Judge Angela Duncan
Appearances
Murder In America
EP. 191: GEORGIA - The Child In The Trash Bag: The Disturbing Murder of Amari Hall
All right, Ms. Owens, will you please rise? In the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, State of Georgia, on the matter of the State of Georgia v. Celeste Alexandria Owens, indictment number 24B-03590-11, verdict of the jury. We, the jury, find the defendant as follows. Count one, malice murder, guilty. Count two, felony murder, guilty. Count three, felony murder, guilty.
Murder In America
EP. 191: GEORGIA - The Child In The Trash Bag: The Disturbing Murder of Amari Hall
Count four, felony murder, guilty. Count five, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count six, aggravated battery, guilty. Count seven, aggravated assault, guilty. Count eight, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count nine, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count 10, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty.
Murder In America
EP. 191: GEORGIA - The Child In The Trash Bag: The Disturbing Murder of Amari Hall
Count 11, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count 12, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count 13, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count 14, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count 15, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count 16, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty.
Murder In America
EP. 191: GEORGIA - The Child In The Trash Bag: The Disturbing Murder of Amari Hall
Count 17, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count 18, cruelty to children in the first degree, guilty. Count 19, concealing the death of another, guilty. And count 21, making a false statement, guilty.
Murder In America
EP. 191: GEORGIA - The Child In The Trash Bag: The Disturbing Murder of Amari Hall
This is by far the most heinous evil that I have ever seen in my entire career. And I do not understand it. As attorneys, jurists, we see really good people come in front of us based on their really worst days. But you didn't just have a bad day. The crimes and evil that was perpetrated against these three children is something that I will never understand, nor will I ever forget it.
Murder In America
EP. 191: GEORGIA - The Child In The Trash Bag: The Disturbing Murder of Amari Hall
Based on that, the court does hereby sentence you as follows. Account one, malice murder. You are hereby sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Counts seven merges with count three. Seven into four. I'm sorry, seven into four. Counts six merges into count three. And count five merges to count two. Counts two, three, and four are vacated by operation of law.
Murder In America
EP. 191: GEORGIA - The Child In The Trash Bag: The Disturbing Murder of Amari Hall
On the remaining counts, counts eight through 18. and counts 19 and 21, the court does hereby sentence you to consecutive 235 years. So life without parole plus 235 years. You will never see the light of day to perpetrate this type of behavior, cruelty, and evilness upon another person. Go to death.