It has been awhile since he has been in court - so I shall shorten this up.
Thursday, July 28th:
*Motions Hearing (@ 9am CT) – AL –
J.B. Hilton Green Beasley (17) &
Tracie Jean Hawlett (17) (reported missing July 31, 1999, Ozark & found August 2, 1999 in trunk of car) - *Coley Lewis McCraney (25 @ time of crime/45/now 48) arrested (3/15/19), charged (3/16/19) & indicted (6/6/19) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder, 2 counts of 1st degree murder while in the act of murdering two or more persons & 1 count of 1st degree rape (Beasley). Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP.
Parabon Nanolabs GEDMatch DNA
Trial was set to begin on 5/2/22 continued to 8/15/22. Jury selection begins on 8/8/22.
Court information from 4/3/19 thru 3/1/22 reference post #522 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...17-ozark-31-july-1999-5-arrest.465871/page-27
3/7/22: Subpoenas for Jeanette D. McCraney & Dan Driver to appear on 5/2/22 @ 9am. 3/9/22: Doc #266: Response to Motion for specific production (9/10/19). State has not been able to discovery a connection between Victor Glass & the above-styled cases. Doc #268: Defendant's Motion in Limine. Doc #270: Defendant's Order to set motion for in Limine hearing on 3/17/22. 3/11/22: Subpoenas issued - see post #510 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ed-ozark-31-july-1999-5-arrest.465871/page-26
3/15/22: 10 Subpoenas issued.
3/17/22 Update: McCraney’s attorneys on Thursday publicly named a retired Ozark police officer as the murderer of two teens, claiming eyewitnesses will implicate him during McCraney’s trial. Prosecutors, though, dismissed those allegations as a dog & pony show. News 4 will identify the officer only if he is named during the trial. Defense attorneys also accuse the Ozark Police Dept. of systemically covering up evidence related to the 1999 shootings of coeds J.B. Beasley & Tracie Hawlett, another claim rejected by prosecutors. Attorneys David Harrison & Andrew Scarbrough told a judge that one witness will testify that she heard the officer they accuse, in a drunken stupor, confess to those crimes. However, they claim not until this year did police interview that woman & then using an investigator who is family related to the retired officer. Dale County prosecutors David Emery & Emmett Massey IV accuse McCraney’s attorneys of grandstanding. Dale County Circuit Judge William Filmore will rule later what evidence & allegations will be permitted during that trial.
3/17/22 Update: Orders on motions of defendant before the court:
Doc. #59: Demand for copy of scientific reports-Motion moot.
Doc. #63: Motion concerning seeking the death penalty. Motion moot.
Doc. #124: Motion for specific production-Coroner's report. Motion denied.
Doc. #89: Motion for specific production re Ozark PD. Motion denied.
Doc. #152: Motion for specific production-Forensic report. Motion granted.
Doc. #160: Motion for specific production-Ballistic report. Motion granted.
Doc. #165: Motion to compel investigating officers to turn over info related to the investigation of this case to prosecutors. Re Dan Driver. Motion denied. Prosecutors say there is no record that the interview occurred.
Doc. #232: Motion for specific production-Gun. Motion denied. Those records apparently don’t exist because officers at that time used personal weapons instead of department issued firearms.
Doc. #278: Motion in Limine. Motion denied.
Doc. #276: Motion in Limine re Daubert hearing. Motion granted.
Doc. #116: Motion for specific production re Officer Butch Jones. Motion denied.
3/22/22: Defendant's request for production-Ozark PD on duty. Requests OPD to produce & permit defense counsel to analyze, inspect & copy or photograph any & all documents, to include run reports & recordings of all OPD personnel on duty during 1st & 2nd shift on or about 3/21/22. (Claims of witness harassment by OPD).
rest of motion here on post #530:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ed-ozark-31-july-1999-5-arrest.465871/page-27
3/23/22 Update: Motion for discovery/production filed by defense hearing set on 4/7/22 @ 1:30pm.
