{West Virginia}...Kanawha County Judge Paul Zakaib ruled Thursday that 24 year old Emanuel Armond McCarty will have to provide DNA samples to prosecutors after being charged with fatally shooting 48 year old Jerome Grady on Charleston's West Side in March. McCarty was indicted in June on first-degree murder charges. Grady died after being shot while driving in the 900 block of Madison Street. McCarty denies pulling the trigger. Thursday, prosecutors argued they needed McCarty's DNA to compare it with DNA found on the alleged murder weapon. McCarty's trial is scheduled to start August 1st.
Monday, July 18, 2011
DNA Samples Requested In Murder Case
{West Virginia}...Kanawha County Judge Paul Zakaib ruled Thursday that 24 year old Emanuel Armond McCarty will have to provide DNA samples to prosecutors after being charged with fatally shooting 48 year old Jerome Grady on Charleston's West Side in March. McCarty was indicted in June on first-degree murder charges. Grady died after being shot while driving in the 900 block of Madison Street. McCarty denies pulling the trigger. Thursday, prosecutors argued they needed McCarty's DNA to compare it with DNA found on the alleged murder weapon. McCarty's trial is scheduled to start August 1st.
