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"Prosecutors have filed their opposition to Josh Gouker\u2019s appeal, arguing Gouker knew what he was doing when he pleaded guilty in 2013 to murdering his stepson, Trey Zwicker.Gouker testified during his trial that his son, Josh Young, had nothing to do with Zwicker\u2019s murder.But Gouker now says he lied to spare Young and claims he received ineffective counsel.The Jefferson County Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office wrote Gouker has \u201Cbuyer\u2019s remorse\u201D and called his claims of ineffective counsel \u201Cpreposterous.\u201DGouker\u2019s relationship with Young \u201Cwas not as close as he now contends,\u201D prosecutors wrote, pointing to statements Young made on the \"Dr. Phil\" show titled \u201CMy Dad Tried to Frame Me for Murder.\u201DGouker was convicted and sentenced to life in prison just days before Young was set to go to trial.Young was acquitted.Zwicker was found beaten to death behind Liberty High School in 2011. Prosecutors maintained Gouker and Young acted together in his death.Gouker testified during his own trial that he acted alone.\u201CI just snapped,\u201D he said in court. \u201CI hit him and he went down.\u201DIn his appeal, Gouker wrote he pleaded guilty because his son was facing a life sentence and said that fear \u201Coperated to coerce him into an unconstitutional plea.\u201DGouker is serving his life sentence at the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville.A judge will hear arguments on his appeal in May.Young has had several encounters with police since being acquitted and is now being held at Louisville Metro Corrections.He was arrested April 18, and charged with wanton endangerment and assault because he allegedly punched and choked his girlfriend, then threatened police, according to police.On Wednesday he was also charged with assault and intimidating a witness. Police say he drove to the home of John Michael Robertson, who was a key witness in his murder trial, and punched Robertson in the face.Robertson testified Young told him he smoked weed with Zwicker before hitting him with a bat."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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