By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times
Attorneys for Spencer Burnett and the Commonwealth met before Judge Rebecca Phillips last week to discuss details for the defendant’s upcoming trial in a vehicular homicide case.
Burnett is charged with vehicular homicide under the influence of alcohol stemming from his March 23 arrest by Kentucky State Police for the same. As such, the results of his toxicology report are particularly pertinent to the case at hand.
Burnett’s attorney confirmed that the Commonwealth had provided the defense with the toxicology report and all other reports, and that those reports had been shared with defense’s experts. However, the defense was unsure how long it would take for their experts to review and evaluate the documentation.
Despite that uncertainty, Judge Phillips chose to maintain their current timeline for trial. She set the case for review again on October 24, noting that they could discuss changes to the current timeline at that time if the defense experts needed more time to review evidence.
The 44-year-old South Charleston, Ohio man currently has his jury trial scheduled for Tuesday, November 4.
In other action, Phillips sentenced Amos Reynolds to three years, probated for five years, on charges of fourth degree assault – domestic violence with no visible injury, filing a false report with law enforcement, and filing a false report that generates an emergency response. It was the last count which earned Reynolds the bulk of his suspended sentence. Phillips sentenced Reynolds to 3 years on that count, and six months each on the other two counts, with all sentences to run concurrently.
Reynolds will be required to abide by the terms of his probation for a total of five years. Failure to do so will result in incarceration and serving his full three year sentence.
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Couldn’t mention the 15 year old who lost his life ?
We don’t typically include the names of victims, except under exceptional circumstances.