Court of Appeals hears case on tossed murder confession

The state Court of Appeals heard legal arguments Tuesday in the case of a Washington County man found guilty of killing his mother, stepfather and stepbrother in 2011.A special prosecutor is seeking to reverse a mid-level appeals court decision that reversed the conviction of Matthew Slocum because the trial judge allowed jurors to hear a statement Slocum gave to investigators after a public defender representing him in a different case asked police not to question him.The two sides also argued