AURORA, Colo.—The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that details of witnesses who testified against a man convicted of slaying a witness can remain secret.
Robert Ray is on death row for the June 2005 slaying of Javad Marshall-Fields and his fiancee, Vivian Wolfe. A jury convicted Ray in 2009 of ordering the slaying Marshall-Fields in order to stop him from testifying in another murder case.
Ray’s defense team sought addresses of witnesses as part of an appeal.
The Aurora Daily Sentinel reports that an opinion handed down by the Supreme court April 25 overturned a judge’s decision that some details be released. Another man, Sir Mario Owens, was convicted of being the triggerman and has also been sentenced to death.
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Information from: The Aurora Sentinel,
