Winkler wants her confession suppressed
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Two of the 25 motions filed Wednesday in McNairy County Circuit Court for Mary Carol Winkler request suppression of all statements she gave police and all evidence sought to be used against her.
Winkler, 32, was indicted last week in the shooting of Matthew Winkler, minister of Fourth Street Church of Christ in Selmer, a small town 80 miles east of Memphis.
Authorities say Winkler confessed to shooting her 31-year-old husband on March 22, although they have refused to discuss any reason she gave for the slaying. Her defense team claims the statement isn’t a confession.
The motion to suppress the statements she gave police claims that the statements weren?t voluntary and violated her right against self-incrimination.
The motion to suppress evidence says it was seized illegally. The motion also states she will show that she was illegally arrested and without probable cause.
Winkler also wants to know if she’s facing the death penalty and has made some special requests concerning the selection of her jury, such as that jurors be interviewed individually and that potential jurors be sequestered during the individual interviews.
Another motion requests that a special questionnaire be given potential jurors other than the one the court usually gives, which Deputy Clerk Nancy McClain finds odd.
“Everything about this case is unusual,” McClain said.
The first of the motions to be heard will be one requesting bond. That hearing is slated for June 30.