GUILTY GA - Ahmaud Arbery, 25, jogger, fatally shot by former LEO and son, Brunswick, Feb 2020 *Arrests* #6

[Jax49]

Attorney who made comments about Ahmaud Arbery's feet quits job | firstcoastnews.com

The attorney whose closing argument sparked racial outrage and offense in the trial of three white men convicted of murdering a 25-year-old Black man has resigned from her position with the National Criminal Defense College.

An attorney who has closely followed the debate, speaking off the record, said, “The College ended up issuing a statement condemning her actions, and then there was a lot of turmoil a back and forth. The faculty split into factions, some believing that what she and her defense team did was very wrong, and others who were saying she was just representing the best traditions of zealously advocating for the client.”

 

[Niner]

Attorney who made comments about Ahmaud Arbery's feet quits job | firstcoastnews.com

Good!

 

[tlcya]

Good!

I'll second that. their vision statement, first paragraph of their home page on website:

We envision a world in which all individuals who come in contact with the legal system are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness, regardless of wealth, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or status in any marginalized group.

Home - National Criminal Defense College - NCDC - National Criminal Defense College

Hogue's statements during trial exhibit the exact opposite of this vision. IMO

 

[Niner]

I'll second that. their vision statement, first paragraph of their home page on website:

We envision a world in which all individuals who come in contact with the legal system are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness, regardless of wealth, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or status in any marginalized group.

Home - National Criminal Defense College - NCDC - National Criminal Defense College

Hogue's statements during trial exhibit the exact opposite of this vision. IMO

I'll 2nd that!

QUITE the opposite for sure!

 

[Cool Cats]

Broader jury pool sought for Arbery death hate crimes trial

Attorneys in the upcoming federal hate crimes trial of the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery want the jury pool to come from an expansive area of Georgia that covers 43 counties, including some that are a four-hour drive from the courthouse where the trial will be held.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys filed a joint motion Thursday in U.S. District Court, with both sides in agreement that casting a wider net for potential jurors will improve the odds of seating an impartial jury. The first trial in Arbery's slaying, seen by many as a reckoning on racial injustice in the legal system, resulted in murder convictions in a state court the day before Thanksgiving.

 

[sds71]

Attorneys in the upcoming federal hate crimes trial of the white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery want the jury pool to come from an expansive area of Georgia.

A joint legal filing by prosecutors and defense attorneys asks a federal judge to seek the jury from the 43 counties that make up the federal court system’s Southern District of Georgia.

Broader jury pool sought for Arbery death hate crimes trial (wtoc.com)

 

[sds71]

A Sentencing Hearing will be held in the above captioned matter on January 7, 2022 beginning at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in front of Judge Timothy R. Walmsley in the Glynn County Courthouse, located at 701 H Street, Brunswick, Georgia.

https://www.glynncounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/73994/Order

@Niner

 

[Niner]

A Sentencing Hearing will be held in the above captioned matter on January 7, 2022 beginning at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in front of Judge Timothy R. Walmsley in the Glynn County Courthouse, located at 701 H Street, Brunswick, Georgia.

https://www.glynncounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/73994/Order

@Niner

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Kristin Esq.]

A Sentencing Hearing will be held in the above captioned matter on January 7, 2022 beginning at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in front of Judge Timothy R. Walmsley in the Glynn County Courthouse, located at 701 H Street, Brunswick, Georgia.

https://www.glynncounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/73994/Order

@Niner

Thanks for posting. I checked in the morning yesterday and the filing wasn't up yet!

 

[LinasK]

I'll second that. their vision statement, first paragraph of their home page on website:

We envision a world in which all individuals who come in contact with the legal system are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness, regardless of wealth, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or status in any marginalized group.

Home - National Criminal Defense College - NCDC - National Criminal Defense College

Hogue's statements during trial exhibit the exact opposite of this vision. IMO

She lied anyhow about him being barefoot, because you can clearly see in the video where he's checking out the house that he's wearing running shoes.

 

[tlcya]

She lied anyhow about him being barefoot, because you can clearly see in the video where he's checking out the house that he's wearing running shoes.

She was referring to his bare toes on the autopsy table, photos the jury saw during trial. Makes it even worse. MOO

 

[Cool Cats]

Preparations for Hate Crime Trial of Three Men Convicted of Killing Ahmaud Arbery Have Begun, and Lawyers Want Jurors from Areas Outside of Brunswick, Georgia

In an effort to seat an impartial jury in the Ahmaud Arbery hate crimes trial, both parties have filed a motion in a U.S. District Court to pull jurors from 43 counties from all over the state of Georgia.

The legal motion read, “The parties believe that it is likely that many potential jurors from the Brunswick Division will have experienced sustained exposure to the case and may have formed immutable opinions, in one direction or the other, that will ultimately preclude them from sitting on a jury in this case.”

The prosecution and defense asked the judge to take an additional measure in selecting the jury and submitted a 14-page questionnaire alongside their jury duty notice that will help in identifying anyone that might be excessively biased in the case.

This is a completely different process than the state trial that convicted the men of murder.

