10-04-2013, 10:26 PM
2013 - MURDER TRIAL BEGINS OCTOBER 15TH
Trial Schedule
The trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 15 and run four days a week through Nov. 15th. The defense and state still have 10 more motions to argue and jurors to select before the trial can begin.
MacNeill will be back in court Oct. 8 for the final oral arguments before trial.
Charges
MacNeill is charged with one count of first-degree felony murder and one count of second-degree felony obstruction of justice for the 2007 death of his wife Michele.
Coverage / Rulings
The judge ruled that the trial will be open to the public and media (though some witnesses - jailhouse snitches - will be referred to by number only and won't be imaged).
The judge ruled in favor of the defense in prohibiting Michele from being referred to as "the victim" at trial, and preventing Alexis from testifying that her mother told her to look into her father if anything happened to her. Judge Derek Pullan ruled that both would be too prejudicial to the defendant.
SIDE NOTE: More murders?
In an arrest affidavit, a former girlfriend of MacNeill's says he previously confessed to killing his brother years ago, tried to kill his mother, and performed mercy killings at the medical center where he worked. These allegations are under investigation (MacNeill is charged only with Michele's murder at this point).
Trial Schedule
The trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 15 and run four days a week through Nov. 15th. The defense and state still have 10 more motions to argue and jurors to select before the trial can begin.
MacNeill will be back in court Oct. 8 for the final oral arguments before trial.
Charges
MacNeill is charged with one count of first-degree felony murder and one count of second-degree felony obstruction of justice for the 2007 death of his wife Michele.
Coverage / Rulings
The judge ruled that the trial will be open to the public and media (though some witnesses - jailhouse snitches - will be referred to by number only and won't be imaged).
The judge ruled in favor of the defense in prohibiting Michele from being referred to as "the victim" at trial, and preventing Alexis from testifying that her mother told her to look into her father if anything happened to her. Judge Derek Pullan ruled that both would be too prejudicial to the defendant.
SIDE NOTE: More murders?
In an arrest affidavit, a former girlfriend of MacNeill's says he previously confessed to killing his brother years ago, tried to kill his mother, and performed mercy killings at the medical center where he worked. These allegations are under investigation (MacNeill is charged only with Michele's murder at this point).