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The filing comes about two months after attorneys for Lawson asked a judge to either grant him a new trial or throw out the May 30 guilty verdict, arguing he was denied a fair trial.
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On Friday, Judge Charles Simms III, who presided over the 10-day trial in which Houck was convicted in the 2015 murder or Rogers, ordered Houck not to transfer any property until at least after an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Oct. 8.
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U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings on Friday ruled she is "frustrated by the nebulous and disjointed" allegations of prosecutorial misconduct during the trial last fall.
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"There is no need for a prison sentence to protect the public" from Hankison, according to a sentencing memorandum.
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A final sentencing hearing will be held Aug. 21 in Nelson County.
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The defense argues that Joseph Lawson should have been given a directed verdict (or acquittal) by the judge after the prosecution finished its case.
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However, the judge did rule Roger Burdette is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on whether he was given enough information to decide whether he should take the stand in his own defense.
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The judge, not the jury, will decide the sentence on April 8.
The day after a former Norton Commons doctor pleaded guilty in April to trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband, she solicited other inmates "in a renewed effort to find someone to murder" him, according to prosecutors.
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William “Jessie” Stover pleaded guilty to a felony charge of civil disorder for pushing against police and helping other rioters physically fight officers while trying to break into the U.S. Capitol building.