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Ottumwa murder trial delayed until November
OTTUMWA (AP) ? A murder trial has been delayed for a 31-year-old man accused of fatally beating another man outside a bar in Ottumwa.
The trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 3 for Kendrick Jackson. It had been set to begin Oct. 6.
Jackson is accused of beating Maekele Hagos outside The Elbow Room on Sept. 7 last year. Authorities say Hagos died later at a hospital in Iowa City.
Jackson?s attorneys have filed ...
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Sep. 30, 2018 8:31 pm
OTTUMWA (AP) ? A murder trial has been delayed for a 31-year-old man accused of fatally beating another man outside a bar in Ottumwa.
The trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 3 for Kendrick Jackson. It had been set to begin Oct. 6.
Jackson is accused of beating Maekele Hagos outside The Elbow Room on Sept. 7 last year. Authorities say Hagos died later at a hospital in Iowa City.
Jackson?s attorneys have filed notice that they intend to argue that he acted in self-defense.
