Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, July 4, 1995 TAG: 9507050059
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: HOLIDAY
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DATELINE: CHARLESTON, W.VA. LENGTH: Short
Tracy Lippard, 24, of Newport News, Va., said heavy media coverage prevented her from receiving a fair trial last year in Greenbrier County Circuit Court.
Lippard was sentenced in January to two years in prison for a February 1994 attack on the Lewisburg family of Melissa Weikle Scott, who was pregnant by a former boyfriend of Lippard's.
She was accused of pulling a pistol on Scott's mother and hitting Scott's father with a hammer before she was disarmed.
Lippard denied attacking the family, saying she traveled to confront her former boyfriend, Todd Scott. Scott and Melissa Weikle have since married.
A jury found Lippard guilty in November of two counts of second-degree attempted murder and five other misdemeanors.
Lippard remains free during her appeal.
- Associated Press
by CNB