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Tuesday, July 23rd:
*Trial begins (Day 1) (@ 1:30pm ET) – FL – Chad Amato (59) father, Margaret Ann (61) mother & Cody Winston (31) bro (Jan. 25, 2019, Choluota) - *Grant Tiernan Amato (29) arrested & charged (1/26/19) & arraigned (3/26/19) with 3 counts of 1st degree premeditated murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. $750K bond granted (4/25/19). DA will seek DP.
Trial set for 7/22/19. Jury selection started 7/15/19 & ended 7/22/19. Jury is 2 men & 10 women.
Court hearings from 1/28/19 thru 6/19/19 reference post #51 here:
FL – Chad, 59, Margaret, 61, & Cody Amato, 31, fatally shot by other son, Chuluota, 25 Jan 2019
7/15/19 Day 1 of Jury Selection. Judge Recksiedler estimated jury selection could take the rest of this week, with the actual trial taking an additional week. If Amato is convicted, the second phase of the trial — when the jury would determine whether they would recommend the death penalty — would begin Aug. 12. Jury selection continues on 7/16.
7/16/19 Day 2 of Jury Selection. Jury selection continues on 7/17.
7/17/19 Day 3 of Jury Selection. Jury selection continues to 7/18.
7/18/19 Day 4 of Jury Selection: So far, the court is struggling to find jurors willing to recommend the death penalty if needed. Only two people qualified since 3:30 yesterday (7/17). Current official number qualified is now at 27. Judge Jessica Recksiedler was hoping to have about 55 jurors qualify for the selection process. No indication as of now that that number will be lowered. We are up to 40 qualified people for jury selection. Judge Recksiedler denied a request by the defense to recess at 5 this evening. Death Penalty questions for jury qualifying continues to 7/19.
7/19 Day 5 of Jury Selection: Jury selection continues. Friday afternoon the court finally reached a pool of 55 potential jurors to choose the final jury from, after questioning people all week. From this pool of 55 the court will now pick 12 jurors & 3 alternates, with an eye toward proceeding with opening arguments next week. That final phase of jury selection will take place Monday, 7/22.
7/22/19 Day 6 of Jury Selection: Lawyers debating motions. Final 55 jurors present. Twelve jurors will be selected, with three additional members serving as alternates. Opening statements could get underway on Monday. Jury breakdown: 2 men, 10 women. Trial continues for opening statements on 7/23.
Will be shortening this up!
*Trial begins (Day 1) (@ 1:30pm ET) – FL – Chad Amato (59) father, Margaret Ann (61) mother & Cody Winston (31) bro (Jan. 25, 2019, Choluota) - *Grant Tiernan Amato (29) arrested & charged (1/26/19) & arraigned (3/26/19) with 3 counts of 1st degree premeditated murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. $750K bond granted (4/25/19). DA will seek DP.
Trial set for 7/22/19. Jury selection started 7/15/19 & ended 7/22/19. Jury is 2 men & 10 women.
Court hearings from 1/28/19 thru 6/19/19 reference post #51 here:
FL – Chad, 59, Margaret, 61, & Cody Amato, 31, fatally shot by other son, Chuluota, 25 Jan 2019
7/15/19 Day 1 of Jury Selection. Judge Recksiedler estimated jury selection could take the rest of this week, with the actual trial taking an additional week. If Amato is convicted, the second phase of the trial — when the jury would determine whether they would recommend the death penalty — would begin Aug. 12. Jury selection continues on 7/16.
7/16/19 Day 2 of Jury Selection. Jury selection continues on 7/17.
7/17/19 Day 3 of Jury Selection. Jury selection continues to 7/18.
7/18/19 Day 4 of Jury Selection: So far, the court is struggling to find jurors willing to recommend the death penalty if needed. Only two people qualified since 3:30 yesterday (7/17). Current official number qualified is now at 27. Judge Jessica Recksiedler was hoping to have about 55 jurors qualify for the selection process. No indication as of now that that number will be lowered. We are up to 40 qualified people for jury selection. Judge Recksiedler denied a request by the defense to recess at 5 this evening. Death Penalty questions for jury qualifying continues to 7/19.
7/19 Day 5 of Jury Selection: Jury selection continues. Friday afternoon the court finally reached a pool of 55 potential jurors to choose the final jury from, after questioning people all week. From this pool of 55 the court will now pick 12 jurors & 3 alternates, with an eye toward proceeding with opening arguments next week. That final phase of jury selection will take place Monday, 7/22.
7/22/19 Day 6 of Jury Selection: Lawyers debating motions. Final 55 jurors present. Twelve jurors will be selected, with three additional members serving as alternates. Opening statements could get underway on Monday. Jury breakdown: 2 men, 10 women. Trial continues for opening statements on 7/23.
Will be shortening this up!
