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Maddie Clifton
Josh Phillips
By First Coast News Staff
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Two hearings will be held in December for Josh Phillips. He was found guilty of killing 8-year-old Maddie Clifton in 1998. Phillips wants a new trial. He claims his first defense attorney was incompetent.
The hearings are scheduled for December 7 and 21. On the 7th, a status conference will take place.
"I hate to think of having to go through this again, but it is his right," said Sheila Delongis the mother of Maddie.
A hearing Wednesday set in motion the dates for the upcoming courtroom events.
"We just were shell shocked all the way through. So Josh deserves a fairer trial with a good attorney," said Josh's mother Missy Phillips.
After an intense search Maddie's body was found underneath Phillip's bed. He was 14 at the time.
"She stays with me all the time in my heart and guides me in where I have to go and what I have to do," said Delongis.
Josh Phillips' original trial was in Bartow, FL., southwest of Orlando.
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 Created: 11/9/2005 1:20:06 PM Updated: 11/10/2005 5:28:29 PM Suggest News Tips & Story Leads Submit Video & Pictures |
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