Saturday, March 3, 2012

JUDGE SLATES HEARING ON LENT.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Associated Press

HERKIMER -- With deputies stationed throughout the courthouse, a judge on Tuesday gave lawyers five more weeks to get ready for a pretrial hearing for accused child killer Lewis Lent Jr.

Herkimer County Judge Patrick L. Kirk scheduled the proceedings for Oct. 2-4. Lent's lawyer, Frank Blando, wants to block prosecutors from telling jurors about the confession Lent gave to police.

Also to be decided is whether Lent's previous convictions will be allowed to be mentioned when he goes on trial for the murder of Sara Anne Wood.

Lent, who is being held without bail in Herkimer County …

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