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Judge Timothy Barnack also ruled that Monica's two murder charges will continue to be tried as one case. Monica, 66, is charged in the fatal shootings of handymen Robert Harry Haney, 56, and Stephen Frank Delicino, 59, in what investigators have described as two separate incidents more than a year apart. She also faces two counts of first-degree abuse of a corpse for allegedly dismembering their bodies and a charge of identity theft for allegedly using Haney's Oregon Trail EBT card. Jackson County sheriff's deputies say they discovered the men's remains after serving a search warrant at her home, based on information uncovered while looking into Haney's disappearance. Monica's lawyers had filed two motions in January seeking to suppress evidence seized during the search and to split the murder charges in separate cases. At the heart of the motion to suppress was attorneys' contention that investigators failed to act in "good faith" when they applied for the search warrant, arguing that Monica's knowledge of Haney's PIN suggested she was using it with his permission, diminishing investigators' probable cause for the crime of identity theft. In a response filed March 10, Deputy District Attorney Allen Smith argued that legal standards don't require a search warrant affidavit to establish probable cause that a crime has been committed. The proper question, Smith wrote, is whether the affidavit established probable cause that the items sought would be found at the place and time the warrant was served. In this case, Smith wrote, sheriff's Detective Eric Henderson "did the right thing." Prosecutors also argued that the two murders deserved to be tried as one case, saying they met the law's requirement of being committed by the same person and being of "same or similar character." Monica's 14-day trial is set to begin April 14. If convicted of murder, she faces a minimum of 25 years in prison without parole under Measure 11 sentencing guidelines. Reach reporter Thomas Moriarty at 541-776-4471, or by email at [email protected] . Follow him at @ThomasDMoriarty . By Thomas Moriarty Mail Tribune MailTribune.com By Thomas Moriarty Mail Tribune Posted Mar. 13, 2015 at 4:50 PM Updated Mar 13, 2015 at 4:52 PM » Comment or view comments   Reader Reaction »  STAY INFORMED   Email NewsLetter   Sign Up Today   Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed   Email newsletter   Sign Up Today   Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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