YANKTON, S.D. (AP) - A judge has agreed to double the money for
a private investigator who is helping in the defense of a Yankton
man accused of killing his girlfriend.
Judge Glen Eng previously had approved $2,500 for the private
investigator. The judge on Monday approved another
$2,500 but also ordered a report on the detective's charges.
The detective is helping in the defense of Nicholas Hines, who
has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to first-degree
murder. Authorities accuse him of shooting and killing 25-year-old
Brianna Knoll and then shooting himself on April 9. Hines is to
undergo a psychiatric evaluation on Dec. 7 and is due back in court
next Jan. 23.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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