By Mandy Zatynski
A Statesville woman facing four charges of first-degree murder made her first appearance in Iredell County Superior Court on Tuesday.
Barbara Evans, 65, is charged in connection with the Jan. 21, 2005, shooting deaths of James and Delet Powell and the Sept. 16, 2005, deaths of Don and Sue Barker.
Superior Court Judge Mark Klass scheduled a Rule 24 conference for Nov. 27. At the conference, the judge will decide if the prosecutors can seek the death penalty.
Evans did not speak during her brief appearance. She sat emotionless next to Mark Rabil, an assistant capital defender who is representing her, in a swivel chair that hid most of her small frame.
At the request of the Iredell County Sheriff's Office, Assistant District Attorney Mikko Red Arrow asked the judge to transfer Evans to a state prison in Raleigh.
Red Arrow said Evans regularly take a "lengthy list of medications," and officials are concerned that county resources will not be adequate.
He added that officials are also worried about "attraction from other inmates" although there is not a "safety concern yet."
Klass delayed the move for about three weeks, after Rabil requested that Evans stay in Iredell County while he prepares her case.
Also, Rabil requested copies of search warrants related to Evans' case, which are sealed until Dec. 8.
Rabil said he is still waiting to receive copies of the prosecution's evidence as well.
Red Arrow said he has run into problems copying the 5,000 to 6,000 pages of evidence and agreed to try to deliver it by Sept. 15.
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Evidence delivered
By Donna Swicegood
A dozen large notebooks, containing the case files from two double murder cases were handed over to the district attorney's office Wednesday afternoon.
The notebooks contain interviews, crime scene and lab reports, investigators' notes and photographs related to the murder of James and Delet Powell of Union Grove and Don and Sue Barker of Statesville.
Detective Sgts. Andy Poteat and Bill Hamby of the Iredell County Sheriff's Office said hte notebooks contained more than 5,300 pages of documents, representing more than 700 interviews in the two cases.
Sheriff Phil Redmond and Poteat delivered the handtruck of files to Jamie Sparks of the district attorney's office for use in the prosecution of Barbara Ann Evans, 65, of Statesville.
Evans was indicted earlier this week by an Iredell County grand jury on four counts of first-degree murder. She is being held in the Iredell County Jail.
A dozen large notebooks, containing the case files from two double murder cases were handed over to the district attorney's office Wednesday afternoon.
The notebooks contain interviews, crime scene and lab reports, investigators' notes and photographs related to the murder of James and Delet Powell of Union Grove and Don and Sue Barker of Statesville.
Detective Sgts. Andy Poteat and Bill Hamby of the Iredell County Sheriff's Office said hte notebooks contained more than 5,300 pages of documents, representing more than 700 interviews in the two cases.
Sheriff Phil Redmond and Poteat delivered the handtruck of files to Jamie Sparks of the district attorney's office for use in the prosecution of Barbara Ann Evans, 65, of Statesville.
Evans was indicted earlier this week by an Iredell County grand jury on four counts of first-degree murder. She is being held in the Iredell County Jail.
Sunday, August 6, 2006
Evans indicted in couples' deaths
By Donna Swicegood
A woman charged with murdering two elderly couples last year was indicted by an Iredell County grand jury Monday.
The grand jury returned indictments on four counts of first-degree murder against Barbara Ann Evans, 65, of Jennings Road, on Monday afternoon.
Evans' court-appointed attorney, Mark Rabil, said he was not surprised by the indictments.
"Indictments are never a surprise. They're basically rubber stamps for the police investigations," he said.
The grand jury process consists of detectives and a prosecutor presenting a brief synopsis of the case to 18 citizens chosen to serve on the grand jury.
The grand jury then decides to issue a true bill of indictment or no true bill. A true bill means enough evidence was presented to allow the case to proceed to Superior Court.
Neither the defendant nor their attorney appears before the grand jury.
Rabil said the indictments do not change his client's assertion that she is innocent of the charges.
"This doesn't change anything," he said.
A woman charged with murdering two elderly couples last year was indicted by an Iredell County grand jury Monday.
The grand jury returned indictments on four counts of first-degree murder against Barbara Ann Evans, 65, of Jennings Road, on Monday afternoon.
Evans' court-appointed attorney, Mark Rabil, said he was not surprised by the indictments.
"Indictments are never a surprise. They're basically rubber stamps for the police investigations," he said.
The grand jury process consists of detectives and a prosecutor presenting a brief synopsis of the case to 18 citizens chosen to serve on the grand jury.
The grand jury then decides to issue a true bill of indictment or no true bill. A true bill means enough evidence was presented to allow the case to proceed to Superior Court.
Neither the defendant nor their attorney appears before the grand jury.
Rabil said the indictments do not change his client's assertion that she is innocent of the charges.
"This doesn't change anything," he said.
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