KINGSTREE — The next step in legal proceedings regarding a man involved with the 2007 death of a Hemingway woman has yet to be announced by the 3rd Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
On Jan. 29, 3rd Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman didn’t accept a guilty plea to a charge of involuntary manslaughter from Marty Baggett, who is charged in connection with the 2007 death of Jean Roberts Turner.
Kim Barr, a prosecutor for the solicitor’s office, said at the time the next step in the case would be decided within 30 days.
Feb. 28 marked the 30th day since Newman’s decision and so far the solicitor’s office has given no word on the case’s status to the family of the victim or the accused.
Prosecutors said the announcement would come from 3rd Circuit Solicitor C. Kelley Jackson. Attempts to reach Jackson for comment have been unsuccessful.
Ann Baggett, wife of Marty Baggett, said neither she nor her husband have been told what the next steps in the case will be.
A post from Talmadge Turner, son of the victim, on the family’s Facebook Web page earlier this week said his family has not received any word on the case, either.
Marty Baggett was found March 8, 2007, on Claire Road in Hemingway standing over the lifeless body of Turner, of 101 Claire Road, according to a Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office incident report.
A grand jury originally indicted Baggett on kidnapping, murder and involuntary manslaughter charges. The solicitor’s office was prepared to offer him a guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter, an offense that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Newman ruled Jan. 29 the case should go before a jury.
“It’s a difficult case,” Newman said. “I think that the interest of justice in this case is one which the individual should be presented to the jury.”
Stay with scnow.com as more information on this case becomes available.
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