An issue involving one of the attorneys tasked with representing a Hopkinsville woman charged in a Christian County cold case murder has caused a brief delay in the proceedings.
Lashanda Person and Annastaja Hathaway appeared in Christian County Circuit Court Wednesday before Judge Andrew Self. The two are charged with the 2006 murder of 84-year-old Roscoe Jones.
Hathaway’s attorney, Brandi Jones, told the judge she may have a conflict with one of the witnesses in the case and has asked for a clarification from the state ethics board.
click to download audioA pre-trial conference was set for November 16 in hopes a response will be received from the Kentucky Bar Ethics Board before then.
Meanwhile, Judge Self agreed to a bond reduction for Hathaway to match the same one given to Person. Hathaway will be granted a bond reduction to $100,000 with 10% cash or a 20% property bond acceptable.
Person and Hathaway were indicted for the cold case murder of Mayes, who was found dead in a Greenville Road home in April 2006.
Person was arrested in Union County in May. Hathaway was arrested in Texas in June after police detectives in Houston responded to a Crimestoppers tip and found her in a full disguise and changed appearance.
Doug Moore, the attorney for Person, asked the prosecution to turn over a recorded interview of Hathaway by police when she was returned to Kentucky. Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling said he would locate the interview tape and forward it to Moore.
A third person arrested in the case, Regina Vause, saw her murder charge dropped in July at the request of Christian County Sheriff’s detectives and Boling. Her case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning if the Commonwealth were to discover any evidence that implicates Vause in connection to the crime, she could be re-indicted.
