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Parker's Prosecutors Respond to Defense Memo

Parker's Prosecutors Respond to Defense Memo
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Sep. 17, 2019 | BENTON
By West Kentucky Star Staff Sep. 17, 2019 | 04:38 PM | BENTON
The prosecution in the case of accused Marshall County High School shooter Gabriel Parker filed a post-hearing brief Monday in response to a defense memorandum that urged the court to suppress statements Parker made to police on the day of the shooting.

The brief, filed by Commonwealth's Attorney Dennis Foust and Marshall County Attorney Jason Darnall, repeats the prosecution's claim that the defense is misrepresenting the events of January 23, 2018, but that will be remedied when testimony takes place during the trial.

They also say that Parker's Miranda rights were not violated, a parental notification statute was followed and satisfied, and that his 6th Amendment right to a fair trial has not been violated. These were the reasons given by defense attorney Tom Griffiths in his memorandum filed on Friday.

The brief cites testimony from an August 19 hearing in Marshall County Circuit Court, where witnesses from both sides told when and how Parker was taken into custody and questioned immediately after the shootings. Prosecutors then published their version of a timeline of events citing testimony and video evidence.

The Commonwealth repeated its request for Marshall County Circuit Judge James Jamison to deny the motion to suppress Parker's statements. Jameson is supposed to rule on the motion sometime soon.

The trial, which as been moved to Christian County, is scheduled for June 2020.

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