Found Deceased CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *Case dismissed w/o Prejudice* #103

[legalmomma]

Docket for: Chaffee County - Chaffee Combined Court
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Date​	Len​	Appearance​	Name​	Hearing Type​	Case #​	Location​	Division​
7/21/22 9:00 AM​	1Hr​	VIRTUAL​	MORPHEW, BARRY​	Arraignment​	D82021CR85​	Chaffee County​	Division 2

The arraignment on the voter fraud charge- wonder if Colorado will reject a plea, pull an OJ and throw the book at ol Barry. Should be interesting...I for one am curious if Barry is back home in Indiana with his mother.

Edit to add penalty for voter fraud-
1-13-710. Voting twice - penalty.

(1) Any voter who votes more than once or, having voted once, offers to vote again in the state, or, during a federal election, votes in this state and another state, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than eighteen months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

The arraignment on the voter fraud charge- wonder if Colorado will reject a plea, pull an OJ and throw the book at ol Barry. Should be interesting...I for one am curious if Barry is back home in Indiana with his mother.

Edit to add penalty for voter fraud-
1-13-710. Voting twice - penalty.

(1) Any voter who votes more than once or, having voted once, offers to vote again in the state, or, during a federal election, votes in this state and another state, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than eighteen months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

The interesting issue for me is the technicality that he signed on the witness line or so it is said. I still will be surprised if they don’t manage a plea deal.

 

[steeltowngirl]

The interesting issue for me is the technicality that he signed on the witness line or so it is said. I still will be surprised if they don’t manage a plea deal.

It would still be forgery if he signed as a witness.

https://www.fox21news.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2021/05/Morphew-Forgery-Affidavit-for-Arrest-Warrant.pdf

 

[legalmomma]

Husband charged with murder of missing wife in Colorado is also charged with voter fraud for filling out her ballot | CNN

A Colorado man who was recently charged with murder in the disappearance of his wife a year ago has also been charged with voter fraud for voting for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election using his wife's mail-in ballot, according to an affidavit.

www.cnn.com

"When FBI agents went to interview Barry Morphew on April 22, 2021, he told them he did it because he wanted Trump to win reelection.
"Barry replied 'Just because I wanted Trump (referring to President Donald Trump) to win,'" and "'I just thought, give him (referring to President Trump) another vote,'" the affidavit said.
Morphew allegedly also said, "I figured all these other guys are cheating" and "I know she (referring to Suzanne Renee Morphew) was going to vote for Trump (referring to President Trump) anyway," according to the affidavit.
He allegedly told investigators that he didn't know it was illegal to vote for your spouse, the affidavit said. .."
- emphasis added
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Ol Barry even thinks a husband can vote in his wife's stead, which certainly aligns with his character.
I think this affidavit is enough to prove he intended for two votes to go to Trump.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

It would still be forgery if he signed as a witness.

https://www.fox21news.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2021/05/Morphew-Forgery-Affidavit-for-Arrest-Warrant.pdf

I don’t know, as it is said he signed his own name. If it is a plea we won’t ever know the details. We will know soon enough where this goes I guess.

 

[steeltowngirl]

I don’t know, as it is said he signed his own name. If it is a plea we won’t ever know the details. We will know soon enough where this goes I guess.

I’m curious about something. Are you hopeful he doesn’t even get a slap on the wrist for the election fraud? At this point, it appears he’s already gotten away with murder.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Docket for: Chaffee County - Chaffee Combined Court
Showing 1 - 1 of 1 records

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Date​	Len​	Appearance​	Name​	Hearing Type​	Case #​	Location​	Division​
7/21/22 9:00 AM​	1Hr​	VIRTUAL​	MORPHEW, BARRY​	Arraignment​	D82021CR85​	Chaffee County​	Division 2

What’s this for? If it’s virtual, it must be minor.

 

[Love Never Fails]

I’m curious about something. Are you hopeful he doesn’t even get a slap on the wrist for the election fraud? At this point, it appears he’s already gotten away with murder.

To some people forgery isn’t really forgery. It’s just signing for a dead person because you knew how they would vote.

And lying isn’t really lying. It’s just telling a tale.

So what’s all the squawking about? We are just over reacting right? I mean we are talking about good old Barry.

Sheesh!!!

