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Thursday, August 12th:
*Motions Hearing (@ am ET) – LA – Levi Cole Ellerbe (6 mos.) (July 17, 2018, Natchitoches; died July 18, 2018; kidnapped & burned to death) – *Hanna Nicole Barker (22/now 24) “mom” arrested (7/25/18), charged (7/28/18) & indicted (8/9/18) with 1st degree murder, meaning “actual perpetrator of the crime” & with 1 count of criminal conspiracy and arraigned & charged (7/15/21) with conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder of a child younger than 12. Plead not guilty to this charge (7/15/21). Plead not guilty (charges on 7/28/18). Held without bond. DA will seek DP.
Trial set to begin on 9/27/21. Jury will be picked from St. Landry Parish, but will be tried in Natchitoches Parish.
10/22/20 Trial Day 1: Again no info on this trial. Trial was cancelled. 5/11/21 Update: Motions hearing on 7/15/21. 7/15/21 Update: Barker was arraigned Thursday on an additional charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder of a child younger than 12. Barker pleaded not guilty to the new charge, letting attorney Dru Thompson answer for her. The rest of the hearing was spent setting dates for future hearings. On 8/12/21, motions not related to the death penalty part of the case are scheduled to be heard. Motions related to the death penalty are scheduled for Aug. 17. Barker's trial remains set for Sept. 27. Jury selection should begin that day with potential jurors brought in from St. Landry Parish.
*Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith – Plead guilty (7/21/21) & sentencing hearing on 10/27/21.
*Motions Hearing (@ am ET) – LA – Levi Cole Ellerbe (6 mos.) (July 17, 2018, Natchitoches; died July 18, 2018; kidnapped & burned to death) – *Hanna Nicole Barker (22/now 24) “mom” arrested (7/25/18), charged (7/28/18) & indicted (8/9/18) with 1st degree murder, meaning “actual perpetrator of the crime” & with 1 count of criminal conspiracy and arraigned & charged (7/15/21) with conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder of a child younger than 12. Plead not guilty to this charge (7/15/21). Plead not guilty (charges on 7/28/18). Held without bond. DA will seek DP.
Trial set to begin on 9/27/21. Jury will be picked from St. Landry Parish, but will be tried in Natchitoches Parish.
10/22/20 Trial Day 1: Again no info on this trial. Trial was cancelled. 5/11/21 Update: Motions hearing on 7/15/21. 7/15/21 Update: Barker was arraigned Thursday on an additional charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder of a child younger than 12. Barker pleaded not guilty to the new charge, letting attorney Dru Thompson answer for her. The rest of the hearing was spent setting dates for future hearings. On 8/12/21, motions not related to the death penalty part of the case are scheduled to be heard. Motions related to the death penalty are scheduled for Aug. 17. Barker's trial remains set for Sept. 27. Jury selection should begin that day with potential jurors brought in from St. Landry Parish.
*Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith – Plead guilty (7/21/21) & sentencing hearing on 10/27/21.