Motion filed in Lussier appeal

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY — A new attorney has been appointed to represent Joseph Lussier, who was convicted of murder and hiding a corpse in August in Iron County.

According to automated court records, Timothy Provis was recently appointed to represent Lussier, 27, in an appeal.

Lussier is serving a life sentence in the Green Bay Correctional facility in the death of Wayne M. Valliere Jr., of Lac du Flambeau.

On Wednesday, a motion was filed for the public defender’s office to extend the time to appoint counsel for Lussier’s appeal, however.

Lussier was represented by...