Agacinski exposed the ring of snitches in a Feb. 8, 1995 memorandum to Richard Padzieski, WCPO Chief of Operations, a memo which later got wide media coverage. To date, this tape has never been produced or viewed by the defense., Judge Hathaway quoted AP Muscats testimony at the evidentiary hearing: In regard to discovery, there has been some off the record conversations about an in-store video. Your email address will not be published. OCT. 21 2-6 PM | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, PACK COURT TO STOP WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF THELONIOUS SEARCY MON. Read More. PRISONERS, THELONIOUS SEARCY ON NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EXONERATIONS AFTER 19 YR. BATTLE FOR FREEDOM, MICHIGAN LIFER BURT R. LANCASTER EMERGES AS ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST, WAITING FOR SENTENCE RELIEF, LIFE-LONG ACTIVIST EULA POWELL, 85, HELD IN NURSING HOME, GUARDIAN TOOK HER ID, BANK CARD, CAR, ASSETS, APPEALS CT. SAYS COPS HAD NO WARRANT FOR GEORGE RIDERS PHONE; MACOMB CO. COURT HEARING OCT. 26, KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPT. 5 | P a g e prosecution must reveal. Judge Thomas Hathaways complete order granting Thelonious Searcy Motion to Dismiss, Michigan Court of Appeals order vacating Searcy conviction, 10/21/21, Judge Timothy Kennys order denying Searcy motion for relief from judgment Dec. 3, 2018. Defendant argues that the VHS tapes that were confiscated are another reason why his case should be dismissed. Call 313-825-6126 to alert us. A state Court of Appeals panel ruled that AP Muscat and trial judge Kenny deliberately diverted the jurys attention away from those .40 caliber bullets, which were not consistent with the .45 caliber gun that the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon. In video, exoneree Larry Smith (l) and Searcys Continue reading, THELONIOUS SHAWN SEARCY WINS NEW TRIAL; MICH. APPEALS COURT CITES HITMANS CONFESSION, BALLISTICS | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, Searcys appeal of Judge Timothy Kennys Dec. 3, 2018 denial of his motion for a new trial based on actual innocence currently pending Grievance targets repeat offender AP Patrick Muscat, who also falsely prosecuted Davontae Sanford, later freed after nine Continue reading, Above is interview with Thelonious Skinnyman Searcy Dec. 7, 2018, about Judge Timothy Kennys ruling on his wrongful conviction in 2005 for the death of Jamal Segars. He noted in the memo that snitches had been involved in a case he had just tried, likely Wards. They have been charged as adult defendants in this case. 5) Monique Baker McCormick (Dist. On 10/31/2007 STATE OF FLORIDA filed an Other - Other Criminal lawsuit against TAYLOR, TERRY WAYNE. Law enforcement officials in Saginaw County and in Detroit suspected the money was being used for drug trafficking. Attorney Dezsi was appointed to the case for that hearing, and has represented Searcy in years of hearings, evidentiary hearings, and multiple appeals since, as he told VOD. 7) David Knezek (Dist. Zwicker went to the store to confiscate a VHS tape that he placed into evidence. VODsstaff lives either on limited fixed incomes or is incarcerated. document.write( new Date().getFullYear() ); Wayne County, Michigan, All Rights Reserved. On 03/02/2010 STATE OF FLORIDA filed an Other - Other Criminal lawsuit against HILL, THOMAS WAYNE. The Third Judicial Circuit is the largest circuit court in Michigan, with 58 judges and three operating divisions. Angela Wypasek - Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Angela Wypasek joined the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Felony Division in 2018. She helped him file FOIA. 2606 (1993), points to a growing recognition of the difficulty of maintaining absolute prosecutorial immunity when the system imprisons the wrong person for the wrong reason, i.e., when exculpatory evidence has been concealed or incriminating evidence has been fabricated. See:http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp- content/uploads/Dennis-Atkins-National-Registry-of-Exonerations. Lutz retired at the end of 2022, leaving halfway through his term. In Wards case, Collins was the Officer-in-Charge. Torrion Hudson Charged in Domestic Violence Incident. The WCPO earlier declined to comment on the merits of the two lawsuits saying they are subject to pending litigation. to diane_bukowski@hotmail.com. 1) Jonathan C. Kinloch (Dist. The money was seized in Detroit and placed with the Wayne County Asset Forfeiture Unit. A federal lawsuit citing police misconduct was filed against Wilson by Nathaneal Taylor resulted in an undisclosed settlement amount in 2014. Despite Kennys denial of Searcys motion six months afterwards, testimony from that hearing led eventually to todays dismissal of all charges. