Third lawyer begging off Updyke case

Tuesday morning, it was reported that Jerry Hauser, the second attorney for suspected Toomer’s Corner tree poisoner Harvey Updyke, filed a motion to be removed from the case due to a conflict of interest. That motion was approved, and Jerry Blevins was named as Updyke’s new attorney. Tuesday afternoon, however, Blevins filed a motion to be… you guessed it… removed from the case. Unlike the other two, though, Blevins did not cite a conflict of interest. Instead, the attorney wrote in the motion that an ”irreconcilable conflict arose” between he and Updyke. That "irreconcilable conflict" apparently arose during the few hours Blevins was technically Updyke’s attorney.

Blevins also asked the court to delay Updyke’s preliminary hearing to allow the "defendant to secure new counsel of his choosing."