An appellate court has ordered a new trial for a Michigan man convicted of aggravated murder last year for the 2022 death of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son.

Ohio’s Sixth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Judge Linda Jennings’ exclusion of an expert witness proposed by Michael Kitto’s defense and trial rulings that limited the defense’s cross examination of a prosecution expert denied Kitto a fair trial in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.

Although Ohio law allows a judge to modify a 21-day, pre-trial deadline for placing experts on a witness list — along with the option of postponing a trial — Judge Jennings excluded testimony from Keith Findley at Kitto’s July, 2024, trial because prosecutors did not receive in a timely manner an email notification the defense sent 22 days be

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