GUILTY CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, found deceased, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *Arrest* #70

[ChatteringBirds]

Hopefully this goes nowhere. It's not as if the evidence wasn't overwhelming. And every single other juror also voted to convict.

 

[katydid23]

That would be El Paso County in Colorado....

....DOH......of course...

 

[Mo Thuairim]

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[AmandaReckonwith]

Megnut, THANK YOU!! for that link to watch the appeallate court!
I like visuals. Words are ok, but the pictures make it stay in my memory.
Pics below:
For Letitia, Eric Samler.
For the State, Kathy Gillespie.

So... hoping that this will be a quick "OH HELL NO!" from the judges... but knowing it could be reversed,
I started a new sub-album in the Gannon Stauch Case Archives.
And it it's a no, as I hope/we all hope, I will just add the pics to the trial section.

Hoping the link works for everyone.
Click on the circled i for a detailed description.

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[Rolypolyoly]

Eric Sandler---prior connection with DAs--- one of the jurors had connection by marriage with a DA?


Sandler's Defense Appellate argument —RE: a juror has a connection to one of the DA’s through a marriage.

Appellate Eric Samler—let’s agree that if a juror has a connection by marriage to an attorney on the case the court must sustain a challenge to that juror[@ 14:42][

[apparently a juror had a son-in-law who was an El Paso DA, who did not appear in court, but El Paso was connected somehow I guess?]

[apparently the defense tried to reject this juror but it was denied? ]

The prosecution seems to be saying that the defense never actually formally asked for a WAIVER ?--- They brought it up once in court---judge said they wanted to think about it further, and apparently the defense did not bring it up again to ask specifically for a waiver on that juror?

There is also a question in prosecution's mind--did the defense want to leave that juror on the case so they could have an argument for reversal of conviction if necessary

The defense said that was ridiculous, no way would defense do that^^^^

This appellate judge was asking questions to both sides about that situation---

So the appellate attorney for defense wants a REVERSAL of the Conviction because the trial judge did not kick the alternate juror out of the court because his son in law was a DA in El Paso Texas?

Alternate juror? So was this juror dismissed before deliberations? I dont see Judge Werner making this kind of mistake, he gave the defence all the leeway in the world at every step of the case.