A judge has ruled that Adam Montgomery, convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter Harmony, must appear in person for his upcoming sentencing after he…
, 34, had attended his first day of jury selection in February, but did not come to court during his two-week trial. Police believe that his daughter,Montgomery's lawyer recently asked for him to be excused from his scheduled May 9 sentencing in Manchester, saying Montgomery has maintained his innocence on charges of second-degree murder, second-degree assault and witness tampering. He had admitted to abuse of a corpse and falsifying evidence.
“Although the statute allows the judge to exercise its discretion to excuse a defendant from this obligation, the court does not find that the defendant has raised an adequate factual or legal basis to do so here,” Judge Amy Messer wrote in her order Friday. The Montgomery case spurred a bill in the state Legislature requiring people charged with serious crimes to be present for the reading of verdicts and at sentencing hearings. The bill passed in the House and awaits action in the Senate., saying in court he loved Harmony Montgomery “unconditionally.” His lawyers suggested that the girl died while she was with her stepmother.
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