TX - Former NFL Antonio Armstrong & wife Dawn, both 42, fatally shot, Houston, *son charged* 29 Jul 2016 *Mistrials, 3rd trial in 2023 Guilty*

[Kemug]

I certainly hope we can get to the bottom of this one day, and the sooner the better. For everyone.

 

[Niner]

4/02/2021 09:00 AM 178 Trial Docket Jury Trial Data Not Entered RSOP VIRUS To Be Set

2/12/2021 09:00 AM 178 Master Docket Motion Hearing Data Not Entered MO MISS EVID To Be Set

12/09/2020 11:00 AM 178 Master Docket Motion Hearing Reset By Agreement Of Both Parties Absent

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records

 

[Kemug]

I don't really understand these dates, and can't get into the link, but I'm glad to see that something seems to be happening at last.

 

[Kemug]

I see that AJ is keeping busy on Twitter, mostly about football, like he doesn't have a care in the world.

 

[Niner]

I don't really understand these dates, and can't get into the link, but I'm glad to see that something seems to be happening at last.

Just more hearings coming up....

 

[Kemug]

I see that AJ is keeping busy on Twitter, mostly about football, like he doesn't have a care in the world.

And seems to have now become a father? Or am I mistaken?

 

[Niner]

Friday, February 12th:
*Motions Hearing (@ 9am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/20) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond.
Trial started 4/2/19 & ended 4/26/19. 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after 20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
Re-trial set to begin on 4/2/21.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 3/25/20 reference post #236 here:
TX - Antonio & Dawn Armstrong, both 42, fatally shot, Houston, 29 Jul 2016 *Mistrial Retrial 1/6/20*
6/8/20 Update: Motions hearing reset again due to coronavirus to 6/26/20. Trial now will begin on 9/8/20. 6/26/20 Update: Motions hearing on 6/26 was entered in error; next motions hearing on 8/26/20.
8/26/20 Update: Trial on 9/8/20 has been continued. Next hearing on 9/8/20 & motions hearing on 12/9/20. 9/5/20: Motions hearing on 9/8 has been rescheduled to 12/9/20. Trial set to begin on 4/2/21. 12/4/20 Update: Motions hearing on 12/9 has been rescheduled to 2/12/21.

 

[Niner]

Looks like another trial continuance-granted....


Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason Results Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
10/05/2021 09:00 AM 178 Trial Docket
Jury Trial
Data Not Entered RSOP VIRUS To Be Set

8/05/2021 08:30 AM 178 Master Docket
Motion Hearing
Data Not Entered ALL PTMO To Be Set

2/12/2021 09:00 AM 178 Master Docket
Motion Hearing
Reset By Agreement Of Both Parties Present 8/5/2021 MO MISS EVID Present

Next/Last Setting Date 8/5/2021 @ 8:30am

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records

 

[TStewPrincess14]

Not surprising. they're moving all the trials right now b/c of Covid.

 

[Niner]

Looks like they moved the motion hearing for today - and they now have a new trial date - earlier than before.

Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason/ Appearance Court Results/ Setting Type Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
9/28/2021 09:00 AM 178 NGG Jury Docket
Jury Trial
Data Not Entered NRG/PREF To Be Set

9/02/2021 08:30 AM 178 Master Docket
Motion Hearing
N/A Data Not Entered ALL PTMO To Be Set

2/12/2021 09:00 AM 178 Master Docket
Motion Hearing
Reset By Agreement Of Both Parties
Present 8/5/2021 MO MISS EVID Present

Next/Last Setting Date 9/2/2021

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records

 

[Niner]

Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason/ Appearance Court Results/ Setting Type Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
9/28/2021 09:00 AM 178 NRG Jury Docket Jury Trial
Data Not Entered NRG/PREF To Be Set

9/10/2021 08:30 AM 178 Master Docket Motion Hearing
Data Not Entered ALL PTMO To Be Set


Next/Last Setting Date 9/10/2021

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records

 

[Niner]

Friday, Sept. 10th:
*Motions Hearing (@ 8:30am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 21) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond.
Trial started 4/2/19 & ended 4/26/19. 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after 20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
Re-trial was set to begin on 4/2/21 continued to 9/28/21.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 9/5/20 reference post #247 here:
TX - Antonio & Dawn Armstrong, both 42, fatally shot, Houston, 29 Jul 2016 *Mistrial Retrial 1/6/20*
12/4/20 Update: Motions hearing on 12/9 has been rescheduled to 2/12/21. 2/12/21 Update: Trial continuance-granted. Next motions hearing on 8/5/21 & trial is set to begin on 10/5/21.
8/5/21 Update: Motions hearing has been rescheduled to 9/2/21 & trial has been moved to 9/28/21. 9/2/21 Update: Motions hearing rescheduled on 9/10/21.

 

[CocoChanel]

Saw this today 9/10/22021:
Son charged in murder of his parents in southwest Houston set for hearing ahead of retrial

Now, A.J. Armstrong is a 21-year-old father himself, gearing up for his double capital murder retrial set to start in January 2022.

For the past two years, since his first trial ended in a mistrial, A.J. Armstrong has been living with his grandmother while out on bond. He's been helping raise his newborn son <modsnipped name of minor child> along with girlfriend Kate Ober, who was a witness during his first trial in April 2019.

