GUILTY WA - Janell Knight, Joseph Lamar, & Zachary Thompson, slain, Woodland, 15 July 2016

[cvaldez1975]

eh just as well. LWOP will be easier to get. long as this guy isn't back on the streets.

Woodland Triple Homicide Suspect Won't Get Death Penalty

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Trial for triple-murder suspect pushed back to October

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/mar/23/trial-for-triple-murder-suspect-pushed-back-to-october/

Brent Ward Luyster’s triple-murder and attempted jail escape trial — originally set to start April 17 — was pushed back this morning to Oct. 30 after the court determined the defense will not be ready in time.

Vancouver attorney Chuck Buckley, who was appointed to represent Luyster about two weeks ago, said his client’s prior counsel had not started any fact-finding interviews with witnesses. The prosecution said it plans to call 40 witnesses to testify at Luyster’s trial and that there are about 10,000 pages of discovery, or evidence, to review.

Buckley told the court that he believes he will be ready to go by the October trial date.

Luyster objected to the set over.

However, Lewis told Luyster that he has to balance his right to a speedy trial with effective assistance of counsel. Even if Luyster retained his last attorneys, Lewis said they wouldn’t have been ready to go to trial this spring or summer, based on the lack of witness interviews.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Judge OKs 2nd defense attorney for triple-murder suspect

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jun/14/judge-oks-2nd-defense-attorney-for-triple-murder-suspect/

Clark County Superior Court Judge Robert Lewis on Tuesday granted triple-murder suspect Brent Ward Luyster a second defense attorney for his case.

Lewis appointed Vancouver attorney Steve Rucker as co-counsel with Luyster’s current attorney, Chuck Buckley.

He argued the case is more complex than he initially thought and that the amount of work requires a second attorney. Luyster is scheduled for trial Oct. 30.

 

[0101ABA]

Judge will let Luyster be in court unshackled

Woodland triple-homicide suspect Brent Luyster will be unshackled when he appears for lengthier court proceedings and meetings with his attorneys at the Clark County Jail, following a judge’s ruling Friday. The ruling is contingent on Luyster’s behavior, however.

Superior Court Judge Robert Lewis granted the defense’s request after listening to arguments made on behalf of Luyster and the jail.

 

[Alice253]

BAD decision by this judge, IMO.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/oct/19/judge-rules-triple-homicide-suspect-luyster-marriage-invalid/

Judge Robert Lewis on Thursday found that the alleged marriage of triple-homicide suspect Brent Luyster and his alleged accomplice, Andrea Sibley, was invalid at the time of the July 2016 fatal shooting, thwarting the defense’s attempt to keep Sibley from testifying against Luyster at trial.

The ruling was among about a half-dozen motions brought by Luyster’s defense team during an hours-long hearing, in which the attorneys and judge cruised through a number of issues in Clark County Superior Court.

Luyster’s defense team filed motions to suppress firearms found during a police canine search in Longview, suppress evidence found in a storage unit belonging to Sibley, prohibit Sibley from testifying against Luyster, amend a shackling order against Luyster and change the trial venue, among other routine, pretrial matters.

Luyster’s trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 30, though jury selection may take the first part of the week.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Attorneys call ready on Luyster’s triple-murder trial

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/oct/26/attorneys-call-ready-on-luysters-triple-murder-trial/

Both the prosecution and defense said Thursday that they are ready to go forward with triple-homicide suspect Brent Luyster’s aggravated murder trial Monday morning.

The attorneys will address any pretrial motions and begin jury selection at that time.

The trial in Clark County Superior Court is expected to last about a month.

Trial set to begin for triple murder suspect: 'Whether we win or not, we are losing'

Danette Anderson's 38-year-old son Joseph LeMar is one of the people Luyster is accused of killing in Woodland, Washington back in July 2016.

Capital punishment is off the table after the prosecuting attorney said he would not seek the death penalty.

“I'm disappointed we are going for everything but capital punishment, the whole thing is disappointing to me. Whether we win or not we are losing... he's still alive,” Anderson said.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Opening statements in Luyster trial expected Wednesday

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/oct/31/opening-statements-in-luyster-trial-expected-wednesday/

Prosecutors and Brent Luyster’s defense team are expected to deliver opening statements Wednesday morning in his triple aggravated murder trial in Clark County Superior Court.

The court impaneled a jury of 12 and three alternates late Tuesday afternoon following two days of jury selection. The 15 jurors were selected out of 92 who were called in to potentially serve.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Trial for Woodland triple murder suspect continues: 'I know Brent Luyster shot me'

http://katu.com/news/local/trial-fo...uspect-continues-i-know-brent-luyster-shot-me

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Luyster trial: Bloody note from victim presented to jury

https://www.columbian.com/news/2017/nov/06/luyster-trial-bloody-note-from-victim-presented-to-jury/

As Breanne Leigh choked on her own blood from a gunshot wound to her face, unable to speak, she hastily scribbled a bloody note identifying Brent Luyster as the shooter.

