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.
In a June 12 appeal, a new attorney for Roger Burdette argued there was no testimony during the 2021 trial showing how the "trace drug amounts" in Burdette’s blood would affect him, and that the defense failed to present an expert to testify as to his phone usage leading up to the wreck.
Even now, her legacy continues.
LMPD Detective Deidre Mengedoht died on Christmas Eve in 2018 when Roger Burdette crashed his tanker truck into her car.
Mengedoht was killed in the line of duty on Christmas Eve 2018 in a fiery crash on Interstate 64 near the Belvedere.
Roger Burdette was driving an MSD truck when he crashed into Mengedoht's unmarked cruiser as she was conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 64 on Dec. 24, 2018.
Burdette was found guilty last week of murder for hitting and killing LMPD Detective Deidre Mengedoht in a crash on Interstate 64 on Christmas Eve 2018.
The former MSD truck driver was convicted of murder Tuesday night for the death of Det. Deidre Mengedoht.
Roger Burdette is charged with murder in the death of Detective Deidre Megendoht.
The trial is expected to wrap up early next week.