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Terry Allen Wyrembelski, 21, of Detroit, in connection with the fatal shooting of Jaclyn Wyrembelski, 25, also of Detroit. An . It said Judge Kenny abused his discretion by evaluating and disputing Smothers testimony himself, a matter that is reserved for a jury. Larry Smith with his mother Debra Smith. An online description of the prosecutor's office says Worthy's staff includes more than 180 assistant prosecuting attorneys, 24 investigators and 70 clerical and support staff. The man from Saginaw also benefited from a change in Michigan's forfeiture law in 2019. Kym Worthy is on the August 4 Democratic Primary ballot as a candidate for the office of Wayne County Prosecutor, an office she has held since 2004 when she became the first African American and the first female to hold the position. DETROIT - The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office is dismissing all pending and . 2) Martha G. Scott (Dist. Worthy says she was disgusted and horrified at the discovery, but . But Worthy did not explain why her office took Atkins to trial in 2005 based solely on hearsay testimony, or why it failed to investigate other suspects in the case at the time before sending him to prison for the next 17 years. A Court of Appeals opinion affirming Atkins conviction identified DPDs Sgt. 9) ON MICHIGAN DOC & WAYNE CO. Wayne County prosecutors said CIU investigations have exonerated 14 of the 34 inmates who've been released after CIU investigations since the unit was formed in 2018. GRIEVANCE COMMISSION COMPLAINT, JUDGE KENNY STRIKES DOWN THELONIOUS SEARCY BID FOR FREEDOM ON ACTUAL INNOCENCE OF 2004 MURDER, PROSECUTORS, COPS, TECHS LIED, FALSIFIED EVIDENCE VS. THELONIOUS SEARCY, ATTY. My motivation was getting back to my family. Ward said he never confessed to the murders. Searcy and his attorney said they had repeatedly requested a copy of a VHS tape from a store located adjacent to the shooting scene from the prosecution, but were told the tape did not exist. FREE DARRELL EWING, ALL OTHERS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED, UNJUSTLY SENTENCED | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought. In 2019, Wilson was sued over the illegal eviction of a mother and daughter in Detroit. This case was filed in Escambia County Courts, Escambia County Courthouse located in Escambia, Florida. Adams is himself an exoneree who was wrongfully convicted at the age of 17, and sentenced to 28 years. In a three-day trial decades earlier, Wayne County prosecutors argued the 18-year-old Smith was guilty of first-degree murder and felony firearm based on the testimony of a jailhouse informant. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Bradley Doss Thurman, 19, of Detroit, in connection with the carjacking and fatal shooting of Tracie Golden, 53, also of Detroit. Saginaw man gets back most of $232,000 seized after flight to Detroit, Deadly car crash in Flint Township claims the life of Flushing man, Tracking down owner of forgotten excavator, Department of Health and Human Services approves Medicaid expansion for Flint, Here's when McDonald's is bringing back the Shamrock Shake, Flint City administrator, CFO: $30 million for water bills not nearly enough, Plans on hold for new Chipotle in Grand Blanc. With over twenty years of experience serving as a prosecutor, Angela has tried over 140 felony jury trials. The man's attorney, Joshua Nucian, confirmed the settlement, describing it as appropriate and adding "the man having that much cash while flying is the same as a gambler jetting off to Las Vegas. But Hathaway said,To the contrary, the prosecution argues that defense counsel who had the autopsy report about the bullets, could have ascertained by process of elimination, that the .40 caliber bullets had to have come from the victims body. Appeals Division | Prosecutor Wayne County Home Page Elected Offices Executive Home 2019 State of the County Biography Administration Accomplishments Inside Wayne County News & Resources Contact Us Contact Us Request an Appearance Form Commission Home Commissioners Tim Killeen (Dist. A claim can be filed with CIU at any time after the conviction is final; there is no requirement that the person be in custody when filing a claim. He flew to Detroit, where authorities seized the cash at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - It was an unusual discovery nearly two years ago. Detroitstwo major newspapers and all of its main TV outlets endorsed Kym Worthy for re-election in 202o, as did all Democratic politicians locally and state-wide. Shockingly, the lawsuit alleges that during that first interrogation, Collins and DPD Lieutenant William Rice beat Ward bel0w the neck with a phone book. View The Attached Document Statement of Prosecutor Worthy Dismissing Case Against 10-Year-Old Juvenile This case came to us as a not-in-custody case - that means that there was never an arrest. GRANTS REHEARING TO THELONIOUS SEARCY: HITMAN CONFESSED; JUDGE, AP LIED TO JURY | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, MICHIGAN PRISONERS NEED COVID-19 VACCINES NOW, SAY ADVOCATES; A.M.A., OTHERS DEMAND 1st-TIER PRIORITY | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, APPEALS COURT TO HEAR SEARCY CASE FEB. 4: HITMAN CONFESSED TO MURDER, LIES TOLD ABOUT FATAL BULLETS | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, Your email address will not be published. Attorney Jarrett Adams filed exoneree Larry Smiths first federal complaint on September 3, 2021, and later filed an amended complaint on January 27, 2022, against the defendants, Wayne County, Asst. Still shot from NBCs interview with Kym Worthy Aug. 8, 2021. Please review your entries for any missing required elements. Wayne County Prosecutors Office Right TRAC program is an alternative to traditional juvenile court adjudication. 