Post by CCADP on Aug 15, 2005 10:00:05 GMT -5
Anderson could face death penalty in case
Man accused of robbing, killing 71-year-old, setting to home
By CRYSTAL QUARLES - The Herald-Dispatch
Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch
John David Anderson, 19, of Carter County, Ky. enters the Lawrence County Municipal Court for his preliminary hearing Friday in Chesapeake, Ohio. Anderson is charged with aggravated murder and could face the death sentence for killing Arthur Boyer, 71, at his rural Lawrence County home last month.
CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — John David Anderson walked into the Lawrence County Municipal Courtroom on Friday with a blank face — attending what was scheduled to be his preliminary hearing for a potential death penalty case.
Anderson is accused of killing 71-year-old Arthur Boyer, who was a resident of the Deering area. Lawrence County law enforcement officers say Boyer was killed in his home, which then was burned. It is now alleged that Anderson may have been in the process of a robbery that concluded with Boyer being murdered. These felonies, if proven, could be grounds for the death penalty.
Anderson appeared before Judge Donald Capper briefly, just before it was decided that the municipal court no longer had jurisdiction because an indictment had been issued from the grand jury.
“We’re satisfied that the grand jury did the right thing,” said prosecutor J.B. Collier, who presented the death penalty case to the grand jury.
In the state of Ohio, the death penalty can only be considered if another felony crime
is committed in addition to murder, said Charles Knight, who is a qualified attorney for death penalty cases. West Virginia does not have capital punishment.
“(The prosecutor) must also be able to prove that he committed arson or robbed the home,” said Knight, who was sitting in for Anderson’s original attorney, Mark McCowen, who was working on another case. “My client has never mentioned either to me.”
Anderson’s eight-count indictment includes two felony charges — aggravated robbery and aggravated murder.
Anderson is expected to be arraigned on Monday or Tuesday by the Common Plea Courts.
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Man accused of robbing, killing 71-year-old, setting to home
By CRYSTAL QUARLES - The Herald-Dispatch
Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch
John David Anderson, 19, of Carter County, Ky. enters the Lawrence County Municipal Court for his preliminary hearing Friday in Chesapeake, Ohio. Anderson is charged with aggravated murder and could face the death sentence for killing Arthur Boyer, 71, at his rural Lawrence County home last month.
CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — John David Anderson walked into the Lawrence County Municipal Courtroom on Friday with a blank face — attending what was scheduled to be his preliminary hearing for a potential death penalty case.
Anderson is accused of killing 71-year-old Arthur Boyer, who was a resident of the Deering area. Lawrence County law enforcement officers say Boyer was killed in his home, which then was burned. It is now alleged that Anderson may have been in the process of a robbery that concluded with Boyer being murdered. These felonies, if proven, could be grounds for the death penalty.
Anderson appeared before Judge Donald Capper briefly, just before it was decided that the municipal court no longer had jurisdiction because an indictment had been issued from the grand jury.
“We’re satisfied that the grand jury did the right thing,” said prosecutor J.B. Collier, who presented the death penalty case to the grand jury.
In the state of Ohio, the death penalty can only be considered if another felony crime
is committed in addition to murder, said Charles Knight, who is a qualified attorney for death penalty cases. West Virginia does not have capital punishment.
“(The prosecutor) must also be able to prove that he committed arson or robbed the home,” said Knight, who was sitting in for Anderson’s original attorney, Mark McCowen, who was working on another case. “My client has never mentioned either to me.”
Anderson’s eight-count indictment includes two felony charges — aggravated robbery and aggravated murder.
Anderson is expected to be arraigned on Monday or Tuesday by the Common Plea Courts.
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