The hearing, which started just before 10 a.m., marked the first court appearance since Clancy's triple murder trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month. Judge William Sullivan heard a batch of motions filed after the trial fell apart, but pushed several to a later date, saying he and some parties weren't ready to argue them yet.
One motion still waiting in line comes from defense attorney Kevin Reddington, who wants the case against Clancy dismissed entirely. That request didn't get resolved Tuesday, leaving it hanging over whatever comes next in the proceedings.
For Clancy, the stakes stay just as high as they were before the mistrial. Her defense wants the court to agree there's no real evidence tying her to her children's deaths, while prosecutors are pushing back hard on that framing. Judge Sullivan still has to rule on the outstanding motions, including the dismissal request, before the case can move forward.
A mistrial didn't end this case. It just reset the clock, and nobody in that courtroom seems to agree on where the case goes from here.