SALEM – The defense attorney for Ashley Fernandes, the Peabody man accused of murdering his girlfriend at their Oak Street apartment three months ago, filed several pretrial motions Thursday seeking information from the commonwealth regarding their case.Attorney Lawrence J. McGuire wants the commonwealth to turn over all potential witness statements and persons whom the prosecution team interviewed.He also wants copies of all police log entries concerning communications and the crime, all physical evidence and photographs in control by the commonwealth, autopsy, toxicology reports and all reports and descriptions concerning microscopy performed in relation to the examination of the deceased and autopsy cultures.McGuire is looking for a list of potential witnesses and their criminal history.Assistant District Attorney Kate B. MacDougall consented to turn over all the information to McGuire Thursday morning in Salem Superior Court.However, that information will not be part of the file exposed for public viewing.Judge Howard J. Whitehead also allowed McGuire $2,000 in funds for enhancement of a videotape involving a statement Fernandes made during interrogation with police.Fernandes is deemed indigent, meaning he has no money to hire his own attorney or to pay for any experts. The state will pay all costs.Last month funds were also appropriated for a forensic psychiatrist, investigator, DNA expert and a neurologist.Fernandes, 28, stands charged with murder in the first-degree in connection with the April 5 fatal strangulation death of his live-in girlfriend Jessica Herrera.Herrera, 25, was found in the afternoon at 7 Oak St., #9, in Peabody, wrapped in a blanket and tied with rope in a room.He is also charged with attempted murder and assault and battery stemming from an earlier incident on Dec. 24, when he allegedly tried to strangle Herrera during a violent attack in their apartment.Fernandes, who was born in India, but is of Hispanic decent, remains held without bail in Bridgewater State Hospital since pleading not guilty.He is expected back in court on Sept. 8.A conviction on the first-degree murder charge will put him in prison for the rest of his life.