Crystal Rogers investigation suspect Brooks Houck appeared via Zoom in Nelson Circuit Court Thursday as Judge Charles Simms III heard arguments on the prosecution’s motion regarding the defense’s expert testimonies.
Special Prosecutor Shane Young said in a motion filed last week that the defense needed to provide more detail on “the bases and reasons for the expert’s opinions” for three of the four submitted experts. Young said the defense provided supplemental information on one of the experts ahead of the hearing, so in court he discussed the defense’s plans to call forth a retired homicide investigator and an expert on interrogations.
Young said more information on the investigator’s testimony needs to be provided if he is going to comment on how the investigation was conducted. Houck’s defense attorney Brian Butler said the investigator is going to discuss how a murder trial investigation is conducted, and told the judge if during preparations they believe he will need to comment specifically on the case they will contact Young.
Young said more the interrogation expert intends to discuss examples of how the Reid Technique, an interrogation method, was violated, but the defense provided no examples of how it was violated. Butler said the defense identified the police interviews provided by the Commonwealth that the expert will be looking at, and said the defense has provided the information it is required to based on Kentucky court procedures.
Simms said he would take the arguments under submission and would make a ruling as quickly as possible. Houck’s trial is scheduled to begin in Warren County on June 24.
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