Court. Hmmm...

[NightrainSrt4]

Just got up into New Hampshire at my mother's and brother's. My father's trial, for the stabbings of my mom and brother last September, starts tomorrow. From what I understand he is up for two life sentences plus some.

Sometime this week hopefully this will all have an end. Wish us luck, we need it. I'm sure he is going to try and pull out everything he can on this one. Somehow he has 4 state appointed attorneys (had another but fired one ... ? ... lol). I didn't think they could do that, but with this economy they probably gave a few people a job for a year with all this excitement.

[blueonblack]

Best of luck, let us know how things turn out.

[xRyokenx]

Good luck with all of it.

[OvRiDe]

A very sincere Good LUCK!!!

[NightrainSrt4]

Thanks everyone! I guess tomorrow the doctors and police and such make their testimonies and then on Wednesday my mother and brothers make theirs. Not sure when he makes his yet.

Kinda just want closure on all this.

[Oneslowz28]

GL man if you need to talk hit me up.

[DonT-FeaR]

/\ agrreed.. im here as are the rest of tbcs..


good luck mate.

[Eclecticos]

That is unfortunate. I wish you the best.

[XcOM]

i rem you saying when this happened,

I wish you and all who is close to you the best,

I hope that from all that comes from this it will bring you closer together.

Need anything, just ask..

XxOM

[SXRguyinMA]

good luck man, hope all goes well :up:

[BerticusPryme]

I wish you the best man. Hopefully this gives a bit of closure to the whole thing. Just remember what ever happens you have the family here at TBCS.

[Bopher]

I hope this doesn't get drawn out to much for you and your family. But I'll be back in the N. MA and S. NH area next week if you need someone to talk to.

[NightrainSrt4]

Thanks guys. Day one done. He was not happy to see me there. At one point he turned and glared at me, and then if my mouthreading skills are any good, he got pissed and said to his lawyers "why are they allowed to be here?", lol.

The defense played down everything. They kept using the term "superficial", playing on the connotation of the word to the jury, and not the denotation. They also were obviously pushing for mistrial with the way they were trying to imply the police tampered with evidence and its location.

I grabbed the official case number off the board when I left ;). I will post that up when I grab the paper out of the car.

[xRyokenx]

Hahaha, how could the police tamper with wounds? "Oh, they tampered with the wounds by bandaging them so those don't count." :rolleyes:

[TheGreatSatan]

Wow, I didn't know that any of this ever happened. So sorry for your situation. +Rep

BTW, I reached Elite modder status (Second to only Bucko) and this rep carries weight :D

[NightrainSrt4]

Thanks.

They were trying to get the cops to admit that they went against standard procedure when they found the knife my father used to stab them.

The officer testified that they could not find a weapon, and out of the corner of his eye he saw a shadow under the vacuum cleaner within arms reach of my father's position. He lifted the vacuum cleaner and found the weapon, but he didn't want to put it back on top of the knife and risk damaging it so he put the vacuum directly beside it. The defense attorneys were trying to get the officer on duty to admit it was wrong to do, but two officers stated that was the most appropriate thing to do at the time, and immediately photographed the scene, including the knife.

A lot of their defense seems to be quite reaching to me, but to be quite honest the woman attorney is the one that scares me. Not because she is a woman but because of the technique she uses. She gets a person on a string of quick questions rapid fire then slips a question that is incorrect at them and gets them to say yes to something that is wrong. She then keeps going quickly so they don't have a chance to interrupt her. The two officers fell for her trickiness, but went straight out and interrupted her to clarify. I'm not sure my little brothers are going to be able to be bold enough to do that if she pulls that stunt on them.

[billygoat333]

slippery. I also remember when this crap went down, I hope you get the closure you and your family needs to heal and move on from such a tramatic event. I also will be there for ya if you need anything. Hell, I am sure the whole board is here for you. Good luck, and know that we are rooting for you guys.

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

i rly hope he gets nailed... he deserves it... and i personally hope... someone inside lets the others know hes a kid and wife abuser... they dont like those in there..they RLY dont like em in there...they may be criminals.. but there is still a moral system/code to run by..
he'll be beggin for PC (protective custody)

[TheGreatSatan]

Do you have to testify?

[NightrainSrt4]

Sorry just got back, ate, and got settled in after the second night.

I do not testify and cannot. I was not their at the incident, and none of the past abuse, death threats, anything is permissible to the Supreme court. Only people who were there and involved directly. It was to the point that the woman next door and her friend who were looking out the window, the 911 phone call couldn't be allowed because the woman speaking on the telephone was relaying the information of what her friend was seeing at the window because she was too squeemish of the blood everywhere. I don't see why they didn't use software the enhance the woman at the windows voice so you could here it better, as it was clearly caught by the tape, but ehh. There were 4 other 911 calls that were made anyway.

