Another recusal in case of trooper charged in drowning

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     (AP) – Another judge has recused himself from handling the

case of a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who is charged in the drowning

of a handcuffed Iowa man.

     The Kansas City Star reports that Morgan County Circuit Judge Stan Moore

announced the decision Monday without explanation during a hearing for Anthony

Piercy. Moore is the third judge to recuse himself, an action that will delay

the case.

     Piercy was charged last year with involuntary manslaughter in the death of

Brandon Ellingson, an Arizona State University student from suburban Des Moines.

The 20-year-old went into the water in 2014 as Piercy was transporting him from

the Lake of the Ozarks on suspicion of boating while intoxicated. Witnesses have

said that Ellingson was wearing an improperly secured life jacket that slipped

off.




   

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