GUILTY FL - Megan Todt 42, Alek 13, Tyler 11, Zoe 4, & dog Breezy, murdered, Celebration, Jan 2020 #2

[Countem]

The Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website has been updated with PDFs pertaining to the following items.

12/3/2021 MOTION IN LIMINE TO PROHIBIT REFERENCE TO "FEDERAL AGENTS"
AT’s legal team asks for reference to “federal agents” be prohibited in the event certain individuals (federal agents) are called as witnesses at the trial, since jurors may then readily ascertain that AT had pending federal charges at the time he was taken into custody. Instead, the team asks they simply be called “law enforcement officers”.

12/3/2021 MOTION IN LIMINE ON TRIAL PROCEDURES
AT’s legal team asks for the following three trial procedures.
1. No judicial qualification of witnesses as “experts” in the presence of jurors.
2. No mention of “Grand Jury” Indictment to venire persons or jurors.
3. No reading of the entire witness list by the Prosecutor to the venire panel.

12/2/2021 MOTION FOR INDIVIDUAL AND SEQUESTERED VOIR DIRE
AT’s legal team asks for individual and sequestered voir dire at his trial. The grounds for support are based on the fact that the case has received extensive pre-trial publicity.

 

[TheLoadedGoat]

The Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website has been updated with PDFs pertaining to the following items.

12/3/2021 MOTION IN LIMINE TO PROHIBIT REFERENCE TO "FEDERAL AGENTS"
AT’s legal team asks for reference to “federal agents” be prohibited in the event certain individuals (federal agents) are called as witnesses at the trial, since jurors may then readily ascertain that AT had pending federal charges at the time he was taken into custody. Instead, the team asks they simply be called “law enforcement officers”.

12/3/2021 MOTION IN LIMINE ON TRIAL PROCEDURES
AT’s legal team asks for the following three trial procedures.
1. No judicial qualification of witnesses as “experts” in the presence of jurors.
2. No mention of “Grand Jury” Indictment to venire persons or jurors.
3. No reading of the entire witness list by the Prosecutor to the venire panel.

12/2/2021 MOTION FOR INDIVIDUAL AND SEQUESTERED VOIR DIRE
AT’s legal team asks for individual and sequestered voir dire at his trial. The grounds for support are based on the fact that the case has received extensive pre-trial publicity.

Thank you for keeping us up to date!

 

[Countem]

Thank you for keeping us up to date!

Of course!

For today’s update, there is a new item on the court website. (No PDF as of yet.)

12/6/21 MOTION FOR LIMITED QUESTIONNAIRE JURORS

 

[Countem]

A PDF has been posted on the court site for the following item.

12/6/21 MOTION FOR LIMITED QUESTIONNAIRE JURORS
AT’s legal team is requesting to issue a limited, pre-voir dire questionnaire to potential jurors on the issue of their moral and religious attitudes towards suicide.

 

[Countem]

Three additional updates have been uploaded to the Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website. PDF files have been requested. I will share more information once the PDFs are made available.

12/9/2021 RESPONSIVE PLEADING TO THE STATE'S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO SUPPRESS

12/9/2021 MOTION HEARING SET FOR 01/21/2022 AT 1:30 PM

12/9/2021 NOTICE OF HEARING- MOTION FOR INDIVIDUAL AND SEQUESTERED VOIR DIRE; MOTION IN LIMINE ON TRIAL PROCEDURES; MOTION IN LIMINE TO PROHIBIT REFERENCES TO "FEDERAL AGENTS" ; MOTION FOR LIMITED QUESTIONAIRE OF JURORS

The updated calendar is as follows.
1/24/2022 9:00 AM JURY TRIAL
1/21/2022 1:30 PM MOTION HEARING
12/20/2021 9:00 AM STATUS HEARING

 

[Countem]

There have been no updates on the Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website.

PDFs have been released for the above-mentioned items released on 12/9, but there is no additional information to report based on the PDFs.

