First trial in Crystal Rogers case begins Tuesday
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6:10 p.m. | Court adjourns for the day, will resume Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.
4:40 p.m. | More courtroom sketches of Sherry Ballard and Steve Lawson revealed.
3:40 p.m. | Sherry Ballard, Crystal Rogers' mother, is first witness to take the stand.
1:30 p.m. ET | A jury has been seated.
1 p.m. ET | Court goes on recess, then jury selection will begin.
Earlier in the day, the defense attempted to again motion for a continuance, but was denied.
And furthermore on the media request, the judge said he맥스카지노s already exhausted with requests and the trial has not even started. He believes cameras will create a circus with the trial, he wants to prevent any arising issues with witnesses set to testify, and wants himself and the jury to just be able to focus and have a fair trial with no distractions.
11:50 a.m. ET | First courtroom sketches revealed, showing Crystal Rogers' mother, Sherry Ballard, Judge Simms and others.
10 a.m. ET | Judge denies request to allow cameras in the courtroom. That means we will only be able to get text updates on the case during hearing breaks. We will post them in this story.
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The first trial connected to Crystal Rogers' death will begin on Tuesday.
Rogers disappeared from Nelson County in 2015 and has not been found since. Her car was found abandoned two days after she disappeared on Bluegrass Parkway in Bardstown.
Steve Lawson is one of three men charged in Rogers' death. Lawson, alongside his son Joseph, is charged with tampering with evidence and conspiracy to commit murder.
Brooks Houck, Rogers' former boyfriend, is charged with murder in the case.
Steve Lawson will be the first to stand trial in the case, with the other two men charged standing trial together in June. Both trials are being held in Bowling Green -- Warren County, Kentucky.
The judge presiding over the case, Charles Simms III, ordered recently that media would not be allowed to livestream, video record, or audio record in the courtroom during the trial.
비바카지노 Viva and four other media outlets in Louisville filed an emergency motion last week to allow for a single pool camera inside the courtroom during the trials.
That motion was denied.