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Steven of Wisconsin, who is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach on October 31, 2005His Avery seeks a new trial and his attorneys argue new evidence shows. that Avery's beliefs are undermined;
Halbach's death was at the center of the Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer.Defense attorney Kathleen Zellner has argued in court that evidence points to another man who appeared on the show, Avery's nephew, Bobby Dassie, as the likely culprit.
"Two new witnesses have emerged in Mr. Avery's case and have new compelling evidence about the murder mystery that will intrigue audiences around the world," Zellner said on Tuesday. In a motion for post-conviction relief filed at . Manitowoc County Courthouse, Wisconsin. "The drive to trial and blindness that led to Mr. Avery's arrest, indictment, and conviction was the murder of Bobby Dassey and Teresa Halbach and the framing of Mr. Avery.
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Court dismisses new trial against Steven Avery, subject of Netflix's "Making a Murderer"
On Wednesday, Wisconsin's Supreme Court is the subject of 'Making a Murderer' Denied petition from Stephen Avery. 2005 murder. (Wisconsin Department of Corrections)
"Mr. Avery does not have to prove who committed this horrible crime in order to receive redress." This is not his intention or purpose,” she wrote. .
The basis for that allegation is that Avery's trial attorney said that Thomas Sowinski, a newspaper carrier, had seen Bobby and someone else pushing Halbach's car. I didn't receive the recording of the phone call I made. to Avery's salvage yard, which was found by law enforcement officers later that day. Following that discovery, investigators found a bone fragment matching Halbach's DNA in his pit, blood samples matching Halbach and Avery in a vehicle, and a bullet containing Halbach's DNA in Avery's garage. I found evidence that
Avery claims blood was planted at the scene after a cut on his finger dripped into the bathroom sink where the blood had collected.
Bobby Dassie, Stephen Avery's nephew and Brendan Dassey, 17, who was indicted in the death of his brother Terasa Halbach, was to begin testifying in Calumet County Court on Wednesday, February 14, 2007, on the third day of Steve Avery's trial in the Chilton murder case. points out Steven Avery in court. , Wisconsin. Avery, along with his 17-year-old nephew, is accused of murdering his Teresa Halbach, 25, after going to his family's rural junkyard to take pictures of a minivan for sale. . (AP Photo/Sheboygan Press, Bruce Halmo, Pool) (AP)
The Wisconsin Superior Court ruled that MURDERER' SUBJECT STEVEN AVERY REQUEST FOR REVIEW
He said he signed. After learning Halbach's car was found on Avery's property, he contacted the local sheriff's office.
"This new evidence creates a reasonable possibility that the jury, had they heard the new evidence, would have had a reasonable doubt about the defendant's guilt. Therefore, Mr. Avery should be allowed a new trial," Motion said.
After the call was discovered, investigators from Avery's defense team spoke to Sowinski's ex-girlfriend, Devon Novak, who identified Sowinski's voice from the call recording and
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Motion also describes another witness, Kevin Lamlow, who told Avery's defense team in 2017 - and repeated in an affidavit - Halbach car parked in another location on November 4-5, 2005. Avery's property prior to its discovery on November 5th.
Since this evidence was not available to Avery at the time of the trial, Zellner is asking the court for a new trial or evidence hearing. The court dismissed his earlier motion in July 2021.
