Thursday, August 11, 2005 By Bill Moushey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette NEW CASTLE -- Ruling that a prosecutor created "a ruse designed to confuse" a key alibi witness and that a defense lawyer didn't do enough to uncover it during a 2003 trial, a Lawrence County judge yesterday vacated the armed robbery conviction of Justin Kirkwood and ordered a retrial. In a sharply worded 24-page opinion, …
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