Brandon Scott Lavergne To Appear In Court Friday

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) -- Brandon Scott Lavergne is scheduled to be back in court Friday morning after prosecutors requested an evidentiary hearing.

According to documents filed in district court Tuesday morning, Assistant District Attorney Keith Stutes requested the hearing Tuesday morning.

"The State requests the fixing of an evidentiary hearing, limited to the perpetuation of testimony," the documents state.

District Judge Herman Clause signed off on the request, and the hearing is set for Friday at 10 a.m.

Lavergne was indicted July 18 by a Lafayette grand jury on two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate.

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