The note was a key piece of physical evidence presented to the jury Monday in Luyster’s triple aggravated murder trial in Clark County Superior Court.

About a dozen witnesses testified on behalf of the prosecution’s case Monday, including Clark County sheriff’s Deputy Bryce Smith, who said he met with Leigh at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver after she was shot.

Smith described being “amazingly impressed” by Leigh’s level of focus and attention, despite her injuries. He said she didn’t appear to be confused, intoxicated or impaired.

http://katu.com/news/local/detectives-testify-in-woodland-triple-murder-trial-show-evidence-from-shooting-survivor

On Monday, prosecutors entered into evidence messages written on a tissue box, medical paperwork as well as police paperwork. The most shocking entry of the day was a piece of paper where Deputy Smith says he had asked who shot her. Leigh responded by writing, "Brent Luyster." She then went on to write, "He's in big trouble [with the] feds."

The court learned that Luyster's son, who was present at the time of the shooting, seemed to struggle when he talked to officers the day after the murders.

“’I'm not going to talk to the feds. I'm not a squealer,’” one investigator said, remembering Luyster’s son’s words. “He was very angry. He cried for a moment, and he was very angry.”

 

[JerseyGirl]

Son refuses to testify in father's triple murder trial

http://katu.com/news/local/son-refuses-to-testify-in-fathers-triple-murder-trial-brent-luyster

 

[cvaldez1975]

that poor kid never had a chance. hes already in jail for something else. he cant snitch on his own dad. its the right thing, but he cant.

 

[HoneyWest]

Watch: Neo-Nazi's son flips out during triple murder trial of father

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/watch-neo-nazis-son-flips-out-during-triple-murder-trial-of-father/

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Jury still deliberating in Luyster triple-murder case

https://www.columbian.com/news/2017/nov/16/jurors-seek-clarification-in-luyster-triple-murder-case/

The case went to the jury shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday. So far, jurors have deliberated for about 11 hours.

Luyster is facing three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder and one count each of first- and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. If the jury does not find premeditation for the slayings of Thompson and LaMar, they can consider second-degree murder, instead.

The jury must also determine if certain aggravating circumstances exist — whether there was more than one victim and the murders were part of a common scheme or plan, and if the person committed the murder to conceal the commission of a crime.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Luyster found guilty of three counts of aggravated murder

https://www.columbian.com/news/2017/nov/17/luyster-guilty-murder/

Family members sobbed and embraced, rallying around shooting survivor Breanne Leigh, after a Clark County jury found Brent Luyster guilty of triple aggravated murder Friday morning.

Luyster, 37, now faces a mandatory life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole.

He will be sentenced Dec. 4. Prosecutors will address his pending charges in an alleged attempted escape from the Clark County Jail at that time.

“We can finally breathe after a year and a half,” LaMar’s sister, Abia Nunn, told media outside the courthouse. “Walking in was extremely stressful, because you don’t know what they are going to say. Hearing those words just felt like someone took a tremendous weight off of our shoulders.”

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Judge agrees to postpone Luyster sentencing

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/dec/04/judge-agrees-to-postpone-luyster-sentencing/

The decision to postpone sentencing came after prosecuting attorneys divulged that a juror may have been influenced during deliberations by seeing Luyster’s shaved head — revealing a tattoo of SS bolts, a neo-Nazi symbol.

Luyster’s defense attorney, Steve Rucker, said Monday that they learned of the juror communication late last week. Although the deadline to file a motion for a new trial has passed, Lewis extended the period in light of the new information.

Luyster will be back in court Dec. 15 for Lewis to address the defense’s request. If the motion is denied, sentencing will presumably go forward.

 

[cvaldez1975]

I hope he doesn't get a new trial based on a juror seeing what is actually tattooed BY HIM onto his head.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Murderer Brent Luyster receives consecutive life sentences

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/dec/15/murderer-brent-luyster-denied-new-trial/

Breanne Leigh turned to Brent Luyster — the man who killed her significant other and shot her in the face, leaving her for dead — and held up photos of her young daughters.

“I should not be the one looking them in their face and telling them why their dad is not here. That should be your job. How could you take their dad, Brent? Why did you take their dad from them? I want to know why, why execution style, kill the people you call your friends and family?” Leigh said through tears at Luyster’s sentencing Friday afternoon.

Luyster appeared to show little reaction as Leigh read her statement. But he furrowed his brow as the judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of release, bringing the saga of one of Clark County’s most notorious murder cases to an end.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Luyster murder trial cost Clark County $374,594

 

[cvaldez1975]

I think most people are noticing it. I hope it's some kind of crazy, desperate, last gasp before they go back underground.

well it wasnt......