4/5/22 Update: Defense attorneys don’t want a jury to see the interrogation of McCraney that took place after Ozark police arrested him, but before they formally charged him in the cold case shootings of two Dothan coeds. They claim investigators repeatedly denied McCraney his constitutional right to an attorney & questioned him for 27 hours, while holding him in a small room at the police dept. “In a three-minute period, the Defendant requested an attorney on eight different occasions & on the eighth time even asked for a specific attorney,” according to a suppression motion filed in Dale County Circuit Court. That motion filed Monday does not specify what McCraney told investigators, though sources say he denied knowing J.B. Beasley & Tracie Hawlett. The police interrogation is likely a key cog in the prosecution’s case & the Dale County Assistant District Attorney David Emery will almost certainly oppose the motion. Dale County Circuit Judge William Filmore will consider their suppression motion in May, when McCraney’s trial is scheduled. Other motions filed: 1. Request for production for all documentation regarding the Mazda 929 that was J.B.’s & they were eventually discovered in. 2. A motion for a delay of time to allow for a jury list investigation. The jury list will not be available for review until next week. This motion was handled today & denied by the Judge. 3. Motion for individual & sequestered Voir Dire. Basically the defense wants to interview the potential jurors individually instead of being questioned as a group. 4. Motion for production of information, data, photos, etc. for all unmarked cars used by the Ozark Police between July 24, 1999 & August 7, 1999. 5. Motion for production of a police interview of Rena Crumb by a then Lt. Tommy Merrit & (ofc?) Sam Pickett. 6. In addition there is a subpoena request by the defense for John (Jon) Carroll. As a refresher, Carroll was the publisher of the Henry County Reporter, an online blog which originally brought public the allegations by Rena Crumb of a police connection, involvement or direct culpability in the murders of Tracy Hawlett & J.B. Beasley.
4/7/22 Update: There has been a last-minute delay in the hearing for McCraney. “The State of Alabama & the defendant notifies the court that these cases will not be ready for trial on 5/2/22,” Dale County Assistant District Attorney David Emery & Defense Attorney David Harrison said in a joint court motion. They don’t specify reasons for the delay. His trial scheduled for 5/2/22 has been pushed until 8/15/22, with jury selection beginning a week earlier, 8/8/22.
4/7/22 Update: Judge denied dismal of charges. A hearing on 7/21/22 regarding a motion to quash (suppress/cancel) a subpoena for John Carroll. This is a subpoena request by the Defense. The motion to quash was filed by John Carroll. 7/8/22 Update: Subpoenas filed for 5 people (see post #558 for more info). And other last minute motions will be addressed.
7/12/22 Update: Four additional subpoenas filed by defense: Cody Evans (OPD), Keith Cauthen (prior OPD), Kelly Parker (Manager Alabama Power) & Monica Thomas (Executive Assistant OPD Since 1992). 7/12/22 Update: Subpoena filed: Larry Bell. 7/13/22 Update: Subpoena filed: Kathy Richert. 7/14/22 Update: Subpoenas filed for: Henry Danzey, Doug Hoffman, Charles Bravaia & Jay Eric Colher. 7/15/22 Update: Motion to withdraw previous motion to quash the subpoena directed to him from defendant by John B. Carroll.
7/19/22 Update: Due to conflict of the Court, motion hearing is continued to 7/28/22 @ 9am. Subpoenas for Jodi Enfinger/Medical records, Barry Tucker, Janna Hare McClung & Ray Owens. 7/26/22: Subpoenas served: Mike Roberts, Wade Williams, Jeffrey Scarbraugh, Cecil Condrey, Marilyn Lee, Mariel Clark, Mary Campbell, Carol Roberts, Dr. Gregory Wagmer, Chief Marlos Walker, Larry Minton, Joe Sexton. Witness subpoenas served: Stephen Crumb, Eddie Henderson, Keith Cauthen, Rex Tipton, Larry Minton, Stephen Crumb, Butch Whittington. Subpoenas served by Sheriff: David Collier, Daniel Collier, Herman Jackson, Alice Jackson, Hannah Adams, PA, Chris Harper, Tracy Gilland Shillabeer. Subpoenas served: Dr. Tamara Marsh. Subpoenas served by Sheriff: Olivia Stacy, Boyd Fuller, Debbie Fuller Clark, Jerry Gissendanner & Lorine Gissendanner.
