Holliman rehearing appeal denied
The state Supreme Court on Thursday denied a motion for rehearing filed by Brian Holliman, a Caledonia man convicted of shooting his wife to death inside their home in 2008.
Holliman murder conviction holds
Brian Holliman, a Caledonia man convicted of murder in the 2008 shooting death of his wife, has lost his appeal to the state Supreme Court.
Caledonia man appeals conviction in wife’s death
A Caledonia man is seeking a new trial for the 2008 fatal shooting of his wife, an incident his attorneys call a “horribly tragic accident” but undeserving of a murder conviction and life sentence.
Holliman appeals murder conviction
A Caledonia man convicted of murder is asking a judge to throw out the guilty verdict.
Holliman appeal hearing rescheduled
An appeal hearing for convicted murderer Brian Holliman was continued Tuesday morning due to a clerical error.
Holliman appealing murder conviction
Brian Holliman is filing an appeal to his August conviction of first-degree murder.
Holliman found guilty: Jury returns verdict of first-degree murder
A jury found Brian Holliman guilty of first-degree murder after seven hours of deliberation Thursday.
Holliman, 32, was convicted in the 2008 shooting death of his wife, Laura Lee Godfrey Holliman. Jurors found Brian Holliman demonstrated “expressed malice” when he shot his wife in the face with a shotgun.
Holliman trial: Investigator, experts on stand as state closes its case
Testimony continued Wednesday in the murder trail of Brian Holliman, who stands accused of killing his wife, Laura Lee Holliman, on Oct. 25, 2008, in the couple’s Caledonia home.
In a surprise move, shortly after the state rested its case this morning, the defense rested its case, calling no witnesses.
Holliman trial: Family, friends, law enforcement take stand
The state’s case against accused murderer Brian Holliman continued Tuesday in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court. Holliman is accused of shooting and killing his wife, Laura Lee Godfrey Holliman, with a shotgun at their Caledonia home in 2008. Holliman maintains the shooting was an accident.
Sister of deceased is state’s first witness
Testimony began Monday in the murder trial of Brian Holliman, whose 2009 conviction for the murder of his wife was overturned on appeal in 2011.
An Oktibbeha County jury heard opening arguments and the state’s first witness Monday afternoon.
Farese: A flair for the law
Steven Farese Sr. is not exactly your father’s Atticus Finch.
Instead of Harper Lee’s illustration of Finch in “To Kill A Mockingbird,” this small-town lawyer (Ashland, population 569) is known for the high profile clients he defends and the demeanor he uses in the courtroom. He’s calm, cool, somewhat eccentric and often sporting a smirk that suggests he is in on a joke to which you aren’t privy.
Holliman re-trial begins Monday
Four years after being convicted of murdering his wife, Brian Holliman will once again face a jury Monday.
Jury selection begins Monday before Judge Lee Howard at the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court after Holliman’s attorney was granted a change of venue.
Holliman released from prison
Convicted in 2008 of his wife’s murder, a Caledonia man — Brian Holliman — was released from prison Tuesday, pending a new trial, after the state Supreme Court overturned his conviction.
Holliman still in prison while waiting for bond ruling
A Lowndes County man is waiting in prison for a ruling on a motion to be released on bond until his new trial in connection with his wife’s death.
Lawyer seeks bond while Holliman awaits retrial
A new trial for Brian Holliman has not been set, but the defense made a motion to reinstate the previous bond.
Taxpayers to foot the bill for Allgood and Howard’s mistakes
Brian Holliman will get a new trial.
And we get to pay for it.
Holliman murder conviction overturned
A Lowndes County man will get a new trial after the state Supreme Court overturned his murder conviction for “an egregious display of prosecutorial misconduct.”
Holliman denied motion for new trial
Brian Holliman, serving a life sentence for the 2008 shotgun murder of his wife, Laura-Lee Godfrey Holliman, was denied a motion for a new trial Thursday in Lowndes County Circuit Court.