For what it's worth, I think the defense AND the prosecution couldn't ask for a better judge than Judge Gerald Chatham.
He presided over the first trial last October. This is my personal evaluation of him then, right after a bit of a controversy arose about a stalk of cotton placed in the media...
Jury summons were sent out to a pool of 300 in Oktibbeha County. Of the approximately 16o who showed up today in Starkville, about 100 were rejected in the first hour:
Quinton Tellis retrial begins; jury selection underway
Regards,
Clouseau
Owutatangledweb,
Other than the LA arrest warrant for Quentin Tellis, here is the only thing I could find about Eric Laron Hill Junior, who is Quintin Tellis' wife's cousin. He either knew Tellis through that relationship, or because Hill had once dated Tellis' sister living in Courtland...
Owutatangledweb,
(...we weave, when first we practice to deceive.)
Apparently, Eric L. Hill Jr. was questioned by police and for some reason eliminated as a suspect, at least according to this article published by the Commercial Appeal at the time of the trial:
First responders testify in case...
Man was I ever wrong. WebSleuths is now on Thread #16 for the Jessica Chambers murder. Here is a tally of posts:
Thread #2 968
Thread #2 1026
Thread #3 1089
Thread #4 1276
Thread #5 1121
Thread #6 1076
Thread #7 1076
Thread #8 1003
Thread #9 1237 (Clouseau joined the...
ArabianLover,
I am not sure how long you have been following this murder, but WebSleuths had its first forum up and running within days of the first reports. There have since been I believe at least 6 or 7 successive Discussions started, closed, and a new one opened, 1000's upon 1000's of...
ArabianLover,
Understood, and you're welcome. As you can see from the photo, the car was only about half the width of the road from the edge of it. Amazing how little things have changed there since December 6, 2014. I hope witness memories will be as unaffected by time during the upcoming...
ArabianLover,
See attached snapshot taken from Google Earth this evening showing the location where the car was found burning at the side of Herron Rd. (known as Main St. closer to Courtland). This area has changed very little from the photos in 2014. The car was pulled forward up a small...
ArabianLover,
Forgive me for answering your question with a question, but if the scene appeared to be just another accident, which first responders would likely have seen many times before, why were they trying so urgently to find out from Jessica "who did this"? Why were they scanning the...
Just now noticing your earlier posts, Steleheart and Niner. I must've missed them during all the brouhaha over Champion's being accused by the defense of misconduct. Sounds like the prosecution has a very good case now, or at least one better than before. For one thing, how can the defense...
Found a CBS News article published during the trial with the following information:
Jessica Chambers case: Burned teen's own words before death key at murder trial
"Tellis faces life in prison without parole if convicted, according to an April 18 [2017] court filing in which state prosecutors...
Curious about something stated in this recent PEOPLE magazine article:
"If convicted of murder in the Chambers case, Tellis faces life in prison without parole."
When was capital punishment taken off the table, does anybody have a link? I thought Tellis had been indicted by a grand jury for...
Niner,
Please excuse my ignorance, as I am not a Twitter user except for reading comments on Twitchy -- "dumb phone" user only. There are several twitter links in the Moderator's Post #1 of this thread. I looked back at the previous WS thread (covering the last half of the trial) and noted...
Population Demographics for Oktibbeha County, MS* in 2017, 2018
White 59%
Black 36%
* Jury selection for 2018 trial in Panola County
Population Demographics for Panola County, MS in 2017, 2018
White 49%
Black 48%
Population Demographics for Pike County, MS** in 2017, 2018
Black 51%
White 46%...
Population Demographics for Oktibbeha County, Mississippi in 2017, 2018
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi Population 2017, 2018
Question #1 to prospective jurors: What does "a unanimous verdict" mean?
Starkville is only about a two hour drive from Batesville, so very doubtful whether anyone there...
Yes, you see that would make you the invad-ed, and those million plus Middle Easterners the invad-ees. Never mind.
"Immigration without assimilation is invasion." -- ex-Gov. Bobby Jindal
EU rules!!! Mons Dieu, what part of Mississippi are you living in, man? Here is a quote of the first paragraph:
"A man accused of killing a Mississippi woman by setting her on fire is appealing a judge’s ruling clearing a prosecutor of misconduct, saying the judge used the wrong legal...
IMO this prosecution will need to nail the Eric door shut convincingly, or face a second hung jury this Fall.
My personal preference would be for them to parade a whole team of burn, pathology, and speech expert witnesses before the jury with photos, charts, recordings, etc. each one adding to...
Who is Jalen Asir Matthews-Caudle?
Sounds like another Panola County gang banger.
https://mississippi.arrests.org/Arrests/Jalen_Matthews-caudle_34280966/
Mother brings awareness to gun violence after son was shot and killed
Southaven murder suspect surrenders
I offered some suggestions earlier...
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