Attorney
Appearances
20/20
Bad Rap: Downfall
Agents descending on his Holmby Hills mansion in fatigues, briefly detaining two of Combs' adult sons, seen here wearing handcuffs.
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Bad Rap: Downfall
Sean Diddy Combs denying all the allegations against him, his attorney calling the raids at his home here in Los Angeles and in Miami an unprecedented ambush and a gross overuse of military-level force.
20/20
True Crime Vault: Family Secrets
I have no choice to respond and to begin to fight for what I know is right.
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True Crime Vault: Family Secrets
We were talking to people that were critical witnesses to us that had not spoken to the prosecutor's office.
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True Crime Vault: Family Secrets
Kim with us was nonstop digging, digging for answers, getting proof. We were on an island all on our own.
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True Crime Vault: Family Secrets
Fortunately, Damon Tyner became prosecutor and his team came to the conclusion that this case should be prosecuted.
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True Crime Vault: Family Secrets
This is unit. This is Charlie 500 East. Nice to meet you all.
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True Crime Vault: Family Secrets
Drop the gun! Drop the gun! Behind the scenes, Kim was nonstop digging, digging for answers, getting proof.
20/20
Who Is The Delphi Killer?
The fact that the police sketch was out there, right, and he wasn't arrested for five years, and he's someone who lived there and was an ingrained member of the community that no one put, like, two and two together, that period of time actually tells me this is how much people actually didn't suspect him of being the killer.
20/20
Who Is The Delphi Killer?
I don't think I've ever seen anything like that before. Typically confess one time, right? They don't do so over and over and over.
20/20
Bad Romance: Barefoot Witness
I thought we had raised enough reasonable doubt that the result would have been different.
20/20
True Crime Vault: Undercover Mother
All right, go ahead. Don't answer. There's no reason to answer a question like that. See, in one of the tape recordings, you say you hate Jews. That's your interpretation of the tape recordings.
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True Crime Vault: Undercover Mother
Mark, this is ridiculous. This is the most ridiculous questions I've ever heard. These questions are nothing but tidbits. This is a bunch of malarkey.
20/20
The Lies Beneath
And can you go ahead and read that message to the jury, please? The flowers that were delivered to Vanessa Townsend were actually paid for from Lori Shaver's bank records.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
general of the jury. But it's built by the state of West Virginia on conjectures and innuendos, and glaringly lacking in both this and the evidence necessary to prove that Mike Lyon killed her husband. Natalie understood that we cannot present a defense that would somehow skirt the issue of the Ponzi scheme or that would hide it from the jury.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
We admitted to the jury what was well known to everybody. The fact that she is perhaps a fraud and perhaps a cheat. and that you wouldn't perhaps want to invite her home for Sunday dinner, that you wouldn't like her, does not translate into being a murderer.
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Small Town, Big Con
No. It was important to hammer home that Michael Cochrane was at least cognizant of the scheme because it would destroy the state's theory of why it happened. Have you, in your thorough investigation of this case, talked to the children of Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane? No.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Would it surprise you if I told you that they observed their parents' work on the federal contracts, and you're telling this jury that he had no knowledge of these contracts?
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
There was no forensic evidence to tie her to a murder. Zero forensic evidence.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Is that the action of a planning cold-blooded killer? She would get that insulin ahead of time. not on the day of the murder, and involved two witnesses against her right there and then.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
It's a horrible tragedy, but a tragedy, not a murder. The state failed to answer a couple of questions, and that is, when did it happen? Where did it happen? How did it happen?
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
There was no deductive reasoning where you would say, well, that was Professor Plum with the candlestick in the study.
20/20
Small Town, Big Con
Ms. Cochran has committed crimes of fraud, but that doesn't make her a murderer. We're asking you to find her not guilty.
20/20
Bad Romance: Doomsday's Bride
This beautiful, vivacious woman, very sexual person, and very manipulative. And she knows how to get what she wants. and she drew Chad Daybell into the relationship.
