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Mayhew heads to trial for Bonnie Rushing murder after motions hearing
Judge denies request to replace public defender, will allow ‘feds are after me’ motive testimony
Lee Allen Mayhew, in jail uniform, leans in to speak to Assistant Public Defender Elise Miller during a Friday, Jan. 27, motions hearing in Bulloch County Superior Court. Miller and Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Public Defender Renata Newbill-Jallow are carry
Lee Allen Mayhew, in jail uniform, leans in to speak to Assistant Public Defender Elise Miller during a Friday, Jan. 27, motions hearing in Bulloch County Superior Court. Miller and Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Public Defender Renata Newbill-Jallow are carrying forward Mayhew's defense into his trial next week on murder charges and allegations of other crimes surrounding the October 2020 shooting death of Bonnie Lanier Rushing at her family's home in the Leefield community. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Public Defender Renata Newbill-Jallow remains Lee Allen Mayhew’s lead counsel for his trial next week for the October 2020 murder of Bonnie Lanier Rushing. During a pretrial motions hearing Friday, Superior Court Judge Lovett Bennett Jr. rejected Mayhew’s request to replace Newbill-Jallow with a substitute public defender.
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