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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Dead Man to ‘Testify’ at Justin Wolfe Re-Trial

Transcripts of witness who recently died can be used, but defendant’s testimony excluded.

In a lengthy pre-trial hearing Tuesday, Judge Mary Grace O’Brien sorted through what would be admissible in the re-trial of Justin Michael Wolfe for the murder of Daniel Robert Petrole Jr. Owen Merton Barber IV testified against Wolfe at trial, but most recently told a federal judge and prosecutors that Wolfe was not involved. That judge threw out Wolfe’s conviction for the murder as well as a drug-distribution conviction. Now a Fairfax County prosecutor has stepped in to re-try Wolfe in the Prince William Circuit Court and the defense has balked at the notion of using testimony from Wolfe’s first trial—where the federal courts found prosecutors intentionally withheld information that could have helped Wolfe’s defense. The more curious …

In this Article:

Triggerman: Death Row Inmate is Innocent (in Centreville Patch), All Convictions Against Wolfe Are Vacated (in Centreville Patch), Raymond Morrogh Appointed as Special Prosecutor in Justin Wolfe Case, and 3 more ›

JoeJohnJohnson

11:11 am on Saturday, January 5, 2013

If you want to know about Ian. I need to know who you are.   more ›

Friday, September 7, 2012

State Will Not Appeal Justin Wolfe Death Penalty Case

Defense will ask courts to let Wolfe out on bail, pending the prosecution's decision to retry.

The Virginia Attorney General has decided not to appeal a federal appeals court's verdict that affirmed the vacation of the sentences and convictions against death row inmate Justin Michael Wolfe. The state had the option of appealing before the fourth circuit court or to the Supreme Court. Since they decided not to, Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert now has 120 days to decide whether to release or retry Wolfe. Wolfe is now on his way back to the Manassas jail, according to family members. The next step is for the defense to ask for bail.  "I think we're still trying to digest whether or not this is real," said Terri Steinberg, Wolfe's mother. "We've been waiting for this for 11 years—over 11 years." "No one should …

In this Article:

Fourth Circuit Affirms Vacation of Wolfe Death Sentence (in Centreville Patch), Triggerman: Death Row Inmate is Innocent (in Centreville Patch), Fourth Circuit Critical of Prosecutors in Wolfe Case (in Chantilly Patch), and 9 more ›

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Dusty Smith

1:44 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012

Well, Owen won't be out for another 28 years, or something in that range. He received a 60-year sentence in 2002, with 22 years suspended. So by my math, that's another 28 years.   more ›

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