ORLANDO, Fla. (Court TV) — It’s a familiar situation for Sarah Boone: another attorney has asked to be removed from her case.
Sarah Boone describes Jorge Torres Jr.’s hand coming out of the suitcase during her trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (POOL/Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel)
Boone is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres Jr., who died after being zipped into a suitcase and beaten during a game of hide-and-seek in February 2020.
While Boone has indicated she wants to appeal her conviction, she has been unable to file the necessary paperwork, in part because she has not been in contact with her attorney. Weeks after filing a formal inquiry into the status of her appeal, her appointed attorney has asked to withdraw from the case…