Trial date changed for Ypsilanti Township man charged with killing co-worker
Leonard Ware
Courtesy of WCSO
The 34-year-old Ypsilanti Township man accused of fatally shooting his co-worker had his trial date postponed yet again in court Monday
Leonard Ware had his final pretrial hearing adjourned to Aug. 12 and a new jury trial date set for Sept. 9 in the Washtenaw County Trial Court.
Both the prosecution and defense asked for the adjournment as they await results from DNA tests.
"The results will not be available (by the former trial date)," said Ware's attorney, Jeffrey Taylor.
Ware is charged with open murder, carrying a concealed weapon, being a felon in possession of a firearm and being in possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
He is accused of shooting and killing Bhagavan Allen, 29, in the middle of Ypsilanti's Grove Street in October 2012. The incident between the two men began with an argument at Marsh Plating Co., where Ware was Allen’s supervisor.
Ware faces spending the rest of his life behind bars if he is convicted on the charge of open murder. He is being held without bond in the Washtenaw County Jail.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
greg s
Wed, May 22, 2013 : 8:34 a.m.
What a complete waste of time and money ! the only thing missing is a close up video.
Mark Hergott
Wed, May 22, 2013 : 3:40 a.m.
DNA tests? It would be a miracle if someone that looked just like Leonard Ware, who was wearing the same clothes as Leonard Ware, and was in the same city, on the same street as Leonard Ware... shot a co worker of Leonard Ware with whom Leonard Ware had a history of conflict with. It would be a Certified, A-One, I-Am-Going-To-Church-And-Apologizing miracle. I'm just saying, is all.
beardown
Wed, May 22, 2013 : 1:22 p.m.
Personally, I think it was someone impersonating him who was wearing a mask that looked like him who did it. Kinda like John Travolta in Faceoff. Or does he have an evil twin brother? What a waste of tax payer dollars. There are witnesses and a murder weapon which I would imagine has his fingerprints on it. I am all for getting as many trials right so that we can get close to the goal of no innocent people in prison, but this is ridiculous.