 

[Love Never Fails]

Husband charged with murder of missing wife in Colorado is also charged with voter fraud for filling out her ballot | CNN

A Colorado man who was recently charged with murder in the disappearance of his wife a year ago has also been charged with voter fraud for voting for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election using his wife's mail-in ballot, according to an affidavit.

www.cnn.com

"When FBI agents went to interview Barry Morphew on April 22, 2021, he told them he did it because he wanted Trump to win reelection.
"Barry replied 'Just because I wanted Trump (referring to President Donald Trump) to win,'" and "'I just thought, give him (referring to President Trump) another vote,'" the affidavit said.
Morphew allegedly also said, "I figured all these other guys are cheating" and "I know she (referring to Suzanne Renee Morphew) was going to vote for Trump (referring to President Trump) anyway," according to the affidavit.
He allegedly told investigators that he didn't know it was illegal to vote for your spouse, the affidavit said. .."
- emphasis added
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Ol Barry even thinks a husband can vote in his wife's stead, which certainly aligns with his character.
I think this affidavit is enough to prove he intended for two votes to go to Trump.

Since you are talking about the forgery aligning with his character and all, I would say murder aligns with his character also. Doing things for himself to control the outcome. Yep that Barry alright.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

I’m curious about something. Are you hopeful he doesn’t even get a slap on the wrist for the election fraud? At this point, it appears he’s already gotten away with murder.

I have no idea how this would be argued from either side. But it feels like something both sides would be interested in a plea if they can agree on the terms. He already said he signed his name because he thought he could. So it feels like plea deal. The other two charges we don’t know enough about to know if they would withstand defense scrutiny so a plea could be perceived as a win by prosecution and save the state the cost of a trial.

 

[Boxer]

I have no idea how this would be argued from either side. But it feels like something both sides would be interested in a plea if they can agree on the terms. He already said he signed his name because he thought he could. So it feels like plea deal. The other two charges we don’t know enough about to know if they would withstand defense scrutiny so a plea could be perceived as a win by prosecution and save the state the cost of a trial.

He signed her name? I thought he just returned the ballot.

So a lady in Texas does 5 years for voting with a provisional
ballot, after being told by poll
workers she was qualified (she was at a halfway house and not off probation.)
While every white man I have read about gets a warning.

 

[steeltowngirl]

He signed her name? I thought he just returned the ballot.

So a lady in Texas does 5 years for voting with a provisional
ballot, after being told by poll
workers she was qualified (she was at a halfway house and not off probation.)
While every white man I have read about gets a warning.

The ballot envelope showed a handwritten sender address of the Morphews’ Salida home and was dated Oct. 15. But the envelope was not signed by a voter, despite a line that said, "Voter’s Signature Required."

"However, the ballot did have a handwritten date of 10/15/2020 on the designated date line and the handwritten name of Barry Lee Morphew on the designated signature line of the Witness’s Legal Name," court papers state. The ballot was reportedly for former President Trump.

Barry Morphew used missing wife Suzanne's election ballot to vote: report

The husband of Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew allegedly used his missing wife’s identity to vote in November's presidential election, according to a report and court papers.

www.foxnews.com

 

[BeckyF]

I have no idea how this would be argued from either side. But it feels like something both sides would be interested in a plea if they can agree on the terms. He already said he signed his name because he thought he could. So it feels like plea deal. The other two charges we don’t know enough about to know if they would withstand defense scrutiny so a plea could be perceived as a win by prosecution and save the state the cost of a trial.

BBM. He already said? Hmm. Wow! And Barry is so honest.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

I don’t know, as it is said he signed his own name. If it is a plea we won’t ever know the details. We will know soon enough where this goes I guess.

If Suzanne was, say, in the hospital with broken hands and couldn't mark her own ballot, but directly asked him to mark it for her, then him signing as a witness is probably legal.

If Suzanne marked her own ballot and then asked him to drop it off for her, that might be legal but maybe require his signature (not sure as laws vary state by state).

The part that definitely isn't legal isn't about the signature, but rather that he actually marked the ballot, ie the voting choices, without her direct permission. At least IMO.

The thing that makes me crazy is, she was known to be missing, the case had gotten plenty of publicity by November. So how did he think it would go unnoticed that "she" was submitting a ballot?

