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On January 18th, RA's 2nd original action will have oral arguments at 11am, but at 9am, another case JG presided over will come before the SC.
Cohen B Hancz-Barron v. State of Indiana
SC: 22S-LW-00310
MR: 02D05-2106-MR-000011
CHB was found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend SNZ and her 3 kids (5, 3, and 2 years old). He was represented by RA's current attorney Lebrato and another PD.
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He is appealing his conviction and sentence, it goes straight to the SC rather than appeals court because of the LWOP enhancement.
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The appeal is on several grounds but a couple are in regard to JG's decisions.
- They state that a DNA expert was allowed to be called a second time by the state in order to clarify her testimony after being released from her subpoena and dismissed as a witness. They allege that this was prejudicial against the defendant because she revised her testimony to be more supportive of the inclusion of CHB's DNA in the DNA mixture and introduced a new exhibit to illustrate this.
- They allege that "it appears that the jury and the trial judge chose vindictive justice over reformation" and that 4 consecutive (rather than concurrent) LWOP sentences constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. It sounds like it was the jury's decision to impose LWOP but JG's decision to put these sentences concurrently.
Personally, I don't know that either of these things are terribly indicative of JG's abuse of power or prejudice toward defendants but it's interesting that much of this morning will be discussing her choices even before RA's case comes up.
Initially this case was scheduled for their argument at 11am, but was bumped earlier, seemingly to give RA the 11am slot.
11/8 - SC schedules CHB arguments for 11am 1/18
12/8 - SC moves CHB arguments to 9am
12/11 - SC orders RA oral arguments
Also this is how his defendant's MR and LWOP enhancements look on MyCase. Just sharing to clarify how it would look if RA were being charged with LWOP enhancement as there's been confusion as to whether this is possible. I still don't know when the LWOP can be introduced but I would think it would have been by now. In this one they were all charged on the same day.
Cohen B Hancz-Barron v. State of Indiana
SC: 22S-LW-00310
MR: 02D05-2106-MR-000011
CHB was found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend SNZ and her 3 kids (5, 3, and 2 years old). He was represented by RA's current attorney Lebrato and another PD.
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GUILTY - IN - Ft Wayne Man escapes home detention fatally stabs girlfriend and 3 young children, June 2021 *arrest*
Docs: Fort Wayne man escaped home detention in Lafayette before killing girlfriend, 3 children - WISH-TV | Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic . When officers entered, they found a woman, identified Thursday as Sarah Zent, dead and kneeling by a bed in a downstairs...
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The appeal is on several grounds but a couple are in regard to JG's decisions.
- They state that a DNA expert was allowed to be called a second time by the state in order to clarify her testimony after being released from her subpoena and dismissed as a witness. They allege that this was prejudicial against the defendant because she revised her testimony to be more supportive of the inclusion of CHB's DNA in the DNA mixture and introduced a new exhibit to illustrate this.
- They allege that "it appears that the jury and the trial judge chose vindictive justice over reformation" and that 4 consecutive (rather than concurrent) LWOP sentences constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. It sounds like it was the jury's decision to impose LWOP but JG's decision to put these sentences concurrently.
Personally, I don't know that either of these things are terribly indicative of JG's abuse of power or prejudice toward defendants but it's interesting that much of this morning will be discussing her choices even before RA's case comes up.
Initially this case was scheduled for their argument at 11am, but was bumped earlier, seemingly to give RA the 11am slot.
11/8 - SC schedules CHB arguments for 11am 1/18
12/8 - SC moves CHB arguments to 9am
12/11 - SC orders RA oral arguments
Also this is how his defendant's MR and LWOP enhancements look on MyCase. Just sharing to clarify how it would look if RA were being charged with LWOP enhancement as there's been confusion as to whether this is possible. I still don't know when the LWOP can be introduced but I would think it would have been by now. In this one they were all charged on the same day.
01 | 06/02/2021 | 35-42-1-1(1): Murder | |
02 | 06/02/2021 | 35-42-1-1(1): Murder | |
03 | 06/02/2021 | 35-42-1-1(1): Murder | |
04 | 06/02/2021 | 35-42-1-1(1): Murder | |
05 | 06/02/2021 | Life Without Parole Enhancement |