A Christian Circuit Court judge addressed several motions filed in the murder case against a Hopkinsville woman charged in the death of 70-year old Calvin Taylor in October of 2020.
Larayna Manning, her attorney Jason Pfeil and Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling appeared before Judge Andrew Self for a pretrial conference Wednesday afternoon to determine if there was anything that needed to be addressed before the trial.
Pfeil said his expert had received materials from the that was sent off to ATF labs for independent testing, but his expert has not received materials from the Kentucky State Police Crime Laboratory.
click to download audioPfeil also noted there are other items that need to be tested. In addition, he said Manning has filed several motions with the biggest one being the bond reduction, and he reminded the court she had been incarcerated for a long time waiting for her trial.
click to download audioBoling argued Manning’s bond has already been reduced and Judge Self agreed and denied the motion.
click to download audioJudge Self also denied several motions filed by Manning.
click to download audioManning is charged with first-degree murder after Taylor was found inside his North Kentucky Avenue home on October 12, 2020. Her son, Anthony Manning, was also charged with complicity to murder, however, he previously entered into a plea agreement with the Commonwealth in which court records show he entered an Alford plea to the facilitation of complicity to commit murder and first-degree facilitation of complicity to commit robbery with each charge carrying a five-year sentence to run concurrently.
Judge Self set another pretrial conference for December 14 at 1 p.m. Manning is scheduled to go to trial in January.
