‘The Innocence Files’ takes aim at Allgood’s use of bite-mark evidence
On Feb. 15, 2008, sitting in a Noxubee County courtroom packed with attorneys, law enforcement, reporters and community members, Judge Lee Howard told Kennedy Brewer — who had been in prison for 15 years — that he was free.
Allgood testing waters of private practice
The new year represents a new start for former District Attorney Forrest Allgood.
Allgood prepares to leave D.A. office
District Attorney Forrest Allgood said his 26-year tenure as lead prosecutor for Lowndes, Clay, Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties has filled him with purpose and passion.
Colom takes D.A. race
Columbus attorney Scott Colom on Tuesday ousted Forrest Allgood as the chief prosecutor for Mississippi’s 16th District.
Allgood believes his process works
Forrest Allgood believes in what he does.
The sitting district attorney in District 16 has been serving in that role since 1989, and he has no intention of stopping now.
Our View: Allgood should not be dictating actions of Justice Court
On Friday afternoon, The Dispatch received from Lowndes County Justice Court officials the affidavits from a criminal case against two local women charged with murder.
Easley files lawsuit over court records
A Columbus attorney has filed a lawsuit against the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors claiming he was denied public records from Lowndes County Justice Court.
Slimantics: Allgood wrong on new sentencing guidelines
Lowndes County District Attorney Forrest Allgood does not make single moms. He just does his part in making sure they stay single moms.
Holliman appeals murder conviction
A Caledonia man convicted of murder is asking a judge to throw out the guilty verdict.
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.
DA won’t pursue felony charges against daycare worker
District Attorney Forrest Allgood will not pursue felony charges against a Starkville daycare worker who admitted to giving two children a powerful muscle relaxer that sent them to the emergency room almost a year ago, The Dispatch has learned.
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.
Thankless, but essential
Some do it for the thrill. Others do it because they feel it is a lifelong calling. Some do it because they simply need a job out of law school.
But ask any attorney who serves as a public defender and you will hear that it is, most often, a thankless job.
Slimantics: Allgood’s 60 percent …
The longer I am around public officials, the more convinced I am of one simple truth: Sixty-percent of the truth is worse than 100 percent of a lie.
Forensic expert Hayne settles defamation suit
Dr. Steven Hayne, once the state’s most active forensic expert, has a reputation of being both something of a Svengali and an expert criminal witness. Hayne recently agreed to a $100,000 out of court settlement from the New York-based judicial advocacy group, The Innocence Project. Hayne filed a defamation of character suit against the group in April 2009 in U.S. District Court in Jackson.
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.