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Uncasville resident Marcus Fisher ordered committed to state psychatric hosptial for 120 years in grandparents' murders

NEW LONDON -  The trial of a 20-year-old Uncasville man accused of stabbing his grandparents to death in 2019 has been formally set down to begin in early June in New London, one of the first such proceedings to take place locally in more than a year. A three-judge panel will preside over the trial of Marcus Fisher beginning June 7, according to the office of New London Superior Court Judge Hillary Strackbein. The court’s criminal court office had the trial set to last through June 8. Judges Harry Calmar, Shari Murphy and Strackbein will oversee the trial, the first of its kind to take pl...

NEW LONDON -  A New London Superior Court judge on Tuesday set a tentative June trial date for a 20-year-old Uncasville man accused of stabbing his grandparents to death in 2019. Judge Hillary Strackbein noted the June 22 date for Marcus Fisher was contingent on whether the state will by that point be ready to resume trials after pausing such proceedings last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Fisher’s public defender Kevin Barrs also warned his client, who viewed the proceedings remotely, the trial date was subject to change, but told Fisher he’d be the “first on the list” when trial...