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\nBrooks Houck\u2019s attorneys have filed an appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court asking that his conviction for the murder of Crystal Rogers be overturned.<\/p>\n
\nBrooks Houck\u2019s attorneys have filed an appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court asking that his conviction for the murder of Crystal Rogers be overturned.<\/p>\n
Rogers, Houck\u2019s then-girlfriend, was presumed dead after her disappearance in 2015.<\/p>\n
In 2025, Houck, along with Steve and Joseph Lawson, was found guilty in connection with Rogers\u2019 murder.<\/p>\n
The appeal filed by Houck\u2019s attorneys cites what they believe to be several mistakes that should be reason for the conviction to be thrown out, including:<\/p>\n
The Commonwealth not being able to prove that Rogers was murdered
\nWhere the murder occurred
\nNo physical evidence was provided to link Houck to the crime
\n\u201cThe Commonwealth offered no evidence of how the alleged murder was committed, presented no evidence of a murder scene, and could not even identify the venue of the alleged murder, the Special Prosecutor candidly admitting \u201cI don\u2019t know where she was murdered!\u201d None of the types of evidence that has been relied on to support a conviction in the absence of direct evidence of a murder — a confession, evidence of violence between the missing person and the defendant — was presented here,” the introduction of the appeal states.<\/p>\n
Additional reasons cited in the appeal include a claim that potential jurors had prior knowledge of Steve Lawson being found guilty of his charges weeks before Houck\u2019s trial started, the combining of Joseph Lawson\u2019s trial with Houck\u2019s, and Judge Charles Simms refusal to recuse himself from the case.<\/p>\n
The appeal closes by stating that Houck\u2019s attorneys believe that the listed errors should lead to his acquittal, however if the court does not agree, he should be given a new trial.
\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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