I agree he had help, I would need help writing a Motion. He didn't need anything printed out, he wrote it on notebook paper. I think he had help with how to write it, the correct spelling, and understanding the legal term "pro se."
But I also think the writing is not better than what he could do. The lettering is not that good.
Cursive letters mixed in with his printed words, incomplete letters, some letters larger than others, etc...
Maybe he didn't write it, but really it doesn't matter who wrote it.
What matters, and the point I was making, is that Billy's attorney used the fact that Billy dropped out of 8th grade as a way to distance Billy from the murders. Insinuating that Billy wasn't smart enough - with only a 7th grade education - to mastermind multiple murders according to Investigators.
This becomes more relevant with the testimony Angie gave in front of George's jury. Testimony she will no doubt give in front of Billy's jury.
Angie testified that she convinced Billy that there was abuse taking place. She said they wanted Jake to get full custody with only supervised visits for Hanna, but Hanna refused to allow this. She said if Hanna had allowed this the murders wouldn't have happened. Angie said it was Billy's idea to commit Murder. BCI recorded Billy telling Angela he had a solution to their problem.
(In questioning her the prosecution got Angie to admit that the only "abuse" she could think of was Frankie giving one kiss on the lips and that there had been NO reason for her to call CPS and that there had been NO reason for her to refuse to give the child back to Hanna after Jake had her)
She also testified that Billy was afraid the Rhodens would seek revenge and kill them all so it was his idea to kill multiple Rhoden family members rather than just kill Hanna. And that when she purchased murder items she was following Billy's instructions.
This is when it is handy for Billy's attorneys to paint Billy as a very uneducated 8th grade dropout who is incapable of coming up with all these ideas for murder and mayhem.
Unfortunately for Billy's defense, as I pointed out, they "fell under Billy's spell" and proclaimed in a 2021 Court Hearing that Billy actually is intelligent, unique, can strategize and understands the dynamics of Court Proceedings. They inadvertently made the point that Billy is perfectly capable of planning multiple murders.
And hey, you don't have to have good penmanship skills or a high school diploma to do so.
So much for the 7th grade education defense.
I guess they will have to stick with his co-defendants are liars and he didn't even live with Angie, Jake and George and that he fought with George and argued with Angie - considering himself divorced from her - and was simply content to just bring doughnuts over twice a week.
Phone overnight at Peterson Rd? Must of just accidentally left it there when bringing the doughnuts.
Geoge Wagner IV was convicted in the 2016 Pike County homicide case this week. His father will face trial next.
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