20/20
Bad Romance: Doomsday's Bride
Alex Cox would do anything and everything to protect, aid, and assist Lori Vallon with whatever she heard of them.
20/20
Bad Romance: Doomsday's Bride
FX presents Welcome to Wrexham. For the last four years, it's been this rollercoaster of magic. The Emmy Award-winning series returns. Come on, Wrexham! With an all-new season. We're going into a really tough division.
20/20
The Code Breakers
You ordinary citizens get to decide whether or not on the day in question, January 14th, 1995, Clayton committed the offense of capital murder. He may not like it, but what he did back in 81, that doesn't make it a murder.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
Child custody cases are always intense. I would say that this one is probably up there really like a 10 out of 10. This one is probably as intense as they ever get.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
She came into my office to ask about possibly representing her to help her get expanded visitation with her child. She wanted to have more overnights with the child and to be able to be a regular mother. We were successful and she obtained more visitation. She would do her visit weekends in my apartment.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
She would tell me how much she enjoyed once her time got expanded, how wonderful it was to be able to have her child overnight. and spend time with her.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
Sorry, more later. She'd gone by John Miller's house. She tried to text him. She tried to email him. She tried to call him.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
She had no idea where John Mello and her daughter had gone. She was in tears because she was like, he's taken her, I don't know where he's gone, and I may never see my daughter again.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
The first clue that she got was a picture that he had posted. And it was in kind of like a courtyard surrounded by buildings. And you could tell that on the building that it was in Italy. You know, she had to blow that picture up in order to try to figure out what the sign said.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
So the Hague Convention governs international child custody disputes. You went to Italy with your sister to get your niece.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
She went to Italy twice. It was the second time that the authorities in Italy handed her daughter to her and told her to take her back to the United States.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
So when Christina came back from Italy with her daughter, she brought her into the office and she was just like all smiles. This is literally the day after she got back.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
I walked into my office one morning, and my paralegal was opening the mail. And she goes, look at this picture. And it was a nude picture of Christina. It was really, I would call it a pornographic picture.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
She said, it has to be John. She said, I just don't know who he would have gotten to send it.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
He started off doing some concerts live, but then when COVID hit, he was doing some busking down in downtown Greenville. And one day, a man walked up to him and asked if he would take a request.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
Mel said, why don't you recharge your batteries and just come over and visit.
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The Rose Petal Murder
What findings did you make as to the lengths that Mr. Mello would go to get custody?
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The Rose Petal Murder
Zach has been waiting for this opportunity. He's been waiting and wanting to tell you why.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
You sent multiple mailers beginning in June and going into July of 2021, is that correct?
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
Well, he got to know the child somewhat. I think Zach is just naturally a caring person, just in general. Another point was Christina Parcell's fiance was a man named Brad Post, and Zach was convinced that Christina Parcell was going to allow him to harm her.
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The Rose Petal Murder
Murder is defined in South Carolina as the killing of another with malice aforethought. Malice is defined as having a dark heart, a wicked and depraved heart. Zach did this without malice. If there's no malice, there's no murder.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
Come on, Wrexham! With an all-new season. We're going into a really tough division.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
He said that he could notice a profound change in her demeanor. The light went out of her eyes. So there were other things like that that corroborated what he believed.
20/20
The Rose Petal Murder
Zach is an extremely intelligent person. He's a very disciplined person. He's not going to be manipulated by a person.
Murder In America
EP. 195: TEXAS - The "Lucky" Serial Killer Kenneth McDuff
We are all very, very happy that this person has been taken off the streets. He can go and kill no more.
Murder In America
EP. 195: TEXAS - The "Lucky" Serial Killer Kenneth McDuff
What you have before you today and what you will see before you in the next two weeks may well rank as one of the most inept, one of the most bungled, one of the most error-prone criminal investigations in the history of the state. It is rife with contradiction. It is rife with gaps. It is replete with mistakes.
