Crime & Safety
Andrea Sneiderman Asks For 13 Of The Charges Against Her To Be Dropped
Attorneys for Sneiderman claimed in the court that 13 of the 16 counts against her lacked specificity and should be dismissed

Andrea Sneiderman and her attorneys appeared in court last week, asking that 13 of the 16 charges against her be dismissed.
Sneiderman is accused of conspiring to kill her husband, Beachwood native Russell Sneiderman.
Her attorneys argued to Judge Gregory Adams that most of the charges on which she has been indicted are too vague, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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“She is entitled to an indictment that adequately, legally, sufficiently puts her on notice of what she’s accused of doing,” her attorney John Petrey said, according to the newspaper. “And we ain’t there yet.”
Meanwhile, prosecutors contend the indictment was sufficiently specific.
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Adams told both sides that he wants more information and has asked them to return to court next week, according to myfoxatlanta.com.
Sneiderman's trial is set to begin July 29.
Sneiderman was charged with being involved in her husband's November 2010 shooting and is currently out of jail on a $500,000 bond.
Andrea Sneiderman's former boss Hemy Neuman is serving a life sentence for the shooting after a trial which painted Andrea Sneiderman as a manipulator in a murder plot to get her late husband's $2 million life insurance payout.
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