Youngstown man seeks to suppress his statements in murder case

YOUNGSTOWN — The lawyer for a man charged in a 2013 murder is asking a judge to throw out statements his client made to police when he was questioned.

Larry Blue, 32, of Parmelee Avenue, is charged in the Feb. 2, 2013, killing of 52-year-old David Stokes of Columbiana County and wounding Matthew Sharp, also of Columbiana County.

Blue’s lawyer, Thomas Zena, filed a motion today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court asking that statements Blue made to police the day Stokes was killed and Sharp wounded be thrown out.

Judge John M. Durkin is handling the case.

In his motion, Zena claims Blue did not waive his rights under the constitution to incriminate himself knowingly and a waiver given to Blue to waive his rights by police was not legally administered.

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