Murder In America
EP. 195: TEXAS - The "Lucky" Serial Killer Kenneth McDuff
And it is replete with judgments made not according to evidence, but according to prejudice and hatred, and hatred of one man, Kenneth Allen McDuff.
Murder In America
EP. 199: IDAHO - The Man Who Killed His Neighbor's Family: The Majorjon Kaylor Murders
After you read the defendant his Miranda rights, did the defendant acknowledge those rights? Did he choose to speak with you after that?
Murder In America
EP. 199: IDAHO - The Man Who Killed His Neighbor's Family: The Majorjon Kaylor Murders
After that point, did you begin asking the defendant questions specific to the event? I did. Did the defendant respond to those questions?
Murder In America
EP. 199: IDAHO - The Man Who Killed His Neighbor's Family: The Majorjon Kaylor Murders
He did.
Murder In America
EP. 199: IDAHO - The Man Who Killed His Neighbor's Family: The Majorjon Kaylor Murders
What did you do at that point?
Murder In America
EP. 202: NEW MEXICO - RAPED & MURDERED ON HER 10TH BIRTHDAY: The Story of Victoria Martens
Investigators are looking for an unidentified man connected to the murder of 10-year-old Victoria Martins.
Murder In America
EP. 202: NEW MEXICO - RAPED & MURDERED ON HER 10TH BIRTHDAY: The Story of Victoria Martens
In August 2016, police arrested these three suspects. The girl's mother, Michelle Martins, her boyfriend, Fabian Gonzalez, and Fabian's cousin, Jessica Kelly. They were each charged with murdering the 10-year-old. On Friday, District Attorney Raul Torres announced Fabian and Michelle Martins' murder charges were dropped.
My Friend Daisy
Episode 1 - Sitting Ducks
Today, I am announcing the grand jury indictment for secondary murder of Michael Roy Turney.
Serialously with Annie Elise
241: Twin Sisters Switch Places At Crime Scene, Megan Boswell Mistrial? & BF Shoots GF Thinking She is Going to Eat Him
Judge, it appears what has happened, we have been admitting... what I believe to be screenshots, what I think the court believed to be screenshots of text messages, which were ultimately a created document that were taken from a cell phone dump. We have, I don't know how many exhibits of that.
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241: Twin Sisters Switch Places At Crime Scene, Megan Boswell Mistrial? & BF Shoots GF Thinking She is Going to Eat Him
Notice that on the last one, that exhibit, it came in admittedly without objection because I thought it was a screenshot of the cell phone dump. or a screenshot of the dump itself, but of a screen, hence screenshot. When the last exhibit was published to the jury, it contained a note that Mr. Horn noticed in the letter of our objection that contained a note made by the district attorney's office.
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241: Twin Sisters Switch Places At Crime Scene, Megan Boswell Mistrial? & BF Shoots GF Thinking She is Going to Eat Him
It's already been up on the screen and published to the jury. I have concern now that all of these documents, and I have concern that there could be other errors that we haven't caught.
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211: Hampton’s Sugar Baby Murder, Daughter BBQ’s Mom’s Body, Attorney Buys Teen for Sex & Mica Miller Updates
...loving, compassionate, and understanding woman who was killed, who was asphyxiated by her daughter, and make no mistake... Ms. Candace Craig absolutely committed this crime and she is now being held accountable.
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249: Casey Anthony SPEAKS, JP Miller Accused of Raping Minor, Luxury Real Estate Bros Sex Crimes, and Vile Parents Force Siblings to Beat Up 10 Year Old Son
She went to go see her grandparents. She would go see them and stay with them for the summer. And they belonged to Cathedral Church. And Cathedral Church, which later became All Nations Church, was run by a man by the name of Reginald Wayne Miller. He goes by Wayne Miller, and he is the father of John Paul Miller.
