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Lindsay Clancy Back in Court as Judge Weighs Bid to Split Trial

Prosecutors are challenging the defense push to bifurcate the case into guilt and criminal-responsibility phases.

Overview

  • Clancy is scheduled to appear remotely Monday afternoon in Plymouth Superior Court for a pretrial motions hearing.
  • Defense counsel seeks to separate the trial into two phases and to obtain prospective juror information earlier than usual.
  • Prosecutors argue there is no constitutional right to a bifurcated trial and say juror data should be released within the statutory window before empanelment.
  • The defense plans to argue lack of criminal responsibility, citing postpartum psychiatric illness and alleged overmedication.
  • A July 20 trial start is set, and Clancy remains paralyzed and held at Tewksbury State Hospital after her 2023 suicide attempt; separate malpractice suits against her medical providers are pending.