Judge rejects plea deal in 2019 killing of Miami-Dade teacher
Judge Alberto Milian turned down the proposed sentence after Kameela Russell's mother said she wanted the case to go to trial.
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Judge Alberto Milian turned down the proposed sentence after Kameela Russell's mother said she wanted the case to go to trial.
Prosecutors say the drug exposed what was already in Tamarius Davis' heart; the defense says he had a psychotic episode, and the judge is set to sentence him Thursday.
Tamarius Davis, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in May, testified on the second day of his sentencing hearing, where Wakefield's family is asking for a life sentence.
Tamarius Davis, who pleaded guilty in May to second-degree murder, heard Dustin Wakefield's parents and relatives speak at a sentencing hearing Monday.
Judge Michael Usan imposed the sentence a month after a jury convicted Shannon Ryan, though Leila Cavett's body has never been found.
The defendant's mother and older brother described a happy childhood and a 1996 car crash, and the defense argues the injury shaped his later behavior.
Relatives of Gladys Machado and her two young daughters delivered victim impact statements Tuesday, and the defense is scheduled to begin its case Wednesday.
Detective Juan Chaidez testified that Alberto Sierra confessed days after the 2012 killings of his estranged wife and her two young daughters, after being confronted with DNA evidence.
Dr. Emma Lew, a former Miami-Dade medical examiner who performed all three autopsies, gave graphic testimony Friday as the first week of the trial ended.
Detective Juan Chaidez, the day's only witness, described his first interview with Albert Sierra, who is on trial for the deaths of his estranged wife and her two daughters.
Michael Desronvil, the lone holdout juror in the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial, said he "didn't have any doubts" during deliberations.
Here's what may happen next after a mistrial was declared in Lindsay Clancy's murder case.
A mistrial was declared in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial Friday, after her attorney's last-minute appeal failed.
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended in a mistrial Friday, after jurors announced for a third time that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
Alberto Sierra, 42, admitted in court to stabbing his wife and suffocating her 2 daughters more than a decade ago.
Gregory Martin, 56, was sentenced for the brutal attack that occurred in July 2009.
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated inside his bedroom on July 7, 2021.
A judge has delayed the second murder trial of Rashaun Jones, who is accused of killing his former University of Miami football teammate, Bryan Pata, in 2006.
The jury in the assassination trial of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse concluded its first day of deliberations on Wednesday after working for seven hours, including through lunch.
The plea deal was delayed last week after one of the men had an outburst in court when his family was misinformed about the hearing time.
Jurors delivered their verdict Monday in the trial of Kouri Richins, a Utah mother accused of murdering her husband and later publishing a children's book about grief.
Jomarlie Moïse testified in federal court in Miami that she was inside the family's home on July 7, 2021, when gunmen stormed the residence and killed her father.
Testifying in Miami federal court, Moïse gave emotional and at times graphic testimony about the July 2021 attack inside the couple's bedroom at their home in Petionville, Haiti.
In her testimony, she gave jurors a firsthand account of the night her husband was killed inside their home in Petionville, Haiti.
On Wednesday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda set a new trial date for May 18 and reduced his bond during a hearing in Miami-Dade court.
