GUILTY TX - Lauren Landavazo, 13, killed & one injured in shooting, Wichita Falls, 2 Sept 16

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 26m26 minutes ago
30th District Judge Bob Brotherton recesses the jury until 12:15 for an early lunch so attorneys can work on the charge.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 24m24 minutes ago
Lott and his defense team conversing.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 18m18 minutes ago
Vern Landavazo, Lauren Landavazo’s father, testified earlier that he is a retired Air Force veteran now working a civilian job.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 17m17 minutes ago
Parents talk of the terrible impact of shooting at Kody Lott murder trial via @timesrecordnews

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 15m15 minutes ago
Jury is back & listening to the judge read the charge for punishment.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 13m13 minutes ago
The charge is basically instructions for jury on the punishment range & terms of parole & community supervision issues.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 13m13 minutes ago
Judge Brotherton: Jurors can’t hold it against Lott that he didn’t take the stand.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 12m12 minutes ago
Judge Brotherton: Don’t let bias or sympathy influence your decision.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 11m11 minutes ago
Judge reads the forms the jury will fill in the blanks for prison sentence & fines.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 10m10 minutes ago
Special Prosecutor Ron Poole begins state’s final arguments.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 9m9 minutes ago
Poole: “He is violent. He is vicious, & he’s a predator” — about Lott.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 7m7 minutes ago
Poole: I needed a tissue & so did others during Shamekia’s testimony but not Lott.

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Poole: That’s because he doesn’t have a conscience.

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Poole’s voice breaks at times as he discusses the horror for witnesses who were at the crime scene.

 

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Poole: “No newspaper or television can bring you the odor of fresh blood. You’ve got to be at the crime scene.”

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Poole: Ladies & gentlemen, you heard that Makayla can’t be separated from her phone. She has to talk to her friends. “She didn’t tell Lauren she loved her that day.”

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Poole: Vern said he and his wife didn’t think they would survive the grief. He and Bianka went for midnight walks to celebrate making it another day.

 

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Poole: “Bianka, the mother, sweet lady over here. Sad face.” Poole stood in front of Bianka for a moment.

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Poole: The state is asking the jury for life in this case.

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Poole concludes.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 20s21 seconds ago
Assistant District Attorney David Bost begins the defense’s final arguments.

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Bost: “We respect & accept your verdict. ... But this is a different phase. This is a phase of punishment.”

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In his short speech, Bost asks the jury to weigh all the factors such as Lott’s severe mental illness, controllable with medication, & think of how people can change.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 3m3 minutes ago
Wichita County Criminal DA Maureen Shelton begins her part of final arguments.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 4m4 minutes ago
Shelton: We have evil sitting right over there at counsel table. “Won’t even look at me.”

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Shelton refers to statements Lott made during the police interview.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 3m3 minutes ago
Shelton: He called it “a sophisticated assasination” & was angry a newscaster called it senseless.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Shelton projects images on a screen to drive home her points.

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Words Shelton uses to describe Lott. Cold, Callous, and Calculated.

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Shelton: The Landavazos will never see their daughter graduate or help her move into her dorm room? No. No more firsts.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 48s48 seconds ago
The last thing Shelton does in her final argument is to play the recording of Bianka Landavazo’s screams in the alleyway upon finding out her daughter was hurt.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Bianka cries audibly, her sobs mingling with her screams from two years ago.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 2m2 minutes ago
Jury files out at 1 pm to begin deliberating on Lott’s punishment.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 9m9 minutes ago
Jury has punishment verdict — about 18 minutes of deliberation.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 6m6 minutes ago
Jury gives Lott life in prison for murder of Lauren Landavazo & for agg assault 20 years. $20,000 in fines

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 1m1 minute ago
Family members are tearful.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
In an interview with the TRN, Faye Landavazo, Lauren’s grandmother, said Lott is evil and cruel but needs to be locked up where he can get help.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
The mood is lighter in court than it has been in almost 2 weeks. Vern Landavazo talks to DA Shelton.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
30th District Judge Bob Brotherton is likely talking to jurors. He told them he wanted to speak with them before he left.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
Kody Lott getting formally sentenced.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
Shamekia Smith giving victim impact statement. “You are an evil person.”

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Vern Landavazo giving impact statement: “Kody look at me.”

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
Vern: When I first saw you, you looked evil. Then after you were on medication, you looked like a scared little boy.

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I was too ashamed to tell anyone, even my wife, that I felt pity for you.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
Vern:”The only thing you said that was right, is that she wa an angel.”

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
Vern: In your miserable existence, I hope you follow what we are trying to do in Lauren’s memory.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
Vern’s statement is moving & gripping.

Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 5h5 hours ago
Judge Brotherton says Lott is going to Tarrant County SO & then to Wichita County SO to be remanded into custody of TDCJ.

 

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Trish Choate‏ @Trishapedia 4h4 hours ago
Jurors sentence Kody Lott to life in prison for murder of Lauren Landavazo https://wtrne.ws/2DiyVFc via @timesrecordnews

 

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