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Bobbitt lawyer to defend Radford student in stabbing

Bobbitt lawyer to defend Radford student in stabbing | iNFOnews.ca
This photo provided by Radford City Police Department shows Luisa Ines Tudela Harris Cutting. Cutting, a Virginia college student is accused of stabbing a fellow student to death. She was arrested and charged Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 with second-degree murder. She's set to appear in court Friday. (Radford City Police Department via AP)

RADFORD, Va. – A Virginia college student accused of stabbing her classmate has hired the attorney who defended Lorena Bobbitt at trial after she cut off her husband’s penis.

The Roanoke Times reports that Monday’s arraignment of 21-year-old Luisa Ines Tudela Harris Cutting was cancelled after the court was notified that she will be represented by Blair Howard. Cutting is charged with second-degree murder in the Thursday death of her friend, 20-year-old Alexa Cannon.

Cutting’s next hearing hasn’t been scheduled. Howard didn’t return the newspaper’s request for comment.

Bobbitt was acquitted by reason of insanity in the 1993 attack on her husband, John Wayne Bobbitt.

Howard also defended heiress Susan Cummings, who was charged with murder in the 1997 death of her boyfriend, and ultimately served 57 days for voluntary manslaughter.

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Information from: The Roanoke Times, http://www.roanoke.com

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