Public defender shortage stalls case of man linked to fatal child shooting in Green Bay

GREEN BAY (WLUK) – Despite another thousand contacts by the State Public Defender’s Office, a lawyer has not been found for the man who allegedly supplied the gun one 5-year-old used to inadvertently shoot and kill another 5-year-old in 2022 – keeping his case on hold indefinitely.

Jordan Leavy-Carter, 38, is charged with second-degree reckless homicide, neglecting a child – consequence is death, and being a felon in possession of a firearm for the Oct. 17, 2022, shooting on Amy Street on the city’s east side.

While trial dates had been set, his attorney, Jevon Jaconi, fell ill, then died in January…

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