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Monday, August 9th:
*Status Hearing (@ 2:45pm AKST) – AK – Sophie Sergie (20) (April 26, 1993, Fairbanks) - *Steven Harris Downs (18 @ time of crime/44/now 46) arrested (in Auburn, Maine), charged (2/15/19), indicted (3/14/19) & arraigned (8/6/19 & 8/14/19) with 1st degree intentional murder & 1st degree sexual assault. Plead not guilty. Held without bond, changed to $1M (8/6/19). Bond changed (8/16/19) to $550K.
DNA GEDMatch/Parabon Nanolabs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)). The Downs case may be the first real test of the limits of DNA forensics in criminal prosecutions — that this case may even reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trial set to begin on 1/3/22. (will last about 7 weeks).
Court information from 2/19/19 thru 5/12/21 reference post #138 here:
AK - Sophie Sergie, 20, UAF student, murdered, Fairbanks, 26 April 1993 *Arrest in 2019*
6/7/21 Update: Next evidentiary hearing on 7/8/21. 6/30/21: Steven Down's brief on proper relief for Rule 6 violations at Grand Jury procedural history; supplemental briefing on hearsay evidence at Grand Jury under Criminal Ryle 6(r)(1). 7/1/21: Order denying Motion #6-Motion to suppress. 7/8/21 Update: Evidentiary hearing was vacated. Next status hearing on 8/9/21.
*Status Hearing (@ 2:45pm AKST) – AK – Sophie Sergie (20) (April 26, 1993, Fairbanks) - *Steven Harris Downs (18 @ time of crime/44/now 46) arrested (in Auburn, Maine), charged (2/15/19), indicted (3/14/19) & arraigned (8/6/19 & 8/14/19) with 1st degree intentional murder & 1st degree sexual assault. Plead not guilty. Held without bond, changed to $1M (8/6/19). Bond changed (8/16/19) to $550K.
DNA GEDMatch/Parabon Nanolabs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)). The Downs case may be the first real test of the limits of DNA forensics in criminal prosecutions — that this case may even reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trial set to begin on 1/3/22. (will last about 7 weeks).
Court information from 2/19/19 thru 5/12/21 reference post #138 here:
AK - Sophie Sergie, 20, UAF student, murdered, Fairbanks, 26 April 1993 *Arrest in 2019*
6/7/21 Update: Next evidentiary hearing on 7/8/21. 6/30/21: Steven Down's brief on proper relief for Rule 6 violations at Grand Jury procedural history; supplemental briefing on hearsay evidence at Grand Jury under Criminal Ryle 6(r)(1). 7/1/21: Order denying Motion #6-Motion to suppress. 7/8/21 Update: Evidentiary hearing was vacated. Next status hearing on 8/9/21.