The grannies have the right to have speedy trials and Fred's Attorney James Owen told the Court that the defense wants a trial date set as soon as possible. Would have to check if Rita also wants a speedy trial.
The other 4 have waived their right to a speedy trial which is normal in cases that are this complicated and have such massive amounts of discovery evidence to go through.
Fredericka Wagner's attorney argues for full transcript of her grand jury testimony
To all those weighing in on Fredericka’s Charges, ty for the comments.
I tried to put all the multiple quotes here, but I can’t get it to work out right.
There are differences of opinion.
Please consider this, from the article linked above.
I do believe there is more to Fredericka’s Testimony and Charges against her than meets the eye.
Think about what Prosecution is saying here:
From link:
Wagner, who pleaded not guilty to all charges at her arraignment in November and was placed under house arrest, appeared before Judge Randy Deering on Thursday, where Wagner’s attorney James Owen argued that his client should be provided with a full transcript of her testimony before the grand jury.
Special Prosecutor Angela Canepa said that is not typically handed over by prosecution without a court order.
“I believe the agreement today is that we will draft an order for the court which permits the state to transcribe the portion of testimony that relates to the perjury and then I believe that we will be briefing as to whether or not they are entitled to other portions of that testimony,” Canepa said.
Owen cited a rule and stated that the defendant is entitled to any written or recorded statements by the defendant including grand jury testimony by the defendant.
“Fredericka, because she is a decent person who is falsely accused of being on the wrong side of the law, testified at length before the grand jury before she hired me — I think for several hours,” Owen said. “And our position is we’re entitled to all her grand jury testimony.”
Owen said that the defense would like a trial date as soon as possible and asked that they be provided with all of Wagner’s testimony and not just the portion offered by the state. He also mentioned the context of the grand jury questions, stating that Wagner does not have good hearing and indicating that she may have had difficulty understanding the questions.
Canepa indicated that the state can have their brief on the matter filed by the end of the month.
The defense can then respond to the state’s brief prior to a ruling.
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Prosecutor does not want to turn over FW full testimony before Grand Jury. Fredericka testified (per Owens admission) for several hours. Without an attorney. My opinion, FW mistakenly thought she was able to serve her own and her Families needs quite easily.