 

[Niner]

Monday, December 20th:
*Status Hearing (@ 9am ET) – FL – Megan Denise Gula Todt (42), Aleksander (13), Tyler (11), Zoe (4) & dog Brezzy (last heard from Jan. 6, 2020, Celebration; found Jan. 13, 2020; LE believe they have been dead since Dec. 29, 2019) - *Anthony John Todt (44/now 46) arrested (1/15/20), charged (1/16/20), indicted (2/25/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of premeditated murder & 1 count of animal cruelty. Charges changed (1/29/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of 2nd degree murder & animal cruelty charge dismissed. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP & has changed mind on 1/4/21 will not seek DP.
Trial was set to begin on 11/3/21 continued to 1/24/22. (3 week trial)
Confession & court info from 1/15/20 thru 11/5/21 reference post #268 here:
Found Deceased - FL - Megan Todt 42, Alek 13, Tyler 11, Zoe 4, & dog Breezy, Celebration, 6 Jan 2020 *ARREST* #2
11/12/21: Notice of arrest or pending prosecution of a State witness. (Now-former deputy Kevin Encarnacion was arrested Tuesday (11/16/21) morning & charged with accessory after the fact & official misconduct, both third-degree felonies. Encarnacion was helping his cousin Enrique Davis run from deputies. He said Encarnacion’s cousin was involved in a domestic violence incident in early October. Investigators said Davis left the scene & Encarnacion gave him information to help him evade arrest). Case management conference hearing on 11/17/21.
11/17/21 Update: Hearing was held. Next status hearing on 12/20/21 & trial has now been rescheduled to begin on 1/24/22. 11/18/21: Notice of provision of supplemental witness list filed by State. 11/29/21: Memo of Law in opposition to Defendant's Motion to Suppress. State argues that Todt voluntarily, knowingly & intelligently waived his Miranda rights prior to the 2nd & 3rd interviews; even if Todt was un the influence of Benadryl, his Miranda waiver was still valid; and Todt's suicidal ideation did not cause his waiver to become involuntary.
12/2/21: Motion for individual & sequestered voir dire. (Todt’s legal team asks for individual and sequestered voir dire at his trial. The grounds for support are based on the fact that the case has received extensive pretrial publicity). 12/3/21: Motion in Limine to prohibit reference to "Federal Agents" (Todt’s legal team asks for reference to “federal agents” be prohibited in the event certain individuals (federal agents) are called as witnesses at the trial, since jurors may then readily ascertain that AT had pending federal charges at the time he was taken into custody. Instead, the team asks they simply be called “law enforcement officers”). Motion in Limine on trial procedures ((Todt’s legal team asks for the following three trial procedures. 1. No judicial qualification of witnesses as “experts” in the presence of jurors. 2. No mention of “Grand Jury” Indictment to venire persons or jurors. 3. No reading of the entire witness list by the Prosecutor to the venire panel).
12/6/21: Motion for limited questionnaire jurors. Todt’s legal team is requesting to issue a limited, pre-voir dire questionnaire to potential jurors on the issue of their moral & religious attitudes towards suicide. 12/9/21: Responsive pleading to the State's memorandum of law in opposition to defendant's Motion to Suppress. Motion hearing set for 1/21/22 @ 1:30pm. Motion for individual sequestered voir dire; Motion in Limine on trial procedures; Motion in Limine to prohibit references to "Federal Agents"' motion for limited questionnaire of jurors.

 

[Countem]

Update from the Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website:

12/20/21: FELONY COURT MINUTES/ORDER STATUS HEARING HELD BENCH CONFERENCE HELD COURT WILL FINALIZE ALL MOTIONS ON 1/21/22 CASE TO REMAIN AS SET

Calendar:
1/24/2022 9:00 AM JURY TRIAL
1/21/2022 1:30 PM MOTION HEARING

 

[Niner]

Update from the Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website:

12/20/21: FELONY COURT MINUTES/ORDER STATUS HEARING HELD BENCH CONFERENCE HELD COURT WILL FINALIZE ALL MOTIONS ON 1/21/22 CASE TO REMAIN AS SET

Calendar:
1/24/2022 9:00 AM JURY TRIAL
1/21/2022 1:30 PM MOTION HEARING

Thanks!

