A Chittenden County judge says he will not delay the summer trial for Essex shooting suspect Christopher Williams, preventing the defense from calling a third witness to support its insanity defense.
Defense attorney Margaret Jansch has named the 29-year-old Williams of Essex and a Burlington psychologist as potential witnesses.
After failing to meet multiple deadlines about their intent to seek the insanity strategy, Williams’ lawyers this week proposed a third witness, a White River Junction psychologist.
But Judge George Crawford has ruled that the defense could not call that witness and the trial will go on as schedule.