KY - Larry, 56, Jesse, 18, & Jolee Taylor, 13, found slain, Whitley Co., 13 Jan 2017 *Arrest*

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Judge considering request to delay Courtney Taylor capital murder trial

https://www.thenewsjournal.net/judge-considering-request-delay-courtney-taylor-capital-murder-trial/

During a pretrial conference Wednesday morning, Taylor’s new attorney, Teresa Whitaker, informed Judge Jeffery Burdette that she has other cases already set for trial in April and two set for trial in late March.

“There is no way I can do an adequate job and be prepared for that,” Whitaker said about the April trial date.

Burdette noted that some of Whitaker’s other cases might get settled between now and the April trial date.

“I hate to make a decision on the trial date today,” Burdette noted.
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Burdette noted that he is considering postponing the trial, but only for a month or two.

Burdette set another pretrial conference in the case for Dec. 13, and noted that he is trying to accommodate Whitaker’s schedule and ensure that there is a fair trial for both Taylor and the public.
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So far no plea offers in Courtney Taylor triple homicide case

https://www.thenewsjournal.net/far-no-plea-offers-courtney-taylor-triple-homicide-case/

As it stands, the triple homicide trial of a Williamsburg woman, who is charged with killing her husband and two children, is still scheduled for April 16, but it’s possible, if not likely, that the trial will be delayed due to a number of factors. The biggest question is how long the delay may be.

So far there have been no plea negotiations in the capital murder case against 41-year-old Courtney Taylor, but prosecutors are expected to meet with the victim’s family in the coming weeks to present them with all available options.
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During Thursday’s hearing, public advocate Teresa Whitaker asked Special Judge Jeffrey Burdette to delay the trial in part because a mitigation expert hired by the defense in August, had to close her business due to health reasons after working a couple of months on the case.

Burdette didn’t rule on the motion for a continuance Thursday, and left the trial date set for April 16. He scheduled what is now a final pre-trial conference for Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. and is expected to address the issue of a continuance then.
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Trial for Taylor may be moved

http://www.somerset-kentucky.com/kentucky/news/trial-for-taylor-may-be-moved/article_5f21b5a0-282a-5ccc-b795-d39f9a6b6052.html

Judge Jeff Burdette continued Wednesday’s pretrial conference, according to the Whitley County Circuit Court Clerk’s office, and is expected to enter a ruling sometime this week either resetting the pretrial conference or sustaining a motion by defense attorneys to continue the case’s previously-scheduled April 16 trial date.

The motion to continue was officially entered in December 2017 by Taylor’s attorney, Teresa Whitaker, requesting the trial be pushed back since she had just been added as co-counsel a month prior due to the retirement of Taylor’s former attorney, Roger Gibbs. For that reason, Whitaker said that she had other trials scheduled around the same time that she had set before taking on Taylor’s case and felt that she may not be able to devote the necessary time to the case.
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Taylor trial moved from April date

http://www.thetimestribune.com/news/taylor-trial-moved-from-april-date/article_654ef4aa-20e8-11e8-a528-9b8706176e77.html

An order concerning the trial date was filed Monday evening by Burdette, according to the Whitley County Circuit Court Clerk’s office, granting the defense’s request to continue, formally setting aside the previously-scheduled April 16 trial date. No new trial date was outlined in the order.

However, the order does state that the new trial date may not be set later than the end of 2018, which is when current Commonwealth Attorney Alan Trimble’s term expires.

With Burdette’s ruling to continue the trial, a new pretrial conference date of April 9 has been scheduled. A new trial date will most likely be discussed at that time.
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Taylor trial scheduled for Nov. 5

http://www.thetimestribune.com/news/taylor-trial-scheduled-for-nov/article_8634dc48-3c63-11e8-af5c-bbc03abe0cb2.html

With everything now in order, the jury trial for a Williamsburg woman accused of killing her husband and two children in January 2017 has been once again set.

Approximately 400 to 500 jurors are expected to be summoned for possible jury selection, according to Burdette, which will begin Oct. 30 and could last through Nov. 1. Once a jury has been approved, the trial will begin Nov. 5 with a target completion date of Nov. 14. However, Burdette said that more time would be given if necessary.
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Taylor triple murder case on track for Nov. trial

Despite a few minor issues concerning evidentiary items, the jury trial for a Williamsburg woman accused of killing her husband and two children in January 2017 is still on track to be held later this year.

Courtney Taylor, 42, appeared in Whitley County Circuit Court Monday for a pretrial conference, her first since April. The past two dates -- in June and July -- were continued to allow ample time for defense attorneys to review all the evidence in the case, which was turned over to them by prosecutors in May. However, after having reviewed all the items, one of Taylor's attorney, Teresa Whitaker, said Monday that there were a couple of issues, which she said was "beyond the control" of prosecutors.
 
