From the T&G:
Waycross inmate reveals questionable trial proceedings
Dear Editor,
I am an inmate who was tried and sentenced in the old courthouse in Woodbine in 1997. The presiding judge was the Honorable Judge Amanda Williams. I am one of many, in my opinion, who did not get a fair trial with this judge in an old courtroom that had "paper-thin" doors. After reading some of the letters sent to your newspaper, I decided now is the time for me to have my say. I was inspired by the letter written by a Mr. Rick Rogers, so here is a small part of my story.
During my trial, the jurors were asked to leave the room, for a Jackson-Denno hearing held outside of the presence of the jurors. At trial, defense counsel told the trial court that the bailiffs said they could hear the testimony from another room and that jurors probably heard it, too. The judge and counsel agreed that "something needs to be done about the paper thin door." They engaged in a conversation about the construction of a new courthouse and then started talking about other matters. Never once did my public defender move for a mistrial or inquire into what the jurors may have heard.
My parents hired an attorney for my appeal; during the appeal my attorney was supposed to question these jurors to find out if anything was heard during my trial at the Jackson-Denno hearing. It was later discovered that none of the jurors were ever questioned. One juror could not be found since he had left the state; this juror had attended a party where the district attorney and the sheriff had also attended. This is a fact, was admitted to in court and is on my court documents.During a hearing in front of the "Honorable Judge Williams," (part of the appeal process), this judge turned her back away from my attorney and faced the wall. I was appalled that a judge would do this, but she did.I know that writing this letter will not help me to get home to my family any sooner, but I am hoping that it will help Camden County to become a better place to live for everyone. For me, this experience has been an eye opener and I plan to go home one day and be a productive citizen.
David Davitt
Ware State Prison
Waycross
TRSP Review: Anyone got more info on this case?
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9 comments:
1. How does the Sheriff justify hanging with convicted felon Cisco when his rules state you are not to associate with a felon?
2. Why does the Sheriff go off on gambling junkets with Cisco?
3. Why does the Sheriff go off on gambling trips to Vegas and New Jersey with Cisco?
4. Why does the Sheriff not allow deputies to arrest Cisco for D.U.I.?
5. Why does the Sheriff have the Christmas parties at Cisco's river house?
6. Why does Cisco allow the Sheriff to use a Cisco credit card to the tune of several thousand bucks a month?
7. Why does the Sheriff hang out with Cisco and young girls in Florida?
8. Why does the Sheriff get money from a convicted felon for charties, schools, etc.?
9. Why does the Sheriff permit the illegal gambling operations of Cisco?
10. Why does the Sheriff allow Cisco a convicted felon to have an arsenal of guns at his river house?
1l. Why did the Sheriff get $50,000.00 for his campaign from a convicted felon?
12. Why did the Sheriff's deputies bust their butts to get to Cisco's house when Peggy left?
13. Is the Sheriff worried about the paper trail that Cisco has leading back to the Sheriff?
14. How long do you think it will be before the Sheriff allows Cisco to go after any one who knows the truth?
15. Is there any one who is going to notify the Feds that Smith allows Cisco to violate the law by having guns?
16. How long do you think the guns will be in Cisco's house after reading this?
17. Will the Feds talk to felony Cisco?
18/ How will the Sheriff and Cisco explain pictures?
Quiz: If yu can't figure this out then you qualify for the idiot award.
How can (who is supposed to be an honorable, unbiased, trusted member of the legal system) a judge, stand up and turn her back on a trial that is going on in "her" courtroom? At that point she should have been stripped of all legal duties as an "honorable" judge. That takes away a persons right to a fair trial when you have a (and I use this term very loosely) "honorable" judge turns her back on a case that she is hearing. The law is the law, period. You as a judge "must" hear the trial presented in front of you. Also this is the same person who presided over Dennis Perry's so called "fair" trial, and in the same breath she has been known to not hear all evidence presented in another case and form a biased opinion IN THE COURTROOM! So I ask, how can a defendant {Perry} and his lawyers present a case when she does not allow certain evidence (DNA, I will say that again...DNA!!!) that undoubtedly proves Perry innocent? And this so called "honorable" judge says that the DNA is not significant to Perry's case and will not allow it. The word here people is justice, and there isn't any, at least not for Perry. What happened to "all evidence will be heard"? What happened to judges who care about who they put in prison? What happened to "And Justice For All"? Thanks for reading and I hope some of you may rethink the way "our" (meaning yours too, this could easily be you in Perry's shoes) legal system is run.
Mr. Davitt,
I can understand your concern with judge's ethics. I understand from people that were at Dennis' trial that the judge went to sleep during his trial. Either that or gave a good facsimile of it.
How can JAWS be so biased againt Dennis Perry but yet she was wonderful in the Dr.Chua trial???
I know---Because you hate Bill Smith and Bill Smith and Dr.Chua were friends.. Take Bill Smith out of the equation and you will see that JAWS wasn't fair to him either. The women needs to be shown that she isn't god and that she can't treat people any way she wants and it be legal or right.
Rick your fight should be Camden fight against a biased judge not about how much you hate Bill Smith..
Dr. Chua Supporter,
I was saying she did a good job of keeping Willie away from the trial. I never commented how she ran the trial. If you have something she did wrong please share it with us. I have not heard anything out of the norm on how she handled the trial itself.
Once again I do not hate Bill Smith. Please don't take my pointing out wrong doing as hate. I do hate what he has done, but not him.
Please share what you know.
I can not coment because of the appeal we are putting together, we have all agreed to keep our hand close to our vest this go round..
If you know ANYTHING, please tell us. The fact that Dr. Chua at least has appeals and Dennis doesn't should be an influence on you. It would have great effect on me.
Dr. Chua Supporter,
I believe Chua will be released after the appeal. I think he was found guilty because of Bill Smith. I was the one that said to stay away from him. I even wrote his support blogs telling them siding with Smith would send hin to jail.
Yes he was guilty on drug charges, but he is the first doctor to be found guilty of murder on a patient. And that won't stand.
I put that letter on here not to defend anything this guy has or has not done, but to show what happens in that court room.
When I first got on this case I was told the county was trying to get land that the doctor owned by the hospital, no one ever answered me if that was true or not, Do you know?
Ask Nancy Bailey with Watson Realty, she is the friend of Dr.Chua's that totally stabbed him in the back working with the DA and the court appointed reciever to insure that they siezed all of his assets and sell them while she sat back and collected the commissions. She is the one that produced John Doe #10, after he testified he walked right off the stand to sit with Nancy Bailey and she took him to lunch and back to the airport so he could fly home. She is the one that was there 2 weeks ago with the reciever making sure Dr.Chua's sister didn't take anything that Nancy believed to be the Dr.s while the sister was being evicted. She is the one who is setting up the auction of his personal belongings. She is the one that visited Dr.Chua in jail and then went straight to the DA to tell him the details of the conversation. So she knows what property he once owned, but be careful around her, she helped send him to prison and she was his friend for years, so screwing you would be nothing.
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