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249: Casey Anthony SPEAKS, JP Miller Accused of Raping Minor, Luxury Real Estate Bros Sex Crimes, and Vile Parents Force Siblings to Beat Up 10 Year Old Son
And one day she went to church with her grandmother and going through the sanctuary, she saw John Paul Miller. He saw her. She spoke to him briefly. And then she went to the bathroom and she came out of the bathroom and he was right there waiting for her, which was right beside, coincidentally, close to his father's office. He then took her and forced her through a hallway and into a car.
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249: Casey Anthony SPEAKS, JP Miller Accused of Raping Minor, Luxury Real Estate Bros Sex Crimes, and Vile Parents Force Siblings to Beat Up 10 Year Old Son
He had his truck conveniently sitting right there by the exit, and he raped her.
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249: Casey Anthony SPEAKS, JP Miller Accused of Raping Minor, Luxury Real Estate Bros Sex Crimes, and Vile Parents Force Siblings to Beat Up 10 Year Old Son
It's alleged in the complaint. And he came to her and went in like he was going to hug her. And as he did, he literally stuck his hand down her pants and grabbed her in the genital area. And there was a friend that was there with her.
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244: Cultfluencer: The Dark Side of YouTube’s ‘Perfect’ Mom | Ruby Franke Devil in The Family
That's the first question that I asked Kevin. And I know that everyone has that question about why was he not there? Why was he not involving himself in his kids' lives during that period of time? But it's become abundantly clear that both he and his entire family were being manipulated by someone who's a so-called professional in mental health and in therapy and counseling, Jodi Hildebrand.
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244: Cultfluencer: The Dark Side of YouTube’s ‘Perfect’ Mom | Ruby Franke Devil in The Family
They came under her penumbra. She basically took over their lives. And ironically, this is how twisted the advice was that she was giving them was that Kevin needed to be out of the home, away from his children and away from his wife, separated from them in order to save their family and save their marriage. And Kevin's a man who was desperate to save his marriage and his family.
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244: Cultfluencer: The Dark Side of YouTube’s ‘Perfect’ Mom | Ruby Franke Devil in The Family
He loved his wife, he loved his children, but took this corny advice of this therapist, and was absent from the home for 12 or 13 months until all these horrific allegations came forward.
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244: Cultfluencer: The Dark Side of YouTube’s ‘Perfect’ Mom | Ruby Franke Devil in The Family
JOHN YANG With regard to the previous allegations that were referred to DCFS.
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244: Cultfluencer: The Dark Side of YouTube’s ‘Perfect’ Mom | Ruby Franke Devil in The Family
It's an absolutely fair question, but because of the absence, his absence, and because of the manipulation by Jodi Hildebrandt upon these children, who she pretty much had under her exclusive control between she and Ruby, there has become a rift. These children have become brainwashed and actually, at this point,
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244: Cultfluencer: The Dark Side of YouTube’s ‘Perfect’ Mom | Ruby Franke Devil in The Family
are being held by the state in an effort to finalize and get some expert professional help to help them overcome this brainwashing that they have
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
The state's theory in this matter is that Tim left his 5-year-old, his 10-year-old, and his 12-year-old home alone in the middle of the night. He rode a bike from 16th and Hampshire to 24th and Kentucky Road. He shimmied up the side of his house. It broke in using his crowbar.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
He walked in through the window, left a footprint on the floor, kicked down Becky's door and shot her 14 times, and then rode that bike back home. That's essentially what the state is wanting you to believe happened in this matter. But let's talk a little bit more about what the evidence actually is and what it shows and what it will not show. I want to talk about the bike.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
bike was found somewhere around 18th street abandoned the state believes that that was the bike that was used in the commission of this crime they believed in it so much that they took the handlebars off of that bike and they sent it to the illinois state crime lab and the reason that they did that was so that they could try to find dna fingerprints something to link that bike to tim
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
you will hear from the lab experts that did the testing on that bike. And you will not hear any evidence that there's any trace of his DNA or his fingerprints on that bike. You will also hear and you will see a lot of surveillance video. And you will hear about the lengths that Quincy Police Department went to find viable, useful surveillance video
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
in this matter in hopes that they could find the perpetrator of this crime somewhere between his house and her house. Now, they did find some video of somebody going somewhere, but that's all the video shows. You don't know if this is a man or a woman. You don't know if they're young or they're old. We don't know what race they are. We don't know how tall they are.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
