Crystal Rogers investigation suspect Steven Lawson was back in Nelson Circuit Court for a status hearing Thursday.
While no motions were before the court, Lawson’s defense previously requested the hearing be scheduled in order to keep “on a routine track in advance of the currently scheduled trial date.” The defense requested another status hearing for 30 days out, but when Special Prosecutor Shane Young asked for a date in late April due to a busy trial schedule the two sides settled on a hearing date of April 3.
Lawson’s defense said they are still working through the discovery in the case, which Young said outside of possibly a few phone calls has been completed. The defense says Lawson had also not seen any of the discovery until August when the new attorneys were appointed to represent him. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III said he would make any requested accommodations to allow Lawson access to the courthouse in order to review the discovery as needed.
Simms also said he would keep the case files for the case in Nelson County until shortly before the trial begins in Warren County. Lawson’s trial is scheduled to begin on May 27.
