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mitted several subpoenas seeking extensive jail records for James Wayne Sisk, a possible witness for the Commonwealth. Sisk spent time with Cloniger while he was in the Rappahannock County Jail and may have made phone calls for Cloniger to communicate with his girlfriend, Helen Pierce.
The defense argued that extensive phone, visitation, medical, and discipline records might reveal that Sisk’s motives for testifying are fabricated for his own benefit. Luke stated that the Commonwealth’s position was that records were too broad in scope and were not essential for the trial. Judge Parker sustained all motions by the Commonwealth to quash the subpoenas, except for Rappahannock Jail records that proved that Sisk and Cloniger were imprisoned together.
Motions to
suppress evidence
The motions scheduled for January 18 attempt to suppress evidence that may be used by the Commonwealth in the trial.
Among the motions is a request that the sexual history of Helen Pierce be omitted from the trial. Pierce was present at the house on Gid Brown Hollow at the time of the murder, and testified in a preliminary hearing that Fletcher had raped her prior to his death. She is now pregnant
See CLONIGER, Page A6
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