 

[Kemug]

Good, some real progress at last. But maybe not good for AJ, I still have trouble believing he didn't do it.

 

[Niner]

Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason/ Appearance Court Results/ Setting Type Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
9/28/2021 09:00 AM 178 NRG Jury Docket Jury Trial
Data Not Entered NRG/PREF To Be Set

9/22/2021 08:30 AM 178 Master Docket Motion Hearing
Data Not Entered ALL PTMO To Be Set

9/10/2021 08:30 AM 178 Master Docket Motion Hearing
Reset By Court
Present 9/22/2021 ALL PTMO Present


Next/Last Setting Date 9/22/2021

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records

 

[Niner]

Since I will be gone from 9/22 to 9/23 - I am posting this earlier. I will be back on 9/24 Friday morning to catch up with any updates.

Wednesday, Sept. 22nd:
*Motions Hearing (@ 8:30am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 21) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond.
Trial started 4/2/19 & ended 4/26/19. 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after 20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
Re-trial was set to begin on 9/28/21 continued to 1/4/22.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 8/5/21 reference post #252 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-13
9/2/21 Update: Motions hearing rescheduled on 9/10/21. His defense team dropped their own bombshell during that first trial: arguing the then-teen's older half-brother, Josh Armstrong, Dawn's biological son, could be the real killer because he was mentally unstable at the time & allegedly heard voices in his head. Defense attorney DeToto won't discuss specifics about strategy in the retrial, but said they have more evidence about the "alternative perpetrator," which the defense will ask to introduce on Friday, Sept. 10, during a pre-trial hearing. Also to be discussed in the pre-trial hearing are the 22 pieces of evidence lost after trial one. Those items include A.J. Armstrong's cell phone, shell casings, DNA swabs along with other items. The defense argues text messages from his phone should not be allowed in retrial because the phone is gone. In 2020, a spokesperson with the Harris County District Attorney's Office told Eyewitness News the lost evidence was in a bag mistaken for trash. A.J. Armstrong's retrial is currently set to begin January 4, 2022. He will be 22 by then.
9/10/21 Update: Motion hearing reset by Court to 9/22/21.

 

[Niner]

Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason/ Appearance Court Results/ Setting Type Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
1/04/2022 09:00 AM 178 NRG Jury Docket Jury Trial
Data Not Entered NRG/PREF To Be Set

10/07/2021 09:00 AM 178 Attorney Consultation Docket Motion Hearing
Data Not Entered MENNI RECORDS To Be Set

9/22/2021 08:30 AM 178 Master Docket Motion Hearing
Reset By Court
Absent ALL PTMO Present


Next/Last Setting Date 10/7/2021

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records

 

[Niner]

Thursday, October 7th:
*Motions Hearing (@ 9am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 21) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond.
Trial started 4/2/19 & ended 4/26/19. 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after 20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
Re-trial was set to begin on 9/28/21 continued to 1/4/22.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 8/5/21 reference post #252 here:
TX - Antonio & Dawn Armstrong, both 42, fatally shot, Houston, 29 Jul 2016 *Mistrial Retrial 1/6/20*
9/2/21 Update: Motions hearing rescheduled on 9/10/21. His defense team dropped their own bombshell during that first trial: arguing the then-teen's older half-brother, Josh Armstrong, Dawn's biological son, could be the real killer because he was mentally unstable at the time & allegedly heard voices in his head. Defense attorney DeToto won't discuss specifics about strategy in the retrial, but said they have more evidence about the "alternative perpetrator," which the defense will ask to introduce on Friday, Sept. 10, during a pretrial hearing. Also to be discussed in the pretrial hearing are the 22 pieces of evidence lost after trial one. Those items include A.J. Armstrong's cell phone, shell casings, DNA swabs along with other items. The defense argues text messages from his phone should not be allowed in retrial because the phone is gone. In 2020, a spokesperson with the Harris County District Attorney's Office told Eyewitness News the lost evidence was in a bag mistaken for trash. A.J. Armstrong's retrial is currently set to begin January 4, 2022. He will be 22 by then.
9/10/21 Update: Motion hearing reset by Court to 9/22/21. 9/22/21 Update: Motion hearing was reset on 10/7/21.

 

[Niner]

Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason/ Appearance Court Results/ Setting Type Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
1/04/2022 09:00 AM 178 NRG Jury Docket Jury Trial
Data Not Entered NRG/PREF To Be Set

10/08/2021 09:00 AM 178 Attorney Consultation Docket Other
Data Not Entered MENNIGER RECS To Be Set

10/07/2021 09:00 AM 178 Attorney Consultation Docket Motion Hearing
Reset By Court
Absent 10/8/2021 MENNI RECORDS Absent


Next/Last Setting Date 10/8/2021

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records

 

[Niner]

Friday, October 8th:
*Motions Hearing (@ 9am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 21) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond.
Trial started 4/2/19 & ended 4/26/19. 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after 20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
Re-trial set to begin on 1/4/22.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 9/2/21 reference post #258 here:
TX - Antonio & Dawn Armstrong, both 42, fatally shot, Houston, 29 Jul 2016 *Mistrial Retrial 1/6/20*
9/10/21 Update: Motion hearing reset by Court to 9/22/21. 9/22/21 Update: Motion hearing was reset on 10/7/21. 10/7/21 Update: Motion hearing was reset by Court to 10/8/21.