 

[Countem]

There have been no updates on the Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website.

 

[Countem]

Updates from the Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website:

12/29/2021 NOTICE OF HEARING
12/29/2021 STATUS HEARING SET FOR 01/06/2022 AT 8:30 AM

Calendar:
1/24/2022 9:00 AM JURY TRIAL
1/21/2022 1:30 PM MOTION HEARING
1/6/2022 8:30 AM STATUS HEARING

 

[Niner]

Thursday, January 6th:
*Status Hearing (@ 8:30am ET) – FL – Megan Denise Gula Todt (42), Aleksander (13), Tyler (11), Zoe (4) & dog Brezzy (last heard from Jan. 6, 2020, Celebration; found Jan. 13, 2020; LE believe they have been dead since Dec. 29, 2019) - *Anthony John Todt (44/now 46) arrested (1/15/20), charged (1/16/20), indicted (2/25/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of premeditated murder & 1 count of animal cruelty. Charges changed (1/29/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of 2nd degree murder & animal cruelty charge dismissed. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP & has changed mind on 1/4/21 will not seek DP.
Trial set to begin on 1/24/22. (3 week trial).
Confession & court info from 1/15/20 thru 12/2/21 reference post #287 here:
Found Deceased - FL - Megan Todt 42, Alek 13, Tyler 11, Zoe 4, & dog Breezy, Celebration, 6 Jan 2020 *ARREST* #2
12/6/21: Motion for limited questionnaire jurors. Todt’s legal team is requesting to issue a limited, pre-voir dire questionnaire to potential jurors on the issue of their moral & religious attitudes towards suicide. 12/9/21: Responsive pleading to the State's memorandum of law in opposition to defendant's Motion to Suppress. Motion hearing set for 1/21/22 @ 1:30pm. Motion for individual sequestered voir dire; Motion in Limine on trial procedures; Motion in Limine to prohibit references to "Federal Agents"' motion for limited questionnaire of jurors. Status hearing on 12/20/21.
12/20/21 Update: Order status hearing held. Bench conference held. Court will finalize all motions on 1/21/22 @ 1:30pm. 12/29/21 Update: Status hearing added on 1/6/22 @ 8:30am.

 

[TheLoadedGoat]

Thursday, January 6th:
*Status Hearing (@ 8:30am ET) –

Did this happen this morning? Anybody local hear anything?

 

[Countem]

Updates from the Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website:

1/6/2022 PRETRIAL SET FOR 01/12/2022 AT 9:00 AM

1/6/2022 FELONY COURT MINUTES/ORDER STATUS HEARING HELD LIVE COURT INTERPRETER PRESENT DEFENSE REPRESENTS THEY ARE READY FOR TRIAL STATE TO FILE A WRITTEN MOTION TO CONTINUE CASE SET FOR PRE-TRIAL

Calendar:
1/24/2022 9:00 AM JURY TRIAL
1/21/2022 1:30 PM MOTION HEARING
1/12/2022 9:00 AM ADD ON

No other details are available upon review of related PDF.

 

[Countem]

Update from the Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website:

1/7/2022 STATES MOTION TO CONTINUE

The most relevant portion of the State’s motion is quoted below.

1. The defendant was indicted on four counts of First Degree Murder and one count of Cruelty to an Animal on February 25, 2020.

2. The Office of the Public Defender was assigned to the case at initial appearances on January 16, 2020. Mr. PS was assigned as lead counsel in the defendant's case. Mr. RW and Ms. EC were also co-counsel assigned to the case.

3. Ms. EC resigned from the Public Defender's Office. Around October of 2021, Ms. AS came onto the case as co-counsel.

4. Mr. PS drafted the Motions, Memorandums, and conducted the arguments on behalf of the Defendant throughout the pre-trial proceedings. Mr. PS conducted most of the discovery depositions in this case, although Mr. RW was present for many of the depositions as well. There are pending Defense Motions before the Court that are scheduled to be heard on January 21, 2022 that were drafted by Mr. PS.

