Slade Woodson, the alleged I-64 sniper, fired his attorney in court this morning. NBC29 reports that Woodson was expected to enter a guilty plea, but asked for another court appointed lawyer instead.
Public Defender Jim Hingeley has been representing Woodson since the March shootings, but, as Woodson told Judge Cheryl Higgins, he and Hingeley had disagreements on key issues in the case.
In his own defense, Hingeley told the judge that he spent valuable time going over the case. He also mentioned that Woodson had contacted another lawyer in the past week, an action that may have shaped Woodson’s decision.
The judge ultimately decided to find a new lawyer for Woodson to avoid further tension.
Woodson was sentenced to two years earlier in a Waynesboro court for six felony counts in connection with the I-64 shootings in March of this year.
For past coverage of the I-64 shootings, click here.
