Man convicted in 2021 homicide of his parents submits court filing to keep appeal alive
MADISON (WKOW) -- The DeForest man convicted of killing his parents and mutilating their bodies looks to keep his appeal alive with a new court filing. Chandon Halderson, 26, was convicted of murdering his parents in 2021 and mutilating their bodies. He was also convicted of providing false information in a missing persons case. In May 2023, he began the appeals process, filing a response to a September 2023 no merit report by his attorney, Michael Covey, stating there was sufficient evidence for a jury to convict him on all counts. In the response, he argued that key evidence was unfairly regarded and that his attorneys did not call any expert witnesses during trial. In April 2023 a judge overturned two of Haldersen's convictions, allowing him to be convicted of mutilate and hiding a corpse.
Published : a month ago by Caroline Bach in General
MADISON (WKOW) -- The DeForest man convicted of killing his parents and mutilating their bodies looks to keep his appeal alive with a new court filing.
A jury found Chandler Halderson, 26, guilty in the July 2021 deaths of his parents Bart and Krista. Halderson was also convicted of providing false information in a missing persons case.
Halderson formally began the appeals process in May 2023. He filed a response to his attorney's September 2023 no merit report on April 1.
In the September 2023 case filing, Halderson's attorney Michael Covey laid out why he found no grounds for an appeal in a 23-page report. It stated "there was sufficient evidence for a jury to convict Halderson on all counts."
During the 2022 trial, prosecutors pinpointed Halderson to be at the locations where his parents' body parts were found.
Halderson's 8-page, handwritten response to Covey's no merit report stated he did not agree with the no merit report and was not giving up his request for an appeal.
Halderson's arguments for an appeal included his attorneys not calling on expert witnesses. His attorneys did not call any witnesses during trial.
Halderson also cited an error of "being charged in multiplicity." In April 2023, a judge vacated two of Halderson's convictions after Covey argued Halderson could not be convicted of mutilating and hiding a corpse because hiding a corpse is a lesser charge of the action.
Halderson also argued in his response "key evidence was unjustly regarded," but he did not state what evidence that would be.
Topics: Crime, Murder