Judge requests more time on motion to dismiss murder charges

Posted on August 4, 2015

Danielle Fischer testifies against Nicholas Compton in January 2015. (Photo courtesy WMBD)

By Joe Ragusa

BLOOMINGTON – A McLean County judge will take some time to decide whether or not he’ll dismiss murder charges against the mother of a three-year-old boy who died in March 2013.

Judge Robert Freitag said during a hearing Tuesday he wants to examine some of the case law cited in the motion to dismiss charges against Danielle Fischer. She’s the mother of Robbie Cramer, who died from a blood infection brought on by tissue damage near his stomach. Nicholas Compton, Fischer’s boyfriend at the time, is serving a life sentence for murdering Cramer.

Fischer’s attorney argues the states attorney’s office has been vindictively prosecuting Fischer and prosecutors haven’t justified the murder charges against her.

A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for Sept. 10.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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