Anglesey motion denied

Jacob Anglesey is stuck with his no contest plea to aggravated homicide.

Anglesey’s plea, initially entered through a plea agreement with the Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office, dismisses the original charge of first-degree murder in the 2009 death of two-year-old Konnor Allen.

Anglesey’s attorneys attempted to convince Third District Court Judge Richard Lavery to allow Anglesey to change his plea last week, citing a desire to change their defense strategy as a result of recently uncovered comments made by Allen’s mother during a police interview. The interview was inadvertently excluded from...