JEFFERSON CITY — Both Ryan Ferguson’s attorney and an assistant attorney general trod through uncharted legal territory Monday during a hearing in an appeal of Ferguson’s 2005 murder conviction. It was all an attempt to answer a basic question: Was jury selection in Ferguson’s trial improper?
Ferguson's appeal questions Lincoln County jury selection procedures
Monday, December 15, 2008 | 10:39 p.m. CST;
updated 10:03 a.m. CDT, Monday, June 15, 2009
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