GUILTY FL - Naomi Jones, 12, Pensacola, 31 May 2017 *Arrest*

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Wednesday, March 27th:
*Pretrial Hearing (@ 9am ET) - FL - Naomi Jones (12) (May 31, 2017, Pensacola; found June 4, 2017) - *Robert LeTroy Howard (38) arrested (6/7/17) & indicted (6/30/17) for 1st degree murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, exploitation of a child & failure to register as SO. Plead not guilty; no bond. DA will seek DP. Convicted sex offender in Alabama-served 15 years.
6/15/18 Update: Motion to continue, moved to 8/2. 8/2/18: Motion to Suppress his confession will be heard on Aug. 15th. 8/15/18 hearing moved to 10/3/18: Re Motion to Suppress his confession - Judge Gary Bergosh filed a written order Tuesday finding Howard's rights were not violated and his confession was given willingly. In a separate ruling, Bergosh also dismissed a motion to suppress cell phone location data taken from Howard's phone records. Howard's attorney argued the data was seized without probable cause. No trial date has been set.
10/3/18 Update: Next Docket Day hearing on 11/28. 11/28/18: Next pretrial hearing on 1/30/19. 1/30/19: Next pretrial hearing on 3/27.
 
Wednesday, May 22nd:
*Pretrial Hearing (@ 9am ET) - FL - Naomi Jones (12) (May 31, 2017, Pensacola; found June 4, 2017) - *Robert LeTroy Howard (38) arrested (6/7/17) & indicted (6/30/17) for 1st degree murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, exploitation of a child & failure to register as SO. Plead not guilty; no bond. DA will seek DP. Convicted sex offender in Alabama-served 15 years.
6/15/18 Update: Motion to continue, moved to 8/2. 8/2/18: Motion to suppress his confession will be heard on Aug. 15th. 8/15/18 hearing moved to 10/3/18: Re Motion to Suppress his confession - Judge Gary Bergosh filed a written order Tuesday finding Howard's rights were not violated and his confession was given willingly. In a separate ruling, Bergosh also dismissed a motion to suppress cell phone location data taken from Howard's phone records. Howard's attorney argued the data was seized without probable cause. No trial date has been set.
10/3/18 Update: Next Docket Day hearing on 11/28. 11/28/18: Next pretrial hearing on 1/30/19. 1/30/19: Next pretrial hearing on 3/27. 3/27/19: Next pretrial hearing on 5/22.
 
Friday, July 19th:
*Pretrial Hearing (@ 9am ET) - FL - Naomi Jones (12) (May 31, 2017, Pensacola; found June 4, 2017) - *Robert LeTroy Howard (38) arrested (6/7/17) & indicted (6/30/17) for 1st degree murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, exploitation of a child & failure to register as SO. Plead not guilty; no bond. DA will seek DP.
Convicted sex offender in Alabama-served 15 years.
6/15/18 Update: Motion to continue, moved to 8/2. 8/2/18: Motion to suppress his confession will be heard on Aug. 15th. 8/15/18 hearing moved to 10/3/18: Re Motion to Suppress his confession - Judge Gary Bergosh filed a written order Tuesday finding Howard's rights were not violated and his confession was given willingly. In a separate ruling, Bergosh also dismissed a motion to suppress cell phone location data taken from Howard's phone records. Howard's attorney argued the data was seized without probable cause. No trial date has been set.
10/3/18 Update: Next Docket Day hearing on 11/28. 11/28/18: Next pretrial hearing on 1/30/19. 1/30/19: Next pretrial hearing on 3/27. 3/27/19: Next pretrial hearing on 5/22. 5/22/19: Next pretrial hearing on 7/19.
 
Next hearing: 3/4/20 at 9am

link: JAIL View


Don't know "why" this way out in March of 2020. But that's the next court date. If anyone finds out what might have happened at the hearing - please post!

TIA!

@SeesSeas - can you check Escambia County - case# 2017 CF003142A and see what happened if they have anything listed for this 2020 March date?

Here's where he is: Escambia Jail site

I can just get into the jail site & that's what it says for next hearing.
 
A trial date is set for Robert Howard, the man accused of kidnapping and killing 12-year-old Naomi Jones.

In 2017, the convicted sex offender was charged with first-degree murder. Jones' family will have to wait until March 2020 to see the man accused of killing their loved one go before a jury. By then, it will have been almost three years since Jones' body was found in Eight Mile Creek in Escambia County. Th State Attorney's Office is seeking a death sentence.

Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille says death penalty cases require more evidence and expert testimony than other cases. He says in death penalty cases several motions are filed. Some may question the constitutionality of the death penalty and may have to go before a judge. He says it is common for death sentence cases to take years to get to trial.

"We do work hard on them, but we want the case to be done correctly by the State Attorney's Office. We want to ensure everything is prepared and the defense attorneys are ready because with the nature, they are required to do the same thing. That can lead to continuances," Marcille said.

He is confident the case will be tried starting in early March but says other issues could push it back. Marcille says the attorney assigned to the case has two other death penalty cases scheduled around the same time. Depending on how long those take, it may impact this trial's date scheduled for March 4. It's also hard getting the time needed from a judge to prosecute death penalty cases, with some trials taking more than two weeks.
Trial date set for Naomi Jones murder case
 
imstilla.grandma said:
A trial date is set for Robert Howard, the man accused of kidnapping and killing 12-year-old Naomi Jones.

In 2017, the convicted sex offender was charged with first-degree murder. Jones' family will have to wait until March 2020 to see the man accused of killing their loved one go before a jury. By then, it will have been almost three years since Jones' body was found in Eight Mile Creek in Escambia County. Th State Attorney's Office is seeking a death sentence.

Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille says death penalty cases require more evidence and expert testimony than other cases. He says in death penalty cases several motions are filed. Some may question the constitutionality of the death penalty and may have to go before a judge. He says it is common for death sentence cases to take years to get to trial.

"We do work hard on them, but we want the case to be done correctly by the State Attorney's Office. We want to ensure everything is prepared and the defense attorneys are ready because with the nature, they are required to do the same thing. That can lead to continuances," Marcille said.

He is confident the case will be tried starting in early March but says other issues could push it back. Marcille says the attorney assigned to the case has two other death penalty cases scheduled around the same time. Depending on how long those take, it may impact this trial's date scheduled for March 4. It's also hard getting the time needed from a judge to prosecute death penalty cases, with some trials taking more than two weeks.
Trial date set for Naomi Jones murder case
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The wheels of Justice. Slanted to the "innocent until proven guilty" party. Let those wheels continue turning for this child's justice. Let this criminal child murderer go away from our lifeline. All IMO
 
Friday, August 23rd:
*Pretrial Hearing (@ 8:30am ET) - FL - Naomi Jones (12) (May 31, 2017, Pensacola; found June 4, 2017 in Eight Mile Creek in Escambia County) - *Robert LeTroy Howard (38) arrested (6/7/17) & indicted (6/30/17) for 1st degree murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, exploitation of a child & failure to register as SO. Plead not guilty; no bond. DA will seek DP.
Convicted sex offender in Alabama-served 15 years.
Trial set to begin 3/4/20
6/15/18 Update: Motion to continue, moved to 8/2. 8/2/18: Motion to suppress his confession will be heard on Aug. 15th. 8/15/18 hearing moved to 10/3/18: Re Motion to Suppress his confession - Judge Gary Bergosh filed a written order Tuesday finding Howard's rights were not violated and his confession was given willingly. In a separate ruling, Bergosh also dismissed a motion to suppress cell phone location data taken from Howard's phone records. Howard's attorney argued the data was seized without probable cause. No trial date has been set.
10/3/18 Update: Next Docket Day hearing on 11/28. 11/28/18: Next pretrial hearing on 1/30/19. 1/30/19: Next pretrial hearing on 3/27. 3/27/19: Next pretrial hearing on 5/22. 5/22/19: Next pretrial hearing on 7/19.
7/19/19 Update: Next hearing on 8/23. And trial has been set begin on 3/4/20.
 
Naomi Jones murder trial set for March, suspect Robert Howard faces death penalty

Feb 21, 2020
Court proceedings are scheduled to begin next month in the murder trial of Robert Howard, an Alabama sex offender accused of killing 12-year-old Pensacola girl Naomi Jones.
[.....]
In a hearing Friday afternoon, attorneys argued whether the specific details about the condition of Naomi's remains were important evidence or just gory details meant to draw an emotional response from jurors.

State prosecutors said they plan to suggest to jurors that Howard may have committed sexual battery against Naomi before her death. However, her remains were too badly damaged from her time in the water for a medical examiner to draw any definite conclusions.

