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AUG 15, 2024
www.timesnews.net
The Megan Boswell murder case will stay in Sullivan County for now, with jury selection in December and a Feb. 3, 2025 trial date.
Criminal Court Judge James Goodwin ruled that jury selection in the four-year-old case involving the 2020 death of Evelyn Boswell will begin Dec. 16. He declined to grant a defense motion for a change of venue because of publicity around the case.
Goodwin told both parties on Thursday that before a change in venire is considered, an attempt must be made to find an impartial jury in Sullivan County first.
“I think that the process that we’re required to do is we have to attempt to pick a jury in Sullivan County before we make a ruling on whether or not we go to another county,” Goodwin said.
Megan Boswell murder trial jury selection set for Dec., trial in Feb.
The Sullivan County woman is charged with murdering her 2-year-old daughter in 2022.
Criminal Court Judge James Goodwin ruled that jury selection in the four-year-old case involving the 2020 death of Evelyn Boswell will begin Dec. 16. He declined to grant a defense motion for a change of venue because of publicity around the case.
Goodwin told both parties on Thursday that before a change in venire is considered, an attempt must be made to find an impartial jury in Sullivan County first.
“I think that the process that we’re required to do is we have to attempt to pick a jury in Sullivan County before we make a ruling on whether or not we go to another county,” Goodwin said.
