Is a Change of Plea in the Works??
According to a court records search the trial was scheduled to begin today but a motion to delay was submitted to continue on February 16 at 11am for a COP - Change of Plea.
https://odysseyportal.courts.wa.gov/odyportal
You can search under either option. Nothing in local news yet but the Kitsap Sun should carry a story soon.
02/12/2018 Jury Trial-12
Judicial Officer
Forbes, Jennifer A
Hearing Time
9:00 AM
Comment
PREASSIGNED TO FORBES - ENRIGHT, CHAD, MONTGOMERY, KELLY - WILL BE MOTION TO CONTINUE ON 2/12 FOR COP ON 2/16 - DEFT IC
02/16/2018 Change of Plea
Judicial Officer
Forbes, Jennifer A
Hearing Time
11:00 AM
Comment
ENRIGHT, CHAD - MONTGOMERY, KELLY - DEFT IC
On the Jenise FB page a post has been made that he is pleading guilty on the 18th of Feb.
Justice for Jensie is the page.
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On the Jenise FB page a post has been made that he is pleading guilty on the 18th of Feb.
Justice for Jensie is the page.
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Miraculous cure. Or he realized that closing his eyes reeeeal tight still doesn't make a murder case disappear.His mental health finally improved <heavy sarcasm>, or did the DA cut a plea deal? Or both ...
Hope the fb post is true!!
On the Jenise FB page a post has been made that he is pleading guilty on the 18th of Feb.
Justice for Jensie is the page.
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Side effect to many antidepressants and antipsyhotic meds is weight gain, but heaven to betsy, he doesn't look anything like he did when arrested! He was thin then and had hair! I'm shocked. Pleased he plead guilty and hope he'll be away for the most of his life. Though it's still scary to think he could one day be released.From your link Jo in Calif.....he looks so different now
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Thank heavens! Best thing he could do.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2018/02/16/guilty-plea-2014-murder-jenise-wright-6/344289002/
Attorneys will jointly recommend the 40-year minimum sentence to Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Forbes. Gaeta pleaded guilty to aggravated first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child.
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The 40-year minimum sentence for Gaeta is an attempt to find a sentence that would withstand appeals, Enright said.
Gaeta would have to serve 40 years in prison before he would be able to apply for release. The maximum he sentence he can serve is life in prison.
Gaetas lawyer, Jeniece LaCross, said Gaeta intended to plead guilty.
My client never wanted to take this matter to trial, she said. He did not want to put people through that.
His mother reported that he had shown signs of declining mental health in the period before Jenises death, what she described as severe depression, and she had sought help for him but said it was inadequate. Family members reported that when he became stressed he would shut down.
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"We're just glad the family gets closure," said Tina Wright, Gaeta's mother, no relation to Jenise. Tina Wright said both families are grieving. "For little Jenise and our son. In our minds there are two victims. This never would have happened if (Gaeta) had gotten the help he needed."
I missed that he gave that plea. Where did you find that? I saw he has a court date in May 2018...I havent been in this thread (well one of Jenises threads) since probably 2015. Today I thought of this case out of the blue and had to google the details to remember their names. I just finished reading this thread and the one before it. Im so shocked that resolution to this case took until 2018, and that he gave his guilty plea days before I came to check. Im glad he finally decided to go this route.