{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Richard Allen’s Appeal Exposed WHAT the Jury Never Heard?!","description":"Richard Allen was convicted of murdering Abby Williams and Libby German, but his appeal is built in part around evidence his jury never heard. Defense attorney Bob Motta joins Tony Brueski to examine two of the biggest examples raised before the Indiana Court of Appeals: a third-party suspect theory involving Brad Holder and the defense challenges to the bullet and eyewitness evidence used against Allen.\n\nMark Leeman told the appellate panel that Indiana State Police had investigated Holder in 2017 and that later information included a rune-like marking Holder posted on his hand and social-media material the defense believed resembled elements of the crime scene. Holder has never been charged. Judge Frances Gull barred the theory from Allen’s trial, finding the defense had not established the direct connection Indiana law requires before a defendant may point the jury toward another person. The State defended that ruling and emphasized work records it says placed Holder at a landfill roughly 25 miles away during the critical time.\n\nThe appeal also challenges what the jury did hear about an unfired .40-caliber cartridge recovered near the girls. A State Police examiner testified that it had been cycled through Allen’s Sig Sauer. The defense wanted former FBI metallurgist William Tobin to attack the reliability of that methodology, but Gull excluded him. Leeman also argued the jury should have seen the sketch associated with witness Betsy Blair, who encountered a man on the bridge shortly before Abby and Libby arrived.\n\nBob Motta explains why these are not simply arguments over whether evidence looks persuasive. They are appellate questions about what evidence a jury was legally entitled to consider, whether exclusions crossed the line into an incomplete defense, and whether any error could have changed the verdict. No appellate decision has been issued.\n\nListen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292\n\nWant to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1\n\nJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/\n\nInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/\n\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/\n\nTik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod\n\nX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod\n\nThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.\n\n#DelphiMurders #RichardAllen #HiddenKillers #DelphiAppeal #AbbyWilliams #LibbyGerman #BobMotta #Odinism #BridgeGuy #TrueCrime","author_name":"Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5040505-hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43862210/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}