Trial Set for Man Accused of Abusing Son
Posted/updated on: June 15, 2012 at 2:58 am
LINDEN (AP) — A judge has set an August trial for a Texas man accused of contributing to the death of his 13-year-old son by failing to feed him. Bill Hudson appeared in a Cass County courtroom Tuesday. He faces three child abuse charges in the 2008 death of Samuel Hudson.
The Texarkana Gazette reports that Hudson’s attorney asked a judge to not allow prosecutors to try three child abuse charges against Hudson at once. The judge agreed and said August’s trial will focus on a single child abuse charge that alleges Hudson withheld food from Samuel.
Hudson and his wife, Cynthia Hudson, adopted Samuel from foster care along with two of his siblings. Cynthia Hudson was convicted of capital murder in the death but an appeals court overturned that conviction.
