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Without warning, judge calls mistrial in murder case
Defense attorneys dismissed, too; courtroom meeting scheduled Monday
The judge in the Anoka County murder trial of Joshua Allen Krueth declared a mistrial Friday morning and removed the defendant's two attorneys from the case, the county attorney's office said.
Judge Dan Kammeyer also granted a defense motion to seal the transcript of the private hearing in which the mistrial was discussed.
Officials refused to give further details about the reason for the mistrial.
...Krueth is charged with killing 60-year-old Lawrence Plessel of Ramsey in September 2004, two weeks before killing Suzanne Fischer in the same town a murder to which Krueth pleaded guilty.
His attorneys had argued that although he was a convicted murderer, he was innocent in the Plessel case.
More: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/twincities/news/local/13732027.htm?source=rss&channel=twincities_local
Defense attorneys dismissed, too; courtroom meeting scheduled Monday
The judge in the Anoka County murder trial of Joshua Allen Krueth declared a mistrial Friday morning and removed the defendant's two attorneys from the case, the county attorney's office said.
Judge Dan Kammeyer also granted a defense motion to seal the transcript of the private hearing in which the mistrial was discussed.
Officials refused to give further details about the reason for the mistrial.
...Krueth is charged with killing 60-year-old Lawrence Plessel of Ramsey in September 2004, two weeks before killing Suzanne Fischer in the same town a murder to which Krueth pleaded guilty.
His attorneys had argued that although he was a convicted murderer, he was innocent in the Plessel case.
More: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/twincities/news/local/13732027.htm?source=rss&channel=twincities_local