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No French braid for TA today? Hmm. Wonder what that calculation is about.
Being in jail awhile.
No French braid for TA today? Hmm. Wonder what that calculation is about.
Wonder why TA isn't wearing leg shackles?
Interesting that the misfits and the state of OK do not observe June 19 as a federal and state holiday. No Karen Read trial today...@BrianEntin
Grandma Tiffany Adams and the four other Kansas mom murder suspects are all in court right now. Hearing just started. Will be interesting to see how this unfolds … who turns on who.
OK has been celebrating June 19 since 1994 but has not made it a State holiday.Interesting that the misfits and the state of OK do not observe June 19 as a federal and state holiday. No Karen Read trial today...
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Grandma Tiffany Adams and the four other Kansas mom murder suspects are all in court right now. Hearing just started. Will be interesting to see how this unfolds … who turns on who.
Most of the time, it takes several months of court meetings to allow a child in CPS custody to cross state lines, if they do at alI see no connection. The only time kids can't leave the state is when it hurts the other parent's shared custody or visitstion. Children are not denied the best legal guardians simply because the guardians live in a different place.
The other exception is when the state has custody, then the children reside in that state while permanent custody is found.
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Most of the time, it takes several months of court meetings to allow a child in CPS custody to cross state lines, if they do at al
Most of the time, when they do....it is, sadly, not because it is in the best interest of the child, but because it is in the best interests of the state.
The states primary goal, always, is to spend as little as possible, while gaining as much federal dollars as they can. This is how CPS is. It is not about the kids. It's about the money.
When I became kinship provider for my nephews, it was because I was the only one in our state who could pass a backround check, and all the other family was a few miles away in another state. They tried, but they were refused custody. The kids stayed with me, then real foster parents, until they aged out.
None of them were allowed to cross state lines. And they had 17 kids in three states from one family. The answer was always Hell No.
According to this article, "It was the first time all five were in the same room together since their arrests."![]()
Medical examiner’s report still missing in Kansas moms case
The killings allegedly stemmed from a custody dispute between one of the women and her children’s grandmother.www.newsnationnow.com
"At one point, nine deputies, seven defense attorneys and three prosecutors were present in the courtroom. All five defendants were also present..."
I wonder if this is the first time any of the 5 has actually seen their fellow misfits since being arrested?
I should have been more clear. I knew that all five hadn't been together in one room since the arrests, but I was wondering if any of them had seen any of the others before now. Have the Twombly's seen each other before now? or Cora and TA? or are they all still being kept completely isolated from the others?According to this article, "It was the first time all five were in the same room together since their arrests."
Apologies for the misunderstanding. I'd say it's doubtful they've seen each other while incarcerated unless simply in passing, but that's just MOO.I should have been more clear. I knew that all five hadn't been together in one room since the arrests, but I was wondering if any of them had seen any of the others before now. Have the Twombly's seen each other before now? or Cora and TA? or are they all still being kept completely isolated from the others?
"Judge Jett ... also asked them to discuss if the defendants should be tried separately or all together."JUN 19, 2024
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Texas County double murder case suspects appear in court for discovery status hearing
All five suspects charged with the murders of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley are appearing in court today for a discovery status hearing.www.newschannel10.com
Judge Jett listened to arguments on motions filed by the defendants, including a request for Tad Cullum to access law materials provided by the defense counsel.
The judge ruled that ‘”The Sheriff of Texas County, Oklahoma may, in his sole and sound direction, and in the interests of justice continue to accommodate the requests of attorney Joi Miskel to allow her client access to ‘law material’ provided to Mr. Cullum by Ms. Miskel.’”
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At this time, the Medical Examiner’s Report has not been released to anyone. The state believes it should be available in two to three weeks.
Until the discovery phase is over there will be status hearings the third Wednesday of each month.
The next hearing is scheduled for July 17 at 9 a.m.
Judge Jett also asked all attorneys to start comparing calendars to find a date for October or November for the pretrial. He also asked them to discuss if the defendants should be tried separately or all together.
