On Friday morning in Riley County court a motions hearing was held on the issue of certain interviews involved in the Cole Drake case.
Drake is charged with the killing of Manhattan High school Student Tyler Dowling in April of 2011. Defense attorney Larry McRell argued that some interviews conducted by Riley County Police should not be allowed in the upcoming trial. Those interviews were conducted before the case was turned from juvenile to adult proceedings, and McCrell felt the court should hear his arguments on the admissibility of those interviews.
Judge David L. Stutzman informed McCrell that the evidence had previously been vetted in a prior ruling, and didn’t want to in effect “start over” with the case. McCrell informed the court that he had new material which wasn’t covered in the previous court proceedings, and Judge Stutzman ruled the motion will be heard on the next hearing date in August.
