2nd Manslaughter Trial for Classie Hawthorne Underway
February 4, 2021 5:27AM EST
CANTON, Ohio (News talk 1480 WHBC) – A second jury trial for a Canton woman accused of killing her husband.
36-year-old Classie Hawthorne is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the May 2018 shooting death of Cleveland Hawthorne.
Opening statements were made Wednesday.
The incident happened in a church parking lot near the couple’s home on Concord Avenue SW.
Hawthorne was found guilty of the same charge at a 2019 trial, but an appeals court sent the case back for retrial.
