A man who severely beat a 94-year-old woman to death while on meth has had his murder conviction overturned after a sexual relationship between the presiding judge and prosecutor in the case surfaced.In a 3-2 decision, the Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial for defendant Robert Leon Hashagen III, who was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in 2021. Hashagen's attorneys later appealed after new evidence emerged of an undisclosed sexual relationship between the trial court judge, Timothy Henderson, and one of the prosecutors.
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