If they find him guilty of capital felony charges, they would then enter the penalty phase to determine whether he should face capital punishment.
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Other prosecution witnesses expected soon include state medical examiners, state lab personnel and state police Detective Anthony Buglione.īuglione conducted an hour-long interview with Hayes the day of his arrest at the Cheshire police station.Īnother possible witness is a retired state police officer who examined Komisarjevsky's cell phone.īlue advised jurors at the outset of the trial to expect about three weeks of testimony in the first portion, the guilt phase. Karen Gabianelli will continue her testimony about assembling evidence item-by-item throughout the burned-out Petit house and vehicles allegedly used by Hayes and co-defendant Joshua Komisarjevsky, 30, of Cheshire. When the trial resumes, state police Sgt. If convicted, Hayes could face the death penalty. Hayes, 47, of Winsted, is accused of murder, first-degree arson and other counts in the deaths of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 11-year-old Michaela and 17-year-old Hayley. Blue Monday.agreed, saying the witness pace was moving ahead of schedule. Noting there was no trial scheduled Friday because of the approach of Yom Kippur that night, Ullmann asked Blue for a continuance until today. New Haven man killed after fleeing crashes, slamming into restaurant, officials say.Photos: Hundreds attend Middletown’s Cruise Night on Main.
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On Thursday, New Haven Chief Public Defender Thomas Ullman, who represents Hayes, announced Hayes had suffered a seizure or seizure-like symptoms Wednesday night at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield. New Haven State's Attorney Michael Dearington, reached at home Sunday night, refused to comment on whether there would be a delay, saying, "I don't want to get involved in this." Yale-New Haven Hospital had a Jon Blue listed in stable condition there Sunday. No one associated with the trial would confirm that or comment on it. The only indication on Sunday that the trial would be delayed was a posting on the The Petit Family Foundation's Facebook page, which said, "Court will be postponed until Wednesday." Prosecutors, defense attorneys and the 15 remaining jurors today were expected to begin a second week of testimony at the tumultuous trial in the Cheshire home invasion and slayings - as long as Hayes was fit to participate.ĭuring the first two days of the trial, four jurors were excused, leaving just 12 regulars and three alternates for a proceeding that could take up to three months. Hayes is one of the two men accused of killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley, 17 and Michaela, 11. Months ago, the start of the trial was postponed after Hayes tried to kill himself. Hayes experienced a possible seizure last week, leading to a mid-day adjournment Thursday and raising questions about whether he'd be fit for court today. William Petit Jr., the lone survivor of the 2007 Cheshire home invasion during which his wife and two daughters were killed, also was not in the courtroom today.
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