Middlesex resident John Odgren was arrested early in January, 2007, and charged with stabbing fellow high school student James F. Alenson to death in an unprovoked attack. Alenson was fifteen at the time of the incident. Odgren's trial, which was scheduled to begin this fall, has been delayed by the prosecution's request to submitted tape recorded conversations between Odgren and his parents as evidence. The boy's attorneys are maintaining that he was legally insane at the time of the attack; the prosecution claims that these phone calls, recorded while the boy was in prison shortly after his arrest, will make his mental stability clear to the jury. In May Superior Court Judge Raymond Brassard ruled that the tapes were not admissible. The Supreme Judicial Court will be the next to weigh in on this matter. If you are facing charges of homicide, contact Appleton homicide defense lawyers Kohler, Hart & Priebe at 414-271-9595.