APR 21, 2023
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect information from Boswell’s appearance in court on April 21. BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Megan Boswell, the Sullivan County mother c…
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On Friday, Judge James Goodwin listed the following reasons to deny the
previous request by Boswell’s legal team for her to wear civilian clothes.
- “The state points out correctly that no jury has been selected to hear this case at this time and any prejudice that might arise can be fleshed out during voir dire.”
- “This Court does not find that this defendant [Boswell] should be treated any differently than any other inmate in the Sullivan County Jail.”
- “The defense has not provided any case or statute that specifically requires the relief [request] sought.”
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Staubus agreed with Goodwin’s ruling on Boswell’s clothing.
“We had opposed that motion ...” Staubus said. “We also anticipate the judge is going to make a ruling on the earlier motion to sever the other charges from the murder charges and the child abuse cases. The judge said he’s going to rule on that shortly so we expect that he will release a ruling probably in the next week or two.”
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