I don't actually believe that "he thought he was allowed to" vote for her. I think he thought it would not be noticed among the millions of other details an election entails, in other words he thought he could get away with it.

Considering what else he was in the midst of getting away with, it's really amazing (and says something about his mindset) that he decided to take this risk on top of everything else.

MOO

 

[Megnut]

Husband charged with murder of missing wife in Colorado is also charged with voter fraud for filling out her ballot | CNN

A Colorado man who was recently charged with murder in the disappearance of his wife a year ago has also been charged with voter fraud for voting for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election using his wife's mail-in ballot, according to an affidavit.

www.cnn.com

"When FBI agents went to interview Barry Morphew on April 22, 2021, he told them he did it because he wanted Trump to win reelection.
"Barry replied 'Just because I wanted Trump (referring to President Donald Trump) to win,'" and "'I just thought, give him (referring to President Trump) another vote,'" the affidavit said.
Morphew allegedly also said, "I figured all these other guys are cheating" and "I know she (referring to Suzanne Renee Morphew) was going to vote for Trump (referring to President Trump) anyway," according to the affidavit.
He allegedly told investigators that he didn't know it was illegal to vote for your spouse, the affidavit said. .."
- emphasis added
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Ol Barry even thinks a husband can vote in his wife's stead, which certainly aligns with his character.
I think this affidavit is enough to prove he intended for two votes to go to Trump.

Quoting you, @legalmomma, because you posted the source -- good to get his words straight from the horse's mouth.

Barry said he didn't know he couldn't. But in the same breath, he also says, "all these others guys are cheating." So he didn't know he couldn't and he knew it was cheating, so he did know it was wrong.

You know what cheating at voting is called? Fraud.

If Barry had stuck with his dintknowicouldnt, one might generously argue on his behalf that he voted in good conscience (as if), but he himself called his action cheating! He. Called. It. Cheating. Notsupposedtobutididanyway. Had a spare ballot, she wasn't going to use it (because murder) so he helped himself and cast two ballots. Because why? Because he wanted his candidate to have two votes.

Barry is a cheetah.

JMO

 

[mrjitty]

Obvious case of voter fraud.

The test isn't whether he thought he was allowed to, as we have seen in other cases where disqualified voters have attempted to vote in good faith and been convicted.

Clearly he attempted to vote for another person, with the intent that the vote count - which is a criminal offence.

That he wasn't dumb enough to forge her signature goes to penalty. i.e. it would have been worse if he had done that.

 

[mrjitty]

I’m curious about something. Are you hopeful he doesn’t even get a slap on the wrist for the election fraud? At this point, it appears he’s already gotten away with murder.

Given all the hype over election fraud in the broader context, I wonder if the state should not throw the book at him, with a view to keeping psychological pressure up. I don't see the point in offering a plea, unless he pleads guilty as sin.

And why not go to trial when they have him admitting the crime, and the documentary evidence of it?

It's not like he has any arguable trial defence.

 

[neesaki]

I haven’t read through these threads lately, but have a question. I did read that SM was having an affair at the time of her disappearance. Who is the man she was having an affair with, and has he been cleared as a suspect?
I just haven’t found any information about him and thought I’d ask. TIA

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Quoting you, @legalmomma, because you posted the source -- good to get his words straight from the horse's mouth.

Barry said he didn't know he couldn't. But in the same breath, he also says, "all these others guys are cheating." So he didn't know he couldn't and he knew it was cheating, so he did know it was wrong.

You know what cheating at voting is called? Fraud.

If Barry had stuck with his dintknowicouldnt, one might generously argue on his behalf that he voted in good conscience (as if), but he himself called his action cheating! He. Called. It. Cheating. Notsupposedtobutididanyway. Had a spare ballot, she wasn't going to use it (because murder) so he helped himself and cast two ballots. Because why? Because he wanted his candidate to have two votes.

Barry is a cheetah.

JMO

I don’t think there is an argument for saying he is not guilty of that one charge. I think that is why the potential plea deal.

 

[Love Never Fails]

I haven’t read through these threads lately, but have a question. I did read that SM was having an affair at the time of her disappearance. Who is the man she was having an affair with, and has he been cleared as a suspect?
I just haven’t found any information about him and thought I’d ask. TIA

Jeff Leibler of Michigan
Yes he was cleared.