A handwritten motion by the man charged in the slaying of an Arkansas television anchorwoman from South Carolina will be the focus of a court hearing. The motion by Curtis Lavelle Vance asks Judge Chris Piazza to relieve his team of state-provided public defenders. Vance claims his defense lawyers “already criminally and conspiratorially” crippled his defense by withholding material from him.

The man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman from South Carolina will appear in court and could discuss why he refused to take part in a mental competency exam.

A judge has denied several requests by defense lawyers for a man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman from South Carolina. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza said Tuesday that Curtis Lavelle Vance does not need a court order banning police from talking to him without attorneys or protecting him from jailhouse informants.