6) Alisha Bell (Dist. Efforts were made to resolve this matter before it was sent to us for a charge consideration. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The man faces no criminal charges in connection with the $232,000. Genl Oronde Patterson argued the case most recently against Searcy, but to no avail. VOD discovered that motion in his court file in 2017, and has covered his story since. The lawsuit says that, prior to charging Ward, Collins and P.O. FRAME-UP, STOP TELLING BLACK PEOPLE NOT TO RIOT OVER THE STATE-SANCTIONED LYNCHING OF TYRE NICHOLSKCD, A LEGAL LYNCHING? In 2016, Searcy filed apro se motion for a new trial with assistance from a jail-house lawyer friend. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy was headed to a big victory in her bid for a fifth term over a robust challenge from newcomer Victoria Burton-Harris. After luring Jeff Rignall into his car with an offer to smoke marijuana, Gacy subdues the 26-year-old with a chloroform-soaked rag, tortures and rapes him at his home, and then dumps him out in a park. If Aaron Hernandez's case was tried in the inquisitorial system, the process of acquiring information for the dossier, which is the backbone for the case, would have "everything to do with the investigation [and it is] recorded there and it is the basis for any committal, trial, appeal". The motions are set for action in front of Third Judicial Circuit Judge Christopher Blount on Jan. 6. opinion. 'THE SECRET OF JOY IS RESISTANCE' Alice Walker. Is anyone investigating how these cases went so wrong? asks Channel 7 as Dennis Atkins becomes the 31st Wayne County Exoneree since 2018, after conviction in 2005 based solely on hearsay testimony, Exonerees Ramon Ward, Larry Smith file federal lawsuits targetingWayne County, multiple Asst. Wards lawsuit names as Detroit Police Department defendants Officers Monica Childs, Dale Collins, Fred Jorgensen, and Tony Sanders. The other DPD officers were involved in supporting roles. Wards lawsuit is proceeding in front of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Judge Paul Borman, and currently is in the discovery process until Dec. 20, 2022, with final dispositive motions due by Feb. 28, 2023. The District Attorney is the chief prosecuting officer for the State of Georgia within each of the State's 49 judicial circuits. Misdemeanor Diversion Program | Wayne County Prosecutor Misdemeanor Diversion Program The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office offers pre-charge diversion to eligible candidates who otherwise would be charged with misdemeanor offenses. Therefore, it holds that dismissal of the charges is appropriate given the severe and deliberate violations of the defendants due process rights that denied him and fair and impartial trial. Defendant argues and this Court agrees that there is nothing more exculpatory than this single piece of evidence which was suppressed from the defense and the jury.. Ewing has filed an interlocutory appeal of 3rd Circuit Court Judge Darnella Williams-Claybornes denial of his request to dismiss their case due to continuingBrady continuingviolations going back to his original trial in 2004. Searcy fought his conviction from day one from his prison cells, researching every aspect of his case. In a May, 2017 Detroit Metro Times article, journalist Ryan Felton exposed the rampant use of jailhouse informants (snitches) by DPD/WCPO. Required fields are marked *. Police are investigating whether Rutledge was killed because he knew too much or was connected to a March 12 slaying in Detroit, the Free Press reported. WITNESS AFTER HE RECANTED AT TRIAL | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, EXPOSED!! Attys. DETROIT - Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is seeking victims of prisoners who will soon be paroled so they can be properly notified.. See a list of names below. A civil forfeiture complaint states $232,000 was found in plastic shrink-wrapped and sealed packages inside the man's checked luggage. Subscribe to receive breaking news, daily headlines, latest forecast, local sports and more with ABC12 News email alerts. The lawsuits, filed in Sept. and Nov. 2021, by Wayne County exonerees Ramon Ward and Larry Smith, name multiple assistant prosecutors and police officers the plaintiffs allege stole decades of their lives from them and their families. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Lemonte Richawn Jackson, 25, of Detroit, in connection with the December 16, 2022 fatal shooting of Rodney Carter, 30, and the December 22, 2022 fatal shooting of Patrick Jones, 26, both of Detroit. It is proceeding in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in front of U.S. District Court Judge David Lawson, with Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for Jan. 20, 2023,Final Pretrial Conference set for August 30, 2023, and Jury Trial for Sept. 12, 2023. There was a problem saving your notification. Comment moderation is enabled. Nessel asked Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to review the Flint water prosecution cases, which have included the binding over for trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter for former. Those crimes include. Wayne County. Judge Timothy Kenny, now Chief Judge of the 3rd Judicial Circuit Court, presided over Searcys trial and an evidentiary hearing in 2018. 19-13165 . The Wayne County Commission today unanimously approved Executive Warren C. Evans' $1.67 billion 2021-2022 budget which provides for essential county services, including the creation of the. Thelonious Searcy with (l to r) daughter Shyra Searcy, wife Tyria Searcy, daughter Paige Braxton, This win is dedicated to God and my family, Searcy exulted in a Facebook post. Before Atkins conviction, Wilson played major roles in the wrongful convictions of exonerees Mubarez Ahmed and Marvin Cotton in separate cases in 2001. Detroit Couple Charged in Homicide of Five-Year-Old Son andNon-Fatal Abuse of Three-Year-Old Son. Then Monica Childs interrogated him a first time, denying him a lawyer. State prosecutors rested their rebuttal case Tuesday after calling six witnesses to contradict parts of Alex Murdaugh's defense as the disgraced attorney's double murder trial neared its end.. Kenneth Kinsey, a crime scene forensics expert, was the final rebuttal witness and criticized the methodology of a defense expert who said the shooter had to have been between 5-foot-2 and 5-foot-4 in . The case status is Disposed - Other Disposed. Please upload a copy of your appointment form. MARCH 19, 9 AM; JUDGE KENNY | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, VINCENT SMOTHERS TAKES STAND TO EXONERATE THELONIOUS SEARCY IN 2004 DETROIT MURDER | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, SMOTHERS CO-DEFENDANT MARZELL BLACK BACKS CONFESSION TO SEGARS MURDER, AT SEARCY HEARING | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, TESTIMONY AT 2 MARCH HEARINGS SHOWED SEARCY LIKELY INNOCENT; NEXT HEARING DELAYED TO MAY 9 | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, FAVORABLE SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE SURFACES AT SEARCY HEARING ON INNOCENCE CLAIM | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, TRIAL EVIDENCE VS. THELONIOUS SEARCY IN 2004 CITY AIRPORT MURDER DISCREDITED AT MAY 15 HEARING | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, PROSECUTORS, COPS, TECHS LIED, FALSIFIED EVIDENCE VS. THELONIOUS SEARCY, ATTY. State Atty. I am so happy to see Mr. Searcy turn the page beyond the nightmare of his wrongful conviction, defense attorney Michael Dezsi told VOD. 2) Martha G. Scott (Dist. An investigation showed that, among other things, Nixon . According to the Detroit Free Press, the office has lost almost a third of its staff . On December 5th, 2001, the King County Prosecuting Attorney charged Ridgway with four counts of Aggravated Murder in the First Degree for the murders of Carol Christensen, Marcia Chapman, Opal Mills, and Cynthia Hinds (Maleng 8). Atkins was convicted at age 22 of the murder of Billie Rutledge, on June 4, 2005 on Omira Street on Detroits east-side. Resident Circuit Judge Michael Molt Office Location Wayne County Courthouse 301 E Main Street, Suite 203 Fairfield, IL 62837 Phone: 618.847.8801 Fax: 618.842.2556 Circuit Clerk Pamela Southerd Office Location Wayne County Courthouse 301 E Main Street, Suite 204 17 TO FREE WRONGLY HELD PRISONERS; OPEN VISITS, COURTS, FILES | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, DETROIT: FAMILIES OF WRONGFULLY CONVICTED TELL PROS. Please try again later. In 2003, Allen signed a notarized affidavit recanting all his testimony against Smith and provided it to Smith and his attorneys, which Atty. The lawsuits, filed in Sept. and Nov. 2021, by Wayne County exonerees Ramon Ward and Larry Smith, name multiple assistant prosecutors and police officers the plaintiffs allege stole decades of their lives from them and their families. This case was filed in Escambia County Courts, Escambia County Courthouse located in Escambia, Florida. March 21, 1978: Gacy attacks a man in his car. Mary Owens attached to his habeascorpusappeal. NOTORIOUS FOR BIGOTRY, http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/COA-Thelonious-Searcy-20210211_C349169_62_349169.OPN-3-bullet-evidence-highlighted-2.pdf, http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/TS-motion-for-new-trial-7-22-16.compressed-2.pdf, MICH. SUPREME COURT NIXES WORTHYS APPEAL OF STRONG COA RULING IN THELONIOUS SEARCY CASE, THELONIOUS SEARCY TARGETS WAYNE CO. PROS. KYM WORTHY, POLICE, JUDGESFREE THEM ALL | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, MICH. 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