a significant amount of evidence in this case and needs more time to go through it all. Circuit Judge John Atkins granted his request and set the next pretrial hearing for March 24, which he says should be ample time to look over the evidence.
Stepp had previously been lodged in the Hopkins County Jail, as that county is where he was apprehended, but he has been transferred back to Christian County.
The suspect accused of the 2015 Pembroke triple murder appeared in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday for a motion to dismiss the case to be heard by Judge John Atkins.
Christian Martin, 52, appeared in court via Zoom while at the Christian County Jail while his defense attorneys Tom Griffiths and Doug Moore also appeared via Zoom.
Atkins explained that the motion submitted by the defense to dismiss the case was based on Martinâs due process allegedly being violated. Atkins also shared that he had reviewed the written motion by the defense as well as the commonwealthâs response, but asked Griffiths if he had anything to add before Atkins ruled on the motion.
The case of Pembroke triple murder suspect Christian Martin will continue in Christian Circuit Court after a motion to dismiss the case was denied.
In a brief midday hearing in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday, Judge John Atkins denied Martin’s motion to dismiss charges for three counts of murder, arson, attempted arson, burglary first degree, and three counts of tampering with physical evidence. Judge Atkins denied Martin’s motion to dismiss for a due process violation. The judge did allow renewal of the motion at a later time if the defense wants to supplement the written motion with witness testimony.
A dismissal hearing that was scheduled for next week in the 2015 Pembroke triple homicide case was postponed in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday morning after a request was made by the defense to reschedule.
Christian Martin, 52, appeared in Judge John Atkinsâ court via Zoom while at the Christian County Jail while one of defense attorneys, Olivia Adams also appeared via Zoom.
Adams, who spoke on behalf of Martinâs two other defense attorneys Tim Griffiths and Doug Moore, asked the judge to vacate the hearing that was scheduled for Dec. 14.
The hearing was intended for the defense to present an argument for dismissing Martinâs case and give the prosecution a chance to argue against the motion for dismissal.