Prosecutors want an expert to be permitted to testify that, among other things, wounds Naomi sustained during sexual battery may have attracted marine life to the girl's remains.

Defense attorneys counter that there is no evidence or testimony to suggest Jones had any open wounds, and that the testimony would just be a roundabout way of suggesting to jurors that there was evidence of a sex crime when no such evidence existed.
[.....]
A judge is weighing both arguments and is expected to issue a ruling in the coming days. Jury selection in the case has been set for March 16.


and I have 3/4 as his next court date.
 
Wednesday, March 4th:
*Pretrial Hearing (murder) (@ 11am ET) - FL - Naomi Jones (12) (May 31, 2017, Pensacola; found June 4, 2017) - *Robert LeTroy Howard (38/now 40) arrested & charged (6/8/17) & indicted (6/30/17) for 1st degree murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, exploitation of a child & failure to register as SO. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP.
*Charged (6/8/17) with sex offender violation. $600K bond.
A convicted sex offender, Howard served 15 years in prison for two counts of sexual assault & rape after a 1999 conviction in Escambia County, Alabama.
Trial set to begin on 3/16/20.
6/15/18 Update: Motion to continue, moved to 8/2. 8/2/18: Motion to suppress his confession will be heard on Aug. 15th. 8/15/18 hearing moved to 10/3/18: Re Motion to Suppress his confession - Judge Gary Bergosh filed a written order Tuesday finding Howard's rights were not violated and his confession was given willingly. In a separate ruling, Bergosh also dismissed a motion to suppress cell phone location data taken from Howard's phone records. Howard's attorney argued the data was seized without probable cause. No trial date has been set.
10/3/18 Update: Next Docket Day hearing on 11/28. 11/28/18: Next pretrial hearing on 1/30/19. 1/30/19: Next pretrial hearing on 3/27. 3/27/19: Next pretrial hearing on 5/22. 5/22/19: Next pretrial hearing on 7/19. 7/19/19: Next Docket Day hearing on 3/4/20. 1/31/20: Trial has been set to begin on 3/16/20.
2/24/20 Update: Attorneys argued whether the specific details about the condition of Naomi's remains were important evidence or just gory details meant to draw an emotional response from jurors. Prosecutors want an expert to be permitted to testify that, among other things, wounds Naomi sustained during sexual battery may have attracted marine life to the girl's remains. Defense attorneys counter that there is no evidence or testimony to suggest Jones had any open wounds, and that the testimony would just be a roundabout way of suggesting to jurors that there was evidence of a sex crime when no such evidence existed. Judge is weighing both arguments and is expected to issue a ruling in the coming days. Next hearing on 3/4. For Sex Offender violation next hearing on 3/9/20.
 
Monday, March 9th:
*Pretrial Hearing (both cases) (@ 9am (Violation) & 11am (murder) ET) - FL - Naomi Jones (12) (May 31, 2017, Pensacola; found June 4, 2017) - *Robert LeTroy Howard (38/now 40) arrested & charged (6/8/17) & indicted (6/30/17) for 1st degree murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment, exploitation of a child & failure to register as SO. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP.
*Charged (6/8/17) with sex offender violation. $600K bond. Escambia Jail.
A convicted sex offender, Howard served 15 years in prison for two counts of sexual assault & rape after a 1999 conviction in Escambia County, Alabama.
Trial set to begin on 3/16/20.
Court info from 6/15/18 thru 1/31/20 reference post #478 here:
Found Deceased - FL - Naomi Jones, 12, Pensacola, 31 May 2017 *Arrest*
2/24/20 Update: Attorneys argued whether the specific details about the condition of Naomi's remains were important evidence or just gory details meant to draw an emotional response from jurors. Prosecutors want an expert to be permitted to testify that, among other things, wounds Naomi sustained during sexual battery may have attracted marine life to the girl's remains. Defense attorneys counter that there is no evidence or testimony to suggest Jones had any open wounds, and that the testimony would just be a roundabout way of suggesting to jurors that there was evidence of a sex crime when no such evidence existed. Judge is weighing both arguments and is expected to issue a ruling in the coming days. Next hearing on 3/4. For Sex Offender violation next hearing on 3/9/20 @ 9am. 3/4/20: Both cases will be heard on 3/9, murder case will be heard at 11am.
 
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