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Emergency Testimony Approved in Sheley Murder Case
POSTED 12:37pm 5/11/09 A witness will provide testimony this week in the case against accused spree killer Nicholas Sheley.

Both the prosecution and the defense teams agreed, and Knox County Circuit Judge James Stewart signed off on an emergency motion in court Monday to allow a terminally ill woman to testify against the 29-year old Sterling man charged in two states with multiple murders.

A Prosecution team attorney from the Illinois Attorney General's Office told the court the witness has cancer and just weeks to live. He called it a "most urgent matter" and that "time is of the essence." After about a ten minute recess for the defense and prosecution to work out a date and time for the witness testimony, both sides agreed to Wednesday at the Knox County Jail. The hearing will be closed, and the testimony sealed.

Sheley is charged with 10 first-degree murder and seven other felony counts in Knox County for the death late last June of 65-year old Ronald Randall of Galesburg. He's also charged with seven other murders in Whiteside County and in the St. Louis area.

Sheley, who was present at Monday's court hearing with his attorneys Jeremy Karlin and Jim Harrell, is being held on $10 million bond in the murder case and $250,000 bond in a separate case for allegedly assaulting officers at the Knox County Jail last month.


(Nicholas Sheley. File Photo.)
05 11 09 by Newsroom
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