We don't know how much they weigh. We don't know what colors they were wearing. We don't know where they were coming from. We don't know where we were going. We don't even know if this is the same person on each of these videos that you are going to see. The person on these videos is not identifiable by any characteristics whatsoever.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
And what I assert to you is that in order for you to believe beyond a reasonable doubt that Tim killed his wife, as the state has said, then you are going to have to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that that is Tim on that bike. Now, you are the ones that are going to ultimately make that decision.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
But what I am telling you right now, what the state told you in their opening statement, they've admitted it. You cannot tell who was on that bike, let alone with any degree of certainty, say that it was Tim. Shimmied up the side of the house, used a crowbar to open the window.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
Now, during the course of the investigation, Quincy Police Department took a multi-tool and a crowbar from Tim's possession. I'll give them that. He could have that. I think during one of the searches, he actually told the police where the multi-tool was.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
But they were so certain that this crowbar was used in the commission of the crime, and so certain that this multi-tool was used in the commission of the crime, that they sent it to the crime lab for further testing.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
to identify the tool marks and match the tool to the marks because arguably the tool that left the marks is the tool that was used to open the window they tested the multi-tool the multi-tool was excluded completely being used in the commission on this crime they tested the crowbar the crowbar is inconclusive folks they cannot say with any reasonable degree of certainty
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
or scientific certainty that that crowbar opened that window. If that isn't enough reasonable doubt for you, I'll keep going. The state's further theory is that the perpetrator of this crime broke open the window, stepped down onto a side table, and then left a footprint on the carpet. They were so certain about this footprint that they cut it out of the carpet and they sent it to the crime lab.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
they took no less than six pairs of Tim's shoes during the execution of their search warrants, presumably thinking that if Tim did this, certainly whoever left that footprint did the crime, he linked the footprint to Tim, pays Flo's job back.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
Well, you will hear about the testing that was done on that footprint, and you will hear that none of the shoes that were taken from Tim or anybody else in this matter can be linked to making that footprint. So we cannot say, the state cannot say, the crime lab cannot say with any reasonable degree of certainty that that footprint was made by Tim or any of Tim's shoes.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
Now I suspect that you will also hear about one other individual who QPD took a picture of his shoe. I don't expect that you will hear any evidence that that person's shoe was ever analyzed. But that's for another day. Mr. Jones also talked about the Aldi bags that were found at the crime scene. Now, during the course of the investigation, nearly 800 tons of garbage was gone through.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
Ponds were searched, waste lagoons were searched, trailer parks were searched, wood areas were searched. Nothing was found that could link those Aldi bags to Tim. They were so certain
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
that those pieces of plastic were so important that they also sent those pieces of plastic to the state crime lab, and they cannot match the pieces of plastic that were found at the crime scene to all the bags that were found at Tim's house. Again, reasonable doubt.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
It may not seem like a big deal if you look at it on its own, but if you look at the big picture here, folks, the evidence will not show proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Tim committed this crime. They have a great theory. I'll hand that to them. The theory is great, the motive is there.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
Now that Bleaknik's attorneys have started the appeal process for his conviction, defense attorney Casey Schnock, who represented Tim in the 2023 murder trial, applauds the 50-page brief and thinks Bleaknik may have a chance for a new trial.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
When Casey Schnock received the brief from appellate defenders Catherine Hart and James Waller, she says it was the best brief she has read in her practice of law.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
It was interesting to see how it all came together the way that it did. I was very impressive and very creative, and I'm really interested to see what the court does with it.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
Schnack was a defense attorney for Tim Bleifnick back in 2023. Bleifnick was convicted of murdering his estranged wife, Becky Bleifnick, sentencing him to natural life in prison. With a guilty verdict, Schnack says she and Bleifnick were always going to appeal. The appeal that was filed on April 4th details three issues with the Bleifnick murder trial.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
Inadmissible evidence from Becky's family and friends, errors in the closing statement from prosecutor Josh Jones, and potential issues with bias from the presiding judge, Robert Adrian.
