Crisp cites Patriot Act as a potential defense for 2015 murder

A Pomeroy man convicted of first-degree murder last year for the shooting death of an acquaintance claims his attorneys should have invoked the Patriot Act as one of his defenses.
Freddy Crisp was convicted in June 2016 of the November 2015 shooting death of Dale Potter, of North Dakota. Crisp’s attorneys filed the appeal in August 2016; Crisp took over writing directly to the court in December 2016, arguing his counsel was not responsive to phone calls and letters seeking copies of court and hearing transcripts.
In April, Crisp filed a lengthy brief supporting his appeal, arguing the jury instructions  “misstate the law,” that he was restrained and questioned without being read his Miranda rights, and that mitigating evidence was “purposely omitted by the state,” among other issues. On that last point, Crisp complained about the state successfully moving to have some information about Potter be excluded from trial. 
Read more in the July 19 edition.