The three attorneys appointed last month to represent a man charged in the death of Kansas City, Kansas, Police Ofc. Hunter Simoncic notified the judge Wednesday they are withdrawing from the case.
Attorneys Peter Conley, Brandi Studer and Mark Manna are part of the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit and were assigned to represent Dennis Mitchell. They were assigned after Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree charged Mitchell, 31, with capital murder in Simoncic’s death.
The charge gives prosecutors the option to seek the death penalty at sentencing if the defendant is found guilty…