Last defendant in couple’s slayings seeks appeal

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The last person facing trial in the carjacking and slaying of a Knoxville couple is waiting to hear if the state’s highest court will take up her appeal before her scheduled trial in May.
    Attorneys for Vanessa Coleman told The Knoxville News Sentinel that they plan to ask the Tennessee Supreme Court to look at an appeal that a lower appellate court refused to consider before Coleman is tried.
    A May 10 trial date has been set for Coleman, who was arrested in Lebanon, Ky., following the 2007 murders of 21-year-old Channon Christian and her 23-year-old boyfriend, Christopher Newsom.
    Her appeal claims she was entitled to immunity from state prosecution because of an agreement with federal prosecutors.
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    Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
   
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