Edward Kendrick sits in Judge Don Poole’s courtroom for a hearing to argue for a new case to appeal his murder conviction in the 1994 slaying of his wife, Lisa Kendrick.A convicted murderer has lost his bid for a new trial in the shooting death of his wife, which he maintains was an accident.
Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole heard testimony from multiple witnesses in a post-conviction hearing in February and March.
Poole’s 66-page opinion, filed Oct. 13, details Edward T. Kendrick III’s case for a new trial on his 1994 conviction for the first-degree murder of Lisa Kendrick.
Kendrick showed up at the gas station where Lisa Kendrick worked. Witnesses testified they heard an explosion and saw Kendrick in the parking lot, standing over his wife with a rifle.
Kendrick claims the gun fired accidentally and he never intended to kill his wife. He has appealed his conviction on grounds of trial error and ineffective assistance of counsel.