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Trial of alleged killer moved back once again

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By Staff reports

A Kanawha judge on Wednesday reluctantly agreed to again postpone the trial of Miguel Quinones, but warned there would be no more delays.

Quinones will now stand trial June 6 in the 2013 death of Kareem Hunter inside a Marmet apartment.

His trial had been set to begin later this month, but his attorney, Robert Dunlap, asked Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit to push back the date to allow more time to review evidence.

Dunlap said he has still not received the findings of DNA testing requested on behalf of Quinones from a laboratory at Marshall University, and needs more time to prepare.

Quinones was indicted on the murder charge in early 2014. His case has been delayed multiple times mainly because of his requests for new attorneys. He's been appointed about 10 attorneys since the case against him was filed.

Dunlap and Amy Osgood, both Beckley lawyers, were appointed to represent Quinones in September.

"We're going to continue this case one more time. This case has been continued numerous times," the judge said Wednesday. "We're not continuing it for a long period of time."

Tabit on Wednesday also agreed to order that Facebook records for Kelsey Legg and Deveron Patterson be turned over to Dunlap.

Legg was sentenced to six to eight years in prison for helping conceal a dead body and being an accessory after the fact to murder in Hunter's killing. Patterson was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to murder in the death of Hunter.

Both Patterson and Legg are expected to testify against Quinones at trial.

Hunter was reported missing Sept. 23, 2013, and his body was found almost two months later in a shallow grave in Raleigh County.


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