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Public Defender Asks For New Trial
07/29/10 WGC/AP
A public defender has asked for a new trial in an almost 20 year-old murder case in which the death sentence imposed has been overturned.
Meggan Smith said during a hearing Tuesday in Bullitt Circuit Court, she has asked the Kentucky Supreme Court to grant a new murder trial for Michael Dale St. Clair.
St. Clair was convicted in 1991 of murder in Bullitt County in the death of Bardstown resident Frank Brady. Prosecutors say St. Clair stole Brady's truck from Hardin County and later killed Brady in Bullitt County.
St. Clair was convicted of capital kidnapping in Hardin County. A retrial is set for March 2011 in that case.
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