Ruling set for today on jogger-death file - Arkansas Online
FORT SMITH -- A Sebastian County circuit judge said he will rule today on a motion to prohibit pretrial publicity in the first-degree murder case of a man accused of shooting a passing jogger. In a brief hearing Wednesday, Dan Stewart, an attorney for John Suleski, told Judge Stephen Tabor that he wants the media and public barred specifically from access to Suleski's confession in the case file about the July shooting, the video of his... After Shue said he has received requests from news organizations for access to his office's file, Tabor said he would make the review as quickly as possible. Suleski, 25, of Barling is accused of killing 44-year-old Brent Morrison of Fort Smith as he jogged down a road at Chaffee Crossing in Fort Smith early on July 11. Police reports said Suleski admitted shooting Morrison from the back seat of his... A preliminary report of an autopsy performed July 13 at the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock said Morrison had nine bullet wounds in the back of the head, upper abdomen, central back, right back and flank, and the back of his upper right leg. A man who was jogging at Chaffee Crossing about 5:45 a. m. July 11 told police he saw a Chevrolet HHR driving from side to side on Wells Lake Road, where the shooting occurred, as if looking for a place to pull over. Source: www.arkansasonline.com
