Focus on Lawyers who Met With Sheila LaBarre
March 27, 2008
Prosecutors want to interview three attorneys — including the Exeter town attorney — whom Sheila LaBarre consulted with, to learn about the Epping woman’s mental state around the time she is accused of killing two men.
LaBarre, 49, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing Kenneth Countie and Michael Deloge, on her Epping farm. While admitting the state can prove she committed the killings, LaBarre is denying she was legally responsible, but prosecutors want to interview the three lawyers to find out what her demeanor and character were like at the time.
According to new documents filed by prosecutors, LaBarre consulted with Exeter attorney Lynn Morse and Hampton-based attorney Michael McCarthy between the time prosecutors believe LaBarre killed Deloge, in mid to late 2005, and Countie’s death in March 2006. Both attorneys are in private practice, and Morse also serves as the Exeter town attorney. The documents filed by the state give no indication how involved either attorney was, but stated LaBarre was seeking legal advice on a rental property in Somersworth she was managing.
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