Travis McMichael’s attorney, Amy Lee Copeland, is taking it a step further, asking the judge to consider having the trial in a different city with the judicial district. She suggested Savannah or Augusta.

Both requests came less than two weeks from the pretrial hearing for this federal case on Dec. 20.

 

[Cool Cats]

Dec. 20, 2021
The next pretrial hearing in the federal case.

Jan. 7, 2022 at 10 a.m.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled.

Feb. 7, 2022
A judge has scheduled jury selection in the federal trial to begin.

 

[LinasK]

She was referring to his bare toes on the autopsy table, photos the jury saw during trial. Makes it even worse. MOO

Who really cares about the hygeine of his toenails, even if he had run barefoot??? Or shown his skin in khaki shorts? It was all about dragging the victim through the mud with racist slave tropes. He had every right to run in a white neighborhood. Maybe he was contemplating buying a house there.

 

[LinasK]

Totally agree.
And yes I stand corrected on the truck no having a backseat. My truck is 25 year old classic and it has a back seat. My kids were always in the back if they were in it...not used to newer trucks not having a backseat.

Older trucks can also be 1 seaters. My husband bought his in '92. It's a small Nissan pickup -pre- Frontier model.

 

[LinasK]

You don't have to literally "break in". You can just walk in.

How is that Burglary when a construction site is unguarded with no doors or fences??? He didn't take anything. And if that's a crime, why weren't the other people who walked into the site charged?

 

[Cool Cats]

How is that Burglary when a construction site is unguarded with no doors or fences??? He didn't take anything. And if that's a crime, why weren't the other people who walked into the site charged?

Burglary? HA!

What he was doing didn't even meet the legal definition of trespassing in Georgia.

To be trespassing in Georgia there has to be a sign saying no trespassing and/or the property owner has to tell you to stay off the property, or you have to do $500 or less damage to the property or steal from the property.

Georgia Trespassing Laws: What You Need to Know - Survival Sullivan

 

[Jax49]

Who really cares about the hygeine of his toenails, even if he had run barefoot??? Or shown his skin in khaki shorts? It was all about dragging the victim through the mud with racist slave tropes. He had every right to run in a white neighborhood. Maybe he was contemplating buying a house there.

Many of us were ticked off about everything you're mentioning, just in real time. Racism was definitely the term that came into my mind. Having grown up in the deep south, I was greatly relived when the guilty verdicts were announced. moo

 

[Niner]

Dec. 20, 2021
The next pretrial hearing in the federal case.

Jan. 7, 2022 at 10 a.m.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled.

Feb. 7, 2022
A judge has scheduled jury selection in the federal trial to begin.

per my notes... I have a motion hearing 12/20/21 & a pretrial on 1/21/22.


11/19/21 Update: Pretrial conference before Judge Wood, at 10:00am, 11/19/21 & Friday, 1/21/22 at 10am. The Motions Hearing currently scheduled for 11/19/21 is rescheduled for 12/13/21 at 10:00am. Order granting the Government's consent 71 Motion to Continue the Motions Hearing - ends of justice served as to Travis McMichael (1), Gregory McMichael (2), William Bryan (3). The Court continues the Motions Hearing on 12/13/21 reset to 12/20/21 at 10:00am & reset for 11am.

 

[Kristin Esq.]

How is that Burglary when a construction site is unguarded with no doors or fences??? He didn't take anything. And if that's a crime, why weren't the other people who walked into the site charged?

Just an FYI, you don't need actual breaking for a burglary. If a door is unlocked, and someone opens it with the intent to commit a crime, then it would still be burglary

2014 Georgia Code
Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 7 - DAMAGE TO AND INTRUSION UPON PROPERTY
Article 1 - BURGLARY
§ 16-7-1 - Burglary
Universal Citation: GA Code § 16-7-1 (2014)
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) "Dwelling" means any building, structure, or portion thereof which is designed or intended for occupancy for residential use.

(2) "Railroad car" shall also include trailers on flatcars, containers on flatcars, trailers on railroad property, or containers on railroad property.

(b) A person commits the offense of burglary in the first degree when, without authority and with the intent to commit a felony or theft therein, he or she enters or remains within an occupied, unoccupied, or vacant dwelling house of another or any building, vehicle, railroad car, watercraft, aircraft, or other such structure designed for use as the dwelling of another. A person who commits the offense of burglary in the first degree shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years. Upon the second conviction for burglary in the first degree, the defendant shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than 20 years. Upon the third and all subsequent convictions for burglary in the first degree, the defendant shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five nor more than 25 years.

(c) A person commits the offense of burglary in the second degree when, without authority and with the intent to commit a felony or theft therein, he or she enters or remains within an occupied, unoccupied, or vacant building, structure, vehicle, railroad car, watercraft, or aircraft. A person who commits the offense of burglary in the second degree shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years. Upon the second and all subsequent convictions for burglary in the second degree, the defendant shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than eight years.

(d) Upon a fourth and all subsequent convictions for a crime of burglary in any degree, adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, probated, deferred, or withheld.

2014 Georgia Code :: Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES :: Chapter 7 - DAMAGE TO AND INTRUSION UPON PROPERTY :: Article 1 - BURGLARY :: § 16-7-1 - Burglary