Convicted Murderer Wins New Trial

{Louisville, Kentucky}...Friday, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ordered the Madison Circuit Court to retry 27 year old Christopher McGorman Jr., who was convicted in the January 29, 2000 shooting death of a classmate, 14 year old Larry Raney of Winchester. McGorman was 14 at the time of the shooting but was tried as an adult. He's serving life in prison at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville. The court determined his attorney was ineffective when he allowed McGorman to be interviewed by police without independently investigating the shooting or having his client evaluated. The court concluded that those mistakes permeated the entire trial, rendering it unfair.