The man that saved my mother's life testified today. And his testimony really started to put the nails in the coffin it would seem. My father's pleaded self defense. From what I can see the basis he was going on was he had a cut on his neck, but according to multiple testimonies it was after all the stabbings occurred and not my brother originally attacking him. The man also saw my father with no wound before he ran back into the house, alone with the youngest brother, only to come out with a small cut on his neck. So no way he can say my other brother, the one stabbed, started it by cutting him first.

The rest of my family testifies tomorrow, then defense gets their turn. It's going to be an emotional day tomorrow. Yesterday and today was doctors and officers and strangers, tomorrow the emotional stuff comes out with the families testimonies.

[OvRiDe]

I would have imagined there would have been some character witnesses allowed. Seems like it would have been an important factor in the case against him.

Hang in there, I can't imagine what tomorrow is going to be like for you and your family. My heart goes out to you all.

[NightrainSrt4]

Today went well, still have tomorrow. My mother, two brothers, and another cop testified today. The state rested, and the defense started theirs.

I helped the case today. The defense was using a diagram of the house, but used a "not to scale" tag to make it seem okay to have it completely out of whack. The kitchen/dining room only has maybe 30sq feet of space but they played on the diagram which had what appeared to be over 300. They were making statements about placement of people and directionality, but because of the diagram being way off scale was helping there case way too much. I had a note sent to the prosecutor and he got it clarified that you cant walk in that space and what they were saying my father would have to run to get one place to the next was actually only 3 paces.

Turned out after that the prosecutor was having me watch everything and during recess he asked me my opinions on things and when we went back in my thoughts were the first addressed. ;). Completely wiped everything the defense was working for. :banana:

Tomorrow my father will be given the opportunity to take the stand. We will see what he does. Hopefully he digs his grave deeper.

And I just found out my father turned down the state's low offer (guilty plea) at the beginning of the trial of 15-30 years. So hopefully things continue to go well and they nail that somnavabeech for big time.:fight:

[billygoat333]

Hopefully!

I can't believe he thinks he can win this case. Seems pretty ridiculous to me. I woulda taken the plea if I were in his shoes. but obviously if he is capable of doing that kind of violence, he most likely doesn't have the best judgment thats for damn sure.

[NightrainSrt4]

It's all over. I was really scared during deliberations as the defense attorney was, and as much as I feel I should hate them (it's just a job though), brilliant.

The Verdicts:

1. First Degree Assault against Corey
Guilty

2. First Degree Assault against Mom
Guilty

3. Attempted Murder against Mom
NOT Guilty

It was really either 2. or 3. if he was found guilty, and because he called 911 it showed reasonable doubt that he wasn't planning on killing her. I understood it right away and was expecting that. My mother didn't for a while until I explained it.

So at a minimum by NH law we are looking at 15 years, and with a maximum of 30 years. The prosecutor said he couldn't see how it couldn't be the maximum sentence, especially how the judge was not happy with my father's demeanor when he gave his testimony.

So by all hopes, I will be 52 years old when he gets out of jail. Rot in prison biatch.

[blueonblack]

Excellent news, thanks for the update and I hope this brings some measure of closure to you and your family so you can move on.

[NightrainSrt4]

Thanks. It does bring some closure. I guess it won't feel that way till the sentencing trial in August, but it definitely brings some. My mom is still depressed a bit because it doesn't feel like enough. And she feels horrible because she said that part of her, even just a very small part, feels a bit sympathetic towards him, and she is confused and doesn't know why part of her feels that way.

Just a hectic issue. 22 years of abuse finally comes around to attempt to even out. I was always told that he would get what was coming to him, but in all my years he always lived above the rules and laws. Finally it has caught up to him. Fricken finally.

[BerticusPryme]

I am not only happy for you but your family. Now that all this is said and done it is time for your mom,brother, and yourself to pick up the peices and rebuild. Yes karma is an evil thing and looks like it did come back and bite him finally. Best of luck to you and the family.

[NightrainSrt4]

Thank you. We are going to try and do what we can. I really know none of my brothers all that well, but that is something that can be fixed now. No need to avoid the place because I didn't want to see him.

Now it's just getting over the long drive and 300 mile distance, lol.

[chaksq]

I am glad to hear things worked out alright. I wish you the best of luck in reconnecting with your family members now that you have the opportunity to safely do so.

[NightrainSrt4]

My mom is freaking out constantly and b*tching about how long he is going to be in there. Honestly at this point I am like get the frick over it. You can't change the laws and I doubt he is going to last more than 15 years, which is the minimum.

They tried him for the maximum possible under NH law. Her issue is that she worries she might take him back when he gets out. Well that's just fricken dandy. Don't complain about the laws when the issue is her and not them. Just fricken frustrating, and I'm tired of hearing about it. It's over and done with.

[progbuddy]

Yeah. I hope everything goes well. Sounds like you all should go on a relaxing vacation or something. I know I would want to after all this hectic stuff.

[NightrainSrt4]

Yes, I do. As much as I love them, sleeping in a bed that is not mine, not seeing my fiance or cats and gecko for a week, and dealing with this trial and all the emotions involved is very daunting.

A lot of emotion and frustrations all around. I can not wait to head back home tomorrow morning.