5. Mr. PS passed away in December of 2021.

6. The State had a conversation with Ms. AS regarding the status of the case on January 6, 2022. Ms. AS advised that she believed that she would become lead counsel in the case. Ms. AS advised that the defense would be requesting that the case be reset to March 2022 for trial to allow the defense sufficient time to prepare.

7. This case has several hours of body worn camera footage, several gigabits of digital discovery, hundreds of pages of discovery, and numerous depositions that have been previously conducted.

8. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on January 24, 2022.

9. Based upon Ms. AS’s representations, the voluminous discovery, and the seriousness
of the charges a continuance is necessary to protect the integrity of the prosecution in this matter. The State does not believe that two weeks is sufficient to adequately prepare given the volume of discovery.

10. The non-moving party was contacted for their position on this motion. Defense advised that they have spoken with the defendant and do not have an objection to a continuance until March 1.

 

[jash]

Thanks Countem!

Wow, I've never followed a case where an attorney passed away in the midst of things. Condolences to his family but hopefully this won't derail justice.

 

[TheLoadedGoat]

So if I understand this correctly, due to the death of the defense's lead counsel, everything is getting bumped to March? We are just waiting for the website to be updated with new dates? Thanks to all who are keepingup with this case. This family should not be forgotten.

 

[Niner]

So if I understand this correctly, due to the death of the defense's lead counsel, everything is getting bumped to March? We are just waiting for the website to be updated with new dates? Thanks to all who are keepingup with this case. This family should not be forgotten.

I believe we will probably learn about it at the next hearing on 1/12/22.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, January 12th:
*Pretrial Hearing (@ 9am ET) – FL – Megan Denise Gula Todt (42), Aleksander (13), Tyler (11), Zoe (4) & dog Brezzy (last heard from Jan. 6, 2020, Celebration; found Jan. 13, 2020; LE believe they have been dead since Dec. 29, 2019) - *Anthony John Todt (44/now 46) arrested (1/15/20), charged (1/16/20), indicted (2/25/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of premeditated murder & 1 count of animal cruelty. Charges changed (1/29/20) & arraigned (2/28/20) with 4 counts of 2nd degree murder & animal cruelty charge dismissed. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will seek DP & has changed mind on 1/4/21 will not seek DP.
Trial was set to begin on 1/24/22 might be continued to 3/1/22.
Confession & court info from 1/15/20 thru 12/20/21 reference post #292 here:
Found Deceased - FL - Megan Todt 42, Alek 13, Tyler 11, Zoe 4, & dog Breezy, Celebration, 6 Jan 2020 *ARREST* #2
12/29/21 Update: Status hearing added on 1/6/22 @ 8:30am. 1/6/22 Update: Order: Status hearing held. Court interpreter present, defense represents they are ready for trial, State to file a written motion to continue case & set for pretrial hearing on 1/12/22 @ 9am. For State's motion to continue trial - see post #295 here:
Found Deceased - FL - Megan Todt 42, Alek 13, Tyler 11, Zoe 4, & dog Breezy, Celebration, 6 Jan 2020 *ARREST* #2
Defense advised that they have spoken with the defendant and do not have an objection to a continuance until March 1.

 

[Countem]

Update from the Osceola County Clerk of the Circuit Court website (PDF not yet available):

1/12/2022 PRE-TRIAL HELD BENCH CONFERENCE HELD DEFENDANT UNABLE TO BE SEEN AT THE JAIL ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONTINUE THE COURT, HAVING REVIEWED THE STATE'S MOTION TO CONTINUE, HEREBY GRANTS THE MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: B. STATE NOT SUFFICIENTLY PREPARED FOR TRIAL THE NON-MOVING PARTY DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE MOTION TO CONTINUE CASE RESET FOR TRIAL

Updated calendar:
4/4/2022 9:00 AM JURY TRIAL
1/21/2022 1:30 PM MOTION HEARING