The Charlottesville Circuit Court opens at 8:30am, but the Huguely trial usually starts at 9:30. The first hour is taken up with other business, like Thursday’s drug court. Men and women, a clear majority of them African-American, file in to meet with their court appointed attorneys and plead their cases. Judge Edward Hogshire hears updates […]
The Huguely Trial Blog picks up tomorrow with a recap of Monday’s day in court. Look for more detailed analysis of the evidence and arguments used in the first week in Tuesday’s print edition of C-VILLE Weekly. Here’s a preview…
On day six of the trial, more descriptions of things we can’t see, including photographs of two bodies.
On Friday, the jury watched an hour-long tape of Huguely’s interview with the police the night he was arrested.
The seventeen witnesses who testified on day four covered pretty much every aspect of the case.
If the defense team has one advantage, it’s that the burden of proof lies with the prosecution.
UVA Law Professor Anne Coughlin spoke to students about the legal intricacies of Virginia’s homicide law in an effort to prepare them for the upcoming trial of former UVA student George Huguely.
Charlottesville is unused to media circuses. Media county fairs are more our speed.
At first I didn’t recognize him, which is crazy, since for the last week I’ve been thinking of nothing but George Huguely.
“Never admit to a fact, never deny a rumor.” – Chief Gordon Despite the fact that her history with Chief is ultimately painful and traumatic, Debbie Wyatt feels indebted to him for hiring her in 1978 straight out of UVA law school. Debbie remembers that Chief’s law partner, John Lowe, was against the […]