4-24-13 —     Hope White was formally sentenced to 25 years in prison during a  hearing held in Wayne Circuit Court on Tuesday, April 16. White was  found guilty of murder by a local jury during a second trial that was  held in Wayne County last month.

    Circuit Judge Vernon Miniard, Jr. formally sentenced White last week  and followed the recommendation of the jury. The murder charge stems  from the July 2008 stabbing death of Julie Hicks Burchett.

    White was originally convicted of murder in Wayne County in July  2010, when the jury recommended a 30 year sentence. In December 2011,  the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned the conviction and granted  White a new trial.

    Defense attorneys for White presented a motion for a new trial  during last Tuesday's hearing, and it was denied by Miniard.