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Post by queenzod on Jan 19, 2023 18:13:34 GMT
He pleads during an arraignment, I believe, which is an interim procedure between the charges (today), and the jury trial (sometime in the future). The judge has a meeting to explain the charges, makes sure he has proper representation, and asks for his plea. Then the trial date is set.
Pretty sure he’ll plead not guilty, which he absolutely should. They have to prove within a reasonable doubt that he acted recklessly (some say negligently). That’s why the talking heads are saying the DA in this case has overcharged the case and he’ll probably be acquitted, although there’s many months until that happens. Usually they only charge what they think they can absolutely prove, but some DAs overextend because of notoriety or greediness in trying to win a bigger case.
ps. The time period between the arraignment and the trial gives both sides time to prepare, legally. If someone doesn’t have a lawyer, one is appointed at the arraignment. I don’t understand how you have a good defense moving directly from plea to trial if the appointed lawyer has only been on the case for 10 minutes.
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Post by mllemass on Jan 19, 2023 21:24:28 GMT
In the scenario I described, weeks - possibly months - had passed between the nurse being charged and when I saw her in the court room. I don’t remember if they said where she had been during all that time - in jail or at home? Maybe the big “guilty/not guilty” pleading the courtroom, in front of the judge, lawyers and potential jurors is just a formality? The trial definitely began three days later, the following Monday.
My sister was once called for jury duty, but at the end of the day, they were all sent home because the defendant pleaded guilty. And the day I went, most of the time was spent listening to potential jurors trying to get out of it, explaining the the judge why they can’t do it (they had university exams, a trip booked, no one to watch their kids). The judge told all of them that their excuses were denied, but she let them leave because they had so many jurors in the jury pool due to a bunch of them being called back from the day before when someone pleaded guilty so they never went to trial.
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Post by queenzod on Jan 19, 2023 23:26:13 GMT
The plea in front of jurors has to be a formality. How is a lawyer supposed to prepare and represent their client if they don’t know how they will plead? So maybe it’s a repetition of the plea from an earlier time?
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Post by queenzod on Oct 18, 2023 17:05:19 GMT
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Post by queenzod on Jul 13, 2024 1:44:49 GMT
Case dismissed
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Post by jbc12 on Jul 17, 2024 12:59:10 GMT
Her poor family. This has been fumbled from beginning to end. There should never have been a bullet in that gun to begin with, he shouldn't have shot it, he also shouldn't have made himself the victim afterwards, and evidence shouldn't have been withheld. Every part of this went as wrong as it could.
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