JerseyGirl said:
Taylor will likely stand trial in late summer or fall, the special judge in the case said during a court hearing Thursday morning.

The case now has several new lawyers. In addition there is a new prosecutor in the case.

The Judge tentatively scheduled a Feb. 28 competency hearing in the case provided the treating doctor can be present to testify that day.

Courtney Taylor triple murder trial will likely be set for late summer or fall, judge says – The News Journal
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Right after this murder my husband passed away so I just haven't kept up with it the way I should have. I will attend anything which comes up on this crime from here on out.
 
Taylor found competent to stand trial; 2020 trial date set

28 Feb 2019

"A special judge ruled Thursday morning that a Williamsburg woman, who is facing a possible death sentence for killing her husband and two children more two years ago, is competent to stand trial and he has set a 2020 trial date in her case.

Courtney Taylor, 43, is charged with three counts of capital murder in the Jan. 13, 2017, shooting deaths of her husband, Larry Taylor, 56, and her two daughters, Jesse Taylor, 18, and Jolee Taylor, 13. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in her case.

Special Judge Jeffery Burdette conducted a competency hearing behind closed doors Thursday for Courtney Taylor, which apparently lasted a little over half an hour.

Dr. Amy Trivette, a psychiatrist at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center (KCPC), was the only witness, who testified during the hearing, said Special Prosecutor Jackie Steele.

After hearing Trivette’s testimony, Burdette found that Taylor had the capacity to appreciate the nature and consequences of the proceedings against her, and has the ability to participate rationally in her own defense. Therefore, he ruled that she was competent to stand trial, Burdette wrote on the court docket from Thursday’s hearing....

Burdette scheduled a new trial date in the case for March 2, 2020. The trial is expected to last approximately one month.

Steele noted that the first week of the trial would probably involve jury selection...."

Taylor found competent to stand trial; 2020 trial date set – The News Journal

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Judge refuses to suppress Courtney Taylor’s statement to police

09 Oct 2019

"Jurors will be able to hear Courtney Taylor’s nearly 90-minute statement to police from her hospital bed in part explaining why she killed her husband and her two daughters.

Part of the reason she killed her husband was that she blamed him in part for going through most of her more than $250,000 worker’s compensation settlement in a few months although the money was in an account in her name only, according to a portion of her statement to police that was played in open court during a July hearing.

Special Judge Jeffrey Burdette recently issued an order overruling a request by defense attorneys to have that statement suppressed as evidence.

“Based on the totality of the circumstances, the Defendant understood her rights and made a deliberate choice to cooperate with the police by making a voluntary statement. The Court finds that her waiver was a product of a free and deliberate choice and was made with a full awareness both of the nature of the right being abandoned and the consequences of the decision to abandon it,” Burdette wrote in his Oct, 3 ruling.

Taylor, 43, is charged with three counts of capital murder in the Jan. 13, 2017, shooting deaths of her husband, Larry Taylor, 56, and her two daughters, Jesse Taylor, 18, and Jolee Taylor, 13. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in her case.

She is currently scheduled to stand trial on March 2 in Whitley Circuit Court..."

Judge refuses to suppress Courtney Taylor's statement to police – The News Journal
 
Courtney Taylor triple murder sentencing hearing delayed until judicial center opens again

06 May 2020

"...On Feb. 19, Courtney Taylor, 44, entered an Alford plea to three counts of capital murder in the shooting deaths of her husband, Larry Taylor, 56, and her two daughters, Jesse Taylor, 18, and Jolee Taylor, 13.

An Alford plea means that a defendant still maintains their innocence but acknowledges that prosecutors likely have enough evidence to convict them at trial.

Prosecutors had planned to seek the death penalty during her scheduled March 2 trial, but instead recommended a sentence of life without any possibility of parole in exchange for her plea.

Taylor's sentencing hearing was initially scheduled for April 8 in Whitley Circuit Court, and then was postponed until May 5 because of the COVID-19 shutdown of all in-person court activities across the state.

Special Judge Jeffery Burdette’s office notified the Whitley Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Monday that has been set yet, but late June or early July dates have been discussed as possibilities..."

Courtney Taylor triple murder sentencing hearing delayed until judicial center opens again – The News Journal
 
Ky. Woman Killed Husband, 2 Daughters Because She ‘Didn’t Want Them Growing Up Without a Mother’

A Kentucky mom, who allegedly admitted to shooting her husband and two teen daughters to death, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

The motive for the shootings, according to testimony from a Kentucky State Police detective, involved a dispute with her husband over a depleted $264,000 cash settlement deposited six months earlier, with Taylor writing in a letter that she shot her kids "because she didn't want them growing up without a mother," reports Lexington TV station WKYT.

Did she not notice that he was frittering away the money until it was almost gone? Since it was her settlement, there most have been some ways that she could have prevented him from draining the account. Could he have been squirreling the money away to leave her?
 
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