Sorry, just reread your post. This is redundant. Early on there was information saying they were kept apart. As I recall there were enough different groups or "pods" that the men were simply separated. However, going on memory here again, one of the women was in with a group and the other kept separate and to herself. Because of the hairdos, once someone suggested another inmate had done TA's hair for her court appearance, I speculated that Cora was the one with her own room/cell.I should have been more clear. I knew that all five hadn't been together in one room since the arrests, but I was wondering if any of them had seen any of the others before now. Have the Twombly's seen each other before now? or Cora and TA? or are they all still being kept completely isolated from the others?
I'm already not liking this!
It's hard enough to research the criminal rules of procedure for each respective State/County jurisdiction to keep tabs on the case's judicial timeline, and already we have a disagreement about procedure between the parties where it seems the defense Motioned the Court for discovery using language unacceptable to the State.
Although it appears the Prosecution brought this tweaked defense Motion to the attention of the Court timely, and the Court granted the state’s motion to change the paragraph regarding evidence to be less broad (specifically changed it so the state of Oklahoma shall use its best efforts to not consume all physical or DNA evidence during testing), I worry the Prosecution will be unable to keep up with overly broad defense Motions and where they end up on the other side arguing defense Motions for Sanctions for Discovery violations, pursuant to a (broad) technicality rather than a statutory procedure.
These defendants have their lives at stake and it's always a concern when unprecedented criminal events land at the feet of Prosecution teams from small districts with lean judicial budgets.
Seems the Judge is being firm about no preliminary hearing until the time of discovery where evidence is estimated at the size of four terabytes, and two terabytes should be available to the defense before preliminary hearings.
Until then, the Court requests a status hearing regarding discovery conducted every third Wednesday beginning on July 17. MOO
The reasoning for the limitation on discovery evidence has to do with the Confrontation Clause of the U.S./Oklahoma constitutions. Should you be more interested, here is a good law review article on the issue:Oklahoma Preliminary Hearing Discovery
After the arraignment, defense counsel can request preliminary hearing discovery from the district attorney's office. The discovery a defendant is entitled to receive prior to the Preliminary Hearing is significantly less than the discovery a defendant receives prior to trial. Technically a defendant is not entitled to any discovery prior to the preliminary hearing. However, if the state does not make the law enforcement reports available for inspection at least 5 days prior to the preliminary hearing, than the magistrate can not stop the preliminary hearing once a determination has been made that probable cause exists. (See Oklahoma Statutes Title 22 Section 258 paragraph 6).
In practice every district attorney that I am aware of provides copies of the police reports prior to the preliminary hearing, for a price. Sometimes district attorneys will provide copies of photographs and interviews to a defendant prior to the preliminary hearing, but they are not required to do so.
Preliminary Hearing Discovery
Describes Discovery a Criminal Defendant is Entitled to before the preliminary hearing.www.oklahomacriminallaw.com
I'm finding much of this very interesting: OK Statute does not require the Prosecution to provide copies of Discovery to the defense for the preliminary hearing, but only provides for the Prosecution to "make discovery available" for inspection by defense counsel, hence for a price noted above!
Also finding the provision that Discovery for the prelim does not include any physical evidence which may exist at the time, extremely unique to OK. For example, in addition to written or recorded statements of the accused, I generally find most states will call for any evidence that exists to be discovered to the defense as soon as practicable, but not later than a defined number of calendar days (i.e., such as 21 days), after the defendant’s first appearance, at the time of or following the filing of charges.
In other words, it appears that other than making the law enforcement reports available for inspection at least 5 days prior to the preliminary hearing, OK is satisfied with the prosecution handing over only up to what is necessary to establish probable cause--and just sit on the rest!
Perhaps the intent here is to save the evidence for trial and prevent any more evidence than necessary to exist in the hands and minds of the public while the defendant awaits trial.
Given the parties have nine (9) months from the initial appearance of the defendant to set the preliminary hearing, perhaps this preserves the defendants right to a panel of impartial jurors. Nonetheless, I hope we don't have to wait 9 months to learn of the details surrounding the murder of our victims. MOO
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2023 Oklahoma Statutes :: Title 22. Criminal Procedure :: §22-258. Preliminary examinations and proceedings thereon.
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