Gunman Pleads Guilty & Not Guilty To Killing Preacher

Terry Sedlacek's attorney entered a not guilty plea for his client. Sedlacek then spoke up and told the judge in he wanted to plead guilty to shooting a pastor in church.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: March 26, 2009

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The attorney for a man accused of
fatally shooting a southwestern Illinois pastor in church has
entered a not guilty plea on the man's behalf - despite his
client's attempt to plead guilty.
Twenty-seven-year-old Terry Sedlacek appeared for a
Thursday arraignment via video from his Madison County jail cell.
He was indicted hours earlier on first-degree murder charges in the
death of the Rev. Fred Winters.
Public defender John Rekowski entered a not guilty plea for
Sedlacek.
Sedlacek, on a closed-circuit television, then spoke up and told
the judge in he wanted to plead guilty.
But the judge said the previous not guilty plea would stand.
Authorities say Sedlacek killed Winters at First Baptist Church
in Maryville during a March 8 service as the congregation watched
in horror.

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