By ROD ZOOK
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After the defense attorney for a man convicted of first-degree murder failed to show for a hearing earlier this month, a motion hearing in the civil case of Charles Logsdon is scheduled again for Friday.
Logsdon was convicted of intentional first-degree murder in the shooting death of Jennifer Heckel in 2011 in her home. The shooting was a case of mistaken identity.
In his civil case, Logsdon claims that the defense failed to call 15 witnesses that could prove his innocence. The list includes cell mates, people he claims were with him the night of the murder, and a neighbor of Heckel who says she saw a white male in the victim's back yard a week before the murder.
Motions were to be heard in the case Aug. 6 but Attorney Sam Kepfield did not appear. The hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. in front of Judge Trish Rose.
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