The
drawn out legal proceedings surrounding Danny Lee Hill, the former
Warren man convicted of the brutal murder and rape of Raymond Fife, 12,
in 1985, will be be getting longer.
A visiting judge ruled today that she will allow attorneys for Hill, 48, to ask for a new trial based on bite-mark evidence used at Hill’s 1986 trial that his attorneys believe is no longer credible.
Hill is on death row for killing Fife in a wooded area off Palmyra Road Southwest. Hill’s co-defendant, Timothy Combs, also was convicted of the murder but avoided the death penalty because he was 17 at the time.
Hill was convicted of raping, torturing and burning Raymond on Sept. 10, 1985, as the boy rode his bicycle to a Boy Scouts meeting. Raymond died two days later.
Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove’s decision doesn’t allow Hill to get a new trial; it only allows Hill’s attorneys to formally ask for one.
Attorneys for Hill and the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s office argued the issue at a hearing in the courtroom of Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in December.
Judge Cosgrove’s decision focused on the main issue at the hearing — whether Hill was “unavoidably prevented” from filing a motion asking for permission to seek a new trial by deadline 120 days after his conviction.
- See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/2016/jun/07/judge-killer-danny-lee-hill-can-ask-new-trial/#sthash.BYDtkOo5.dpuf
A visiting judge ruled today that she will allow attorneys for Hill, 48, to ask for a new trial based on bite-mark evidence used at Hill’s 1986 trial that his attorneys believe is no longer credible.
Hill is on death row for killing Fife in a wooded area off Palmyra Road Southwest. Hill’s co-defendant, Timothy Combs, also was convicted of the murder but avoided the death penalty because he was 17 at the time.
Hill was convicted of raping, torturing and burning Raymond on Sept. 10, 1985, as the boy rode his bicycle to a Boy Scouts meeting. Raymond died two days later.
Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove’s decision doesn’t allow Hill to get a new trial; it only allows Hill’s attorneys to formally ask for one.
Attorneys for Hill and the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s office argued the issue at a hearing in the courtroom of Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in December.
Judge Cosgrove’s decision focused on the main issue at the hearing — whether Hill was “unavoidably prevented” from filing a motion asking for permission to seek a new trial by deadline 120 days after his conviction.
- See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/2016/jun/07/judge-killer-danny-lee-hill-can-ask-new-trial/#sthash.BYDtkOo5.dpuf
The
drawn out legal proceedings surrounding Danny Lee Hill, the former
Warren man convicted of the brutal murder and rape of Raymond Fife, 12,
in 1985, will be be getting longer.
A visiting judge ruled today that she will allow attorneys for Hill, 48, to ask for a new trial based on bite-mark evidence used at Hill’s 1986 trial that his attorneys believe is no longer credible.
Hill is on death row for killing Fife in a wooded area off Palmyra Road Southwest. Hill’s co-defendant, Timothy Combs, also was convicted of the murder but avoided the death penalty because he was 17 at the time.
Hill was convicted of raping, torturing and burning Raymond on Sept. 10, 1985, as the boy rode his bicycle to a Boy Scouts meeting. Raymond died two days later.
Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove’s decision doesn’t allow Hill to get a new trial; it only allows Hill’s attorneys to formally ask for one.
Attorneys for Hill and the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s office argued the issue at a hearing in the courtroom of Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in December.
Judge Cosgrove’s decision focused on the main issue at the hearing — whether Hill was “unavoidably prevented” from filing a motion asking for permission to seek a new trial by deadline 120 days after his conviction.
- See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/2016/jun/07/judge-killer-danny-lee-hill-can-ask-new-trial/#sthash.YymDX7PO.dpuf
A visiting judge ruled today that she will allow attorneys for Hill, 48, to ask for a new trial based on bite-mark evidence used at Hill’s 1986 trial that his attorneys believe is no longer credible.
Hill is on death row for killing Fife in a wooded area off Palmyra Road Southwest. Hill’s co-defendant, Timothy Combs, also was convicted of the murder but avoided the death penalty because he was 17 at the time.
Hill was convicted of raping, torturing and burning Raymond on Sept. 10, 1985, as the boy rode his bicycle to a Boy Scouts meeting. Raymond died two days later.
Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove’s decision doesn’t allow Hill to get a new trial; it only allows Hill’s attorneys to formally ask for one.
Attorneys for Hill and the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s office argued the issue at a hearing in the courtroom of Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in December.
Judge Cosgrove’s decision focused on the main issue at the hearing — whether Hill was “unavoidably prevented” from filing a motion asking for permission to seek a new trial by deadline 120 days after his conviction.
- See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/2016/jun/07/judge-killer-danny-lee-hill-can-ask-new-trial/#sthash.YymDX7PO.dpuf
"The drawn out legal proceedings
surrounding Danny Lee Hill, the former Warren man convicted of the brutal
murder and rape of Raymond Fife, 12, in 1985, will be be getting longer. A visiting judge ruled today that she
will allow attorneys for Hill, 48, to ask for a new trial based on bite-mark
evidence used at Hill’s 1986 trial that his attorneys believe is no longer
credible. Hill is on death row for killing Fife
in a wooded area off Palmyra Road Southwest. Hill’s co-defendant, Timothy
Combs, also was convicted of the murder but avoided the death penalty because
he was 17 at the time. Hill was convicted of raping, torturing
and burning Raymond on Sept. 10, 1985, as the boy rode his bicycle to a Boy
Scouts meeting. Raymond died two days later. Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove’s decision
doesn’t allow Hill to get a new trial; it only allows Hill’s attorneys to
formally ask for one."
A
visiting judge ruled today that she will allow attorneys for Hill, 48,
to ask for a new trial based on bite-mark evidence used at Hill’s 1986
trial that his attorneys believe is no longer credible. - See more at:
http://www.vindy.com/news/2016/jun/07/judge-killer-danny-lee-hill-can-ask-new-trial/#sthash.73zZCYsQ.dpuis on death row for killing Fife
in a wooded area off Palmyra Road Southwest. Hill’s co-defendant, Timothy
Combs, also was convicted of the murder but avoided the death penalty because
he was 17 at the time.Hill was convicted of raping, torturing
and burning Raymond on Sept. 10, 1985, as the boy rode his bicycle to a Boy
Scouts meeting. Raymond died two days later. Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove’s decision
doesn’t allow Hill to get a new trial; it only allows Hill’s attorneys to
formally ask for one.http://www.vindy.com/news/2016/jun/07/judge-killer-danny-lee-hill-can-ask-new-trial/
