Cooper hearing set for December
Published: Thu, Oct. 30, 2008 07:17PM
Modified Thu, Oct. 30, 2008 07:18PM
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closeRALEIGH -- Bradley Cooper will have to wait more than a month to find out if Wake prosecutors plan on seeking the death penalty if he is convicted of killing his wife Nancy.
In an order signed late Thursday afternoon, Wake Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens set a hearing on Dec. 5 for Cooper’s Rule 24 hearing, in which Wake prosecutors will announce whether or not they think there’s grounds to seek the death penalty. A hearing will then be held if prosecutors ask for the death penalty to be considered.
Cooper, 35, is facing a charged of first-degree murder after he was indicted Monday by a Wake grand jury in connection with the July slaying of his wife Nancy, 34.
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Cooper’s body was found in an undeveloped Cary cul-de-sac near the couple’s home. Brad Cooper was picked up by Cary police at his Cary home immediately after Monday’s indictment and brought to the Wake County jail, where he remains held without bail. Brad Cooper has denied he had anything to do with her death.
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