Rape Trial of Stanley Minister Ends in Mistrial
Published: Oct. 6, 2007 at 7:46 PM CDT|Updated: Oct. 16, 2007 at 5:46 PM CDT
The trial of a minister accused of raping an 11-year-old girl ended in a mistrial and a second trial was set for May.
A DeSoto Parish jury was unable to reach a verdict Friday in the trial of Burcham Paul Warren, a former pastor of South Oak Grove Assembly of God Church in Stanley.
District Judge Robert Burgess declared a mistrial after the jury said it was deadlocked at 6-6. Burgess set Warren's second trial for May 12.
Warren remains free on bond. He faced a mandatory sentence of life in prison.