HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -
The first subpoenas are issued in a high profile murder trial set for this spring.
Amy Bishop Anderson is accused of shooting six colleagues at UA-Huntsville in February of 2010.
Three victims died three lived.
According to court records, the defense is requesting the court issue subpoenas to four people so far.
None of these people witnessed the crime. None of these people worked at UAH as far as our research shows. All four witnesses for the defense work in the state of Alabama's finance office.
The witnesses include Thomas White, the state comptroller, and Dr. Marquita Davis, the state finance director
Our legal expert Mark McDaniel said these witnesses will most likely testify before a judge before the trial, and that it most likely comes down to money for experts.
Amy Bishop Anderson's attorneys are court appointed, so the state must pay for experts, but sometimes the state says no.
"This is not a who done it case... Pay for those expert witnesses," said McDaniel.
Bishop-Anderson is pleading not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Her trial is set for March 19th.
Bishop-Anderson also faces charges in her hometown of Baintree, Massachusetts for the shooting death of her brother Seth.
That shooting happened in 1986, but Bishop-Anderson was not charged until after the UAH shooting.
The inquest that followed the shootings in Huntsville will be unsealed soon unless Bishop-Anderson's attorneys in Massachusetts convince the judge to keep the case closed until trial.
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