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
schnock says their biggest issue was the ceiling and filing of a document by adrian the document stated that the judicial inquiry board filed a three-count complaint against adrian which dated back to 60 days before bliefnick was indicted and nearly 90 days before he was sentenced she says with this document the entire trial changed that was something that we tried to avoid from the very beginning was this purported conflict between
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225: Stalked, Harassed, & Shot 14x on the Bathroom Floor! The Twisted Case of Becky Bliefnick
you know, Judge Adrian an Jib um investigation and says that with the brief This was not a cookie cutter brief and given the issues that were raised in conjunction with the jib commentary, he's got a great shot in my opinion.
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263: Karen Read Retrial: Everything You Need to Know | Facts, Shady Secrets, & Cover Ups
Second trial, the one when they wanted the first trial, but she's innocent. She's factually innocent. There's no way she did it.
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263: Karen Read Retrial: Everything You Need to Know | Facts, Shady Secrets, & Cover Ups
Judge Beverly Canone denied the motion Friday morning. The judge said jurors' private agreements are not the same as a verdict. Because the defendant was not acquitted of any charges, she wrote, and defense counsel consented to the court's declaration of a mistrial, double jeopardy is not implicated.
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263: Karen Read Retrial: Everything You Need to Know | Facts, Shady Secrets, & Cover Ups
In the judge's ruling, she pointed out that during deliberations, defense attorneys asked for the court to move towards a mistrial.
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263: Karen Read Retrial: Everything You Need to Know | Facts, Shady Secrets, & Cover Ups
Twice, Reid's attorneys asked for a dynamite instruction. That's the last step before a hung jury leads to a mistrial.
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263: Karen Read Retrial: Everything You Need to Know | Facts, Shady Secrets, & Cover Ups
But then, when lawyers asked the judge to drop two charges later, they said they never agreed to a mistrial. In her ruling, the judge wrote, in a remarkable turnaround, defense counsel now argues that the result they twice advocated for was sudden and unexpected. The defense was being disingenuous.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
VILE Mother SOLD Her Daughter to be TORTURED & MURDERED
Mr. Williams has been wanting to do this from day one. Obviously, we had an obligation to make sure he's competent to make these decisions. Had to make sure his constitutional rights were protected, that he fully knew everything he charged and all the punishments that were involved. So it's taken this length of time to get here. So Mr. Williams wanted to do this from day one.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
VILE Mother SOLD Her Daughter to be TORTURED & MURDERED
And so we got him to a point where he got what he wanted. And so now we'll move on to the next phases, and we'll see what happens then. What happens now is that there's a jury trial. There's a jury trial, and the jury has to be death qualified. And it's just like any other capital murder case.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
VILE Mother SOLD Her Daughter to be TORTURED & MURDERED
And all we did today is evidence that he is guilty, but it is not proof that he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. So at the next phase, the state will have the burden of providing more evidence to go along with this evidence to prove he's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If they determine that he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, then we go to the next phase.
True Crime with Rachel Shannon
VILE Mother SOLD Her Daughter to be TORTURED & MURDERED
That next phase is a sentencing phase. And at that phase, that's when aggregating and mitigating evidence is presented to determine whether or not he would get death or life without parole.