DANVILLE – A Chicago attorney once again is asking for a new trial for a 35-year-old Newtown man who was convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his wife.
Stanley Hill plans to file a motion in Vermilion County Circuit Court today that says his client, Kenneth Gray, was denied a fair trial in October because the jury was not given proper instructions regarding the lesser charge of second-degree murder, which was offered as another option.
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