Hoerig's attorney seeks more time to file appeal

WARREN — The attorney who worked on the appeal of Claudia Hoerig's aggravated murder case is asking for 2 1/2 more weeks to file the main appeal document in her case because of changes at the Trumbull County branch of the Ohio Public Defender's Office.

Hoerig, meanwhile, has filed her own hand-written motion with the same court, asking that she be acquitted of the charges based on problems she said she had with her defense counsel in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Atty. Michael Partlow of Kent filed the motion July 2, asking for the deadline to be extended to July 26, despite two earlier extensions being granted, because Partlow's contract to serve as defense attorney with the Ohio Public Defender's Office ended June 30.

Hoerig, 54, was sentenced to 28 years to life in prison in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court for killing her husband, Karl, in 2007, in their Newton Falls home and fleeing to her native Brazil.