Man accused in TV anchor death appears in 2nd case
Thursday, March 19, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press Writer
MARIANNA, Ark. — The man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman pleaded not guilty Thursday in a separate rape and burglary case in his hometown.
Curtis Lavelle Vance, 28, wore a bullet-resistant vest as he was escorted by six police officers into the Lee County Courthouse. In a brief hearing, Circuit Judge Ann B. Hudson accepted his plea and set trial for July 27.
Little Rock police detectives say a DNA sample from the crime scene of anchorwoman Anne Pressley's slaying last year linked Vance to her killing and an unsolved rape of a woman in Marianna, about 90 miles east of Little Rock.
When Vance arrived at the courthouse, he only shook his head and said "No" when asked whether he was worried about DNA evidence.
After the hearing, defense attorney Bill James told reporters that he would want separate DNA tests done on the sample that police say links Vance to the Marianna rape and Pressley's slaying.
James said it was too early to say whether he would need to ask for the trial to be moved to another county or whether Vance would be willing to accept a plea deal.
The woman who claimed Vance raped her sat in the front row during the hearing. She declined to speak to reporters.
READ: HOW MANY WOMEN HAS CURTIS VANCE ATTACKED, ABUSED, RAPED, BEATEN, MURDERED?
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