Cook’s Trial to Remain in Smith County
Posted/updated on: May 18, 2012 at 9:26 am
TYLER — A judge has denied Kerry Max Cook’s request to move his case out of Smith County. According to KETK, he’s trying to prove he did not murder Linda Joe Edwards, Tyler, in 1997. Cook wants new DNA testing in hopes of being formally declared innocent. Judge Christi Kennedy will take on Cook’s case. Cook believes he won’t get a fair trial because Judge Kennedy’s husband worked for former prosecutor, Jack Skeen, who originally sent Cook to death row.
