KayElJay
Thanks for the ^ update.
Can any of our youtube wizards find a vid of hearing in which resisting arrest chg was dropped? Thx in adv.
A batch of new evidence was released Thursday in the case against accused police killer Markeith Loyd.
In the hundreds of pages, several witness accounts outlined the moment Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton was killed.
Law enforcement officers waited and strategized as they surrounded the Carver Shores home where double murder suspect Markeith Loyd was hiding before he was arrested there on Jan. 17, bringing a nine-day manhunt to an end.
Radio transmissions among officers on the scene were released Wednesday by State Attorney Brad King's office, along with dozens of other pieces of evidence collected in the case.
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"He came out the carport door and shut it, he's definitely inside," an officer said. About 45 seconds later, an officer asked anyone near the command post to bring Clayton's handcuffs to the scene "ASAP." As they started preparing to make an arrest, an officer asked if anyone had confirmed that the man in the home was in fact Loyd.
Accused killer Markeith Loyd could face a jury to decide his guilt in the death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend on Sept. 10, 2018, Chief Judge Frederick Lauten decided Monday in Loyds first court hearing since April.
Loyd is accused of murder in the killings of 24-year-old Sade Dixon and Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton, who was shot while trying to arrest him.
A trial date for the charges he faces in Claytons killing has not been set.
A judge agreed Thursday to appoint another attorney for death-penalty defendant Markeith Loyd, who is accused of fatally shooting his pregnant ex-girlfriend and Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.
Chief Judge Frederick Lauten appointed Orlando-based Ted Marrero as co-counsel for Loyds attorney, Roger Weeden.
Loyds lawyer, Roger Weeden, opted to proceed without his client since they were discussing administrative issues. He told the judge Loyd communicates with him during jail visits.
Loyd is slated to stand trial for Dixons death in September 2018. On Tuesday, the judge scheduled the trial in Claytons killing for Jan. 14, 2019. Loyd faces the death penalty.
Defense attorneys representing accused killer Markeith Loyd secured at least a partial victory Wednesday in a hearing on their motion to hire expert witnesses in secret and pay them undisclosed sums of tax dollars.
Lautens ruling allowed for the defense to file requests for hiring witnesses under seal and have them ruled on privately. But Lauten refused to appoint a second judge, thereby keeping his own control over the process.
The prosecutor, Ocala-based State Attorney Brad King, is also the chair of the Justice Administrative Commission, the state board that funds Loyd’s defense, among other things.
Chief Judge Frederick Lauten said he expects to announce his decision in writing over the next two weeks.
Markeith Loyd’s lead defense attorney withdrew from the case Friday, saying he was not qualified to be the lead attorney in a death penalty case when he was appointed.
Procedural rules require lead counsel to have tried at least two death penalty cases as co-counsel from start to finish.
This will likely delay Loyd’s trial dates. The trial for the killing of Sade Dixon, Loyd’s ex-girlfriend who was pregnant with his child, is set for September. Another trial, for the killing of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton, is scheduled for January.
“The trial in September is not likely to happen,” Lauten said, suggesting moving the Dixon case to January and setting the Clayton case for a later date.