Terrance Edwards pleads guilty in Zills, Hall stabbings

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 Terrance Alexander Edwards

Terrance Alexander Edwards

HAMILTON  – Terrance Alexander Edwards, 32, Hamilton, will serve life in state prison for the May 2014 stabbing of former Hamilton police officer Eric Zills, as well as 20 years for the assault on another man in the same incident.

Edwards plead guilty on June 13 to attempted murder in connection with Zills’ injuries and first-degree assault concerning injuries suffered by Devan Hall of Hamilton, according to court documents released by Marion County District Attorney Jack Bostick.
“We just felt like the sentence was fair and it was justified given the facts of the case,” Bostick said on August19 in his office. “The officer simply thought he had someone who needed help and when he approached him, he was attacked.”
Edwards still has 42 days from the August 18 sentencing to appeal, but Bostick said he has very limited rights in appealing.
Zills said on August 19 he would have no comment as the window of appeal is still open.
He was sentenced by Circuit Judge John Bentley at a hearing on Thursday, August 18, at the Marion County Courthouse in Hamilton.
Edwards was indicted by a Marion County Grand Jury on June 23 on nine counts, including attempted murder and various first- and second-degree assault charges.
Media Release/Marion County Sheriff/ED HOWELL/The Journal Record
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