During a June 29 hearing, Judge Timothy Perigo overruled a defense motion to suppress statements made by Cory Simmons following the Feb. 11 traffic accident in which his passenger, Joplin High School student athlete Christina Freeman, was killed. Joplin police say Simmons was driving while intoxicated.
The trial for Simmons, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter, is scheduled for Tuesday, July 18, in McDonald County Circuit Court, where it was sent on a change of venue from Newton County.
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