By Lyra Bordelon
The case against Logan Friedman for a June 2020 Lewisburg stabbing incident continued under Greenbrier County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Dent on Monday, March 1.
Friedman was indicted on one count of malicious wounding in October 2020 and was initially held in Southern Regional Jail before being permitted bond.
“On Tuesday, June 23, at 6:26 p.m. the Lewisburg Police Department received a call of a stab wound on Hilltop Drive in Lewisburg,” reads the initial press release. “After arriving on scene officers found the victim, Roy Warning, suffering from several injuries including an apparent stab wound to the chest. First aid was rendered to the victim by Lewisburg PD officers until First Responders from the Lewisburg Fire Department and the Greenbrier County Emergency Ambulance Service arrived. The victim was transported to Greenbrier Valley Medical Center and then flown to a Charleston area trauma center with critical, life threatening injuries.”
The hearing saw a state motion to allow Friedman’s initial statement to police to be used as evidence approved. The defense did not oppose the motion, noting their case would consider an argument of how much “weight” a jury would give it, as opposed to it not being admissible.
Although the motion was not contested, Defense Attorney Grady Ford also informed the court the future of the case was still up in the air with several possible resolutions.
“This is a self-defense case, but the state and I have had some preliminary discussions and I think a further status hearing would be fruitful,” said Ford. “… There may be a defense motion or two to be filed as well. … We’ll know at that point whether it needs to be tee’d up for trial or if some other resolution might be reached.”
The case is expected to continue in April after potential motions are submitted.