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Judge grants continuance for player charged in Dennehy case
CHESTERTOWN, Maryland (CNN) -- A judge in Maryland Tuesday granted prosecutors' request to continue holding Carlton Dotson, the ex-Baylor University basketball player charged with killing teammate Patrick Dennehy, for another 60 days. The ruling means Dotson, 21, will remain in jail in Chestertown, Maryland, pending another extradition hearing. His defense attorneys had no objection to the ruling. Prosecutors are waiting for a Texas grand jury to hand down an indictment against Dotson, which is expected in about a week, said Joseph Flanagan, the Kent County deputy state's attorney. District Court Judge Floyd Parks told prosecutors he wants this extension to be the last. "I'm warning you -- that's all you get," Parks told Flanagan. Dotson is being held without bond after refusing to waive his right to an extradition hearing. His attorneys said Tuesday they continue to refuse to waive it, but they declined to explain why. Dennehy, 21, was last seen June 12. His torso and head were found last month in a field north of Waco, Texas, where Baylor is located. Dotson was arrested July 21 and confessed to the crime while talking to FBI agents, according to an arrest warrant issued by Waco police. The warrant says Dennehy was killed with a handgun. Outside a courthouse in Chestertown the day of his arrest, however, Dotson, 21, told a reporter with The Associated Press, "I didn't confess to anything." Dotson appeared in court Tuesday in an orange prison jumpsuit, with his hands shackled. He looked straight ahead during the entire court proceeding, not even looking at his mother, grandfather, or 15-year-old sister, who were in the courtroom. The sister, Shantia Waters, sniffled and wiped her eyes as she sat in court. An autopsy showed Dennehy died from two gunshots to the head, both above his right ear. The autopsy also showed Dennehy had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he died. An informant's account in an affidavit given to police said Dotson shot Dennehy during an argument while the two were shooting guns in the field. Dotson had previously been questioned by Waco police but at that time had not been named a suspect. The disappearance of Dennehy in mid-June and the naming of Dotson as a "person of interest" in the case, prompted intense scrutiny of Baylor and its basketball program. Baylor basketball coach Dave Bliss and athletic director Tom Stanton resigned August 8. School investigators said they discovered that Bliss was involved in two players receiving improper financial aid, and that staff members did not properly report failed drug tests.
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