JEFFERSONVILLE —
A Jeffersonville man charged with murder has requested a judge set bond in the case.
Joe Mayes, 47, is being held in the Michael L. Becher Adult Corrections Complex awaiting trial for the murder of 46-year-old Anthony Redd. Mayes appeared in court Friday for a pretrial conference. At the meeting, Clark County Circuit Court No. 1 Judge Dan Moore set a hearing for Feb. 13 on a motion to set bail.
The presumption in Indiana is that a person charged with murder is held without bail, but Mayes’ attorney, Bill Gray, argues he is entitled to bail if the state’s evidence he committed murder is not strong.
“Mr. Mayes requests a hearing at which he can present evidence showing the state’s proof is not evidence and the presumption that Mr. Mayes committed the murder is not strong,” Gray wrote in a motion filed Dec. 29.
Gray asked the court to issue five subpoenas. Among those asked to testify at the hearing are Mayes’ niece, Katrina Baker, 25, and her boyfriend, James Lawson, 27.
Baker, who is also in jail, and Lawson, who was released on $50,000 court-cash bond, face charges related to the homicide. Baker was charged with class A felony robbery and class A felony conspiracy to commit robbery. Lawson was charged with two counts of class C felony assisting a criminal.
The Clark County Prosecutor’s Office alleges Baker and Mayes conspired to rob Redd of 90 pills and $2,000.
According to a probable-cause affidavit, Baker admitted meeting Redd for a drug transaction Oct. 21. He drove her a short distance in his truck before pulling behind a vacant building in the 1400 block of Mitchell Avenue in Jeffersonville.
She began to perform oral sex when Mayes allegedly walked up to the truck and asked for pills. When Redd said he did not have any, Mayes allegedly shot him several times in the head.
Lawson is accused of washing the clothes of Mayes and Baker to remove blood.
Mayes and Baker are set to be tried separately. Both trials are on the schedule for March 27, but they are expected to be delayed.
The defendant has been identified in court records as Joseph William Mayes, but he testified Friday that his legal name is Joe Willie Mayes. He faces 45 to 65 years in prison if convicted.
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