Lawyers Named to Represent Death Penalty Retrial
Associated Press - Thu 08:21 AM 01/31/2013
Phillip D. Cheatham was found guilty of capital murder in the 2003 shooting deaths of two women and was sentenced to death in October 2005.
The two lawyers who represented a capital murder defendant during his appeal will defend the Topeka man when his case is retried.
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling that overturned Phillip D. Cheatham's 2005 murder convictions. He was found guilty of capital murder in the 2003 shooting deaths of two women and was sentenced to death in October 2005.
The high court cited ineffective assistance of counsel by Cheatham's defense attorney as the reason for overturning the convictions.
The Board of Indigent Defendant Services says it will fund Cheatham's defense, and also says the two attorneys who represented Cheatham in his appeal will represent him in his new trial. The lawyers are Paul Oller, of Hays, and John Wachtel, of Wichita.
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Associated Press Information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal
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Iamgonnagetyou
Thursday 31 January 2013 16:59 Report this comment
2005 and the death penalty? He should be six feet under by now.
Aurora.
Thursday 31 January 2013 22:26 Report this comment
Why is this guy still breathing?