maverick2076 said:ThunderCougarFalconBird said:kb2001 said:
I've been watching recaps of the questioning, reading some of the transcripts. It makes me question the judgement of the defense team for allowing this go anywhere near a trial. Their best witness even testified that Karmelo was the instigator and was in the wrong.
It also puts in perspective what a sad state our youth are in. He really believes if he went into the tent, provoked a response, and killed someone it would be called self-defense.
He'll have fun time in prison. He's 5'7" 135 lbs.
his parents were too busy milking the cash cow. Plead and the crowdfunding stops. At one point or another, the defendant started to love the smell of his own (and da culcha's) farts. He probably would have gotten something like 20-25 if he pled out.
Any prosecutor that would have offered a plea on this case should be run out of town on a rail.
I can guarantee you they offered a plea -- and it was likely in the 20-25 range asserted here. It might have been 40. The family thought they could bluff their way to an acquittal or at least a hung jury.
You NEVER know what will happen at trial. I've seen trials turn completely on ONE sentence in a CLOSING argument. My firm years ago tried a case on the defense side (civil) where the only reason we went to trial other than settlement is the plaintiff wanted far more than what we were willing to pay. We knew we'd lose, but figured the jury would come back with less than the P's offer. The attorney goes through the case and does an "oh, by the way..." comment in closing (I can't remember the details now, other than that -- broadly speaking) and someone in the jury picked up on it. Jury verdict: take nothing for the defense.
My vague recollection is this was a 6 figure case where we were willing to go something like $125k and were like 40K apart prior to trial. They rolled the dice and lost BIG. True, this was civil, but similar things have happened in criminal cases.
I seriously doubt there is any DA in Texas that doesn't offer SOME form of plea in every case.
