Klansman Defence Lawyers Maintains Innocence of Accused

Three Klansman defence lawyers took to the floor in the Supreme Court to cross-examine the witness during the Klansman one don trial on Thursday, November 18. The witness abided by his accounts of several murders and incidents as the Klansman defence lawyers maintained that their clients were not involved in any gang activity.

The attorney for defendant Marco ‘ Ezzie’ Miller presented images of a container store at a location in Rivoli, St. Catherine for the defendant to identify; one taken at night, the other in daylight. It is alleged that this is where a second attempt to murder Ezzie took place. A plan the attorney says was concocted by the witness out of revenge after Ezzie impregnated his on and off girlfriend. The witness denied this suggestion.

The witness said he was not able to identify anything in the image taken at night because he could not see clearly and the photo was taken at an unfamiliar angle. He was better able to identify the container when the photo was taken in the daylight. The witness contested that it would be difficult to compare the photo with his memory of the place from 4 years ago in 2017.

The defendant in courtroom 1 on November 18, grew increasingly vocal during the cross-examination of the Crown’s second witness. Defense lawyers fact-checked the Crown’s second witness’ claims in court with his police statements. The witness, never missing a beat in his responses, asserted, he is telling the truth.

One of the defendants murmured “the judge need fi talk to dah bwoy yah” after the witness quipped that the lawyer was a “real estate lawyer” after asking a question.

Meanwhile, the Defense Attorney for Stephanie Christie suggested that there was no way Christie could attend contract killing meetings as the only meetings she would attend were church and community meetings when she was not working at her 8-5 job. He refuted claims that Christie was an aggressor in these meetings and could not be involved in the gang.

The witness could be considered a womanizer and does not shy away from girls being his thing. Defense lawyers for Marco Miller, Stephanie Christie, Andre Golding, Jazeel Blake, and Jermaine Robinson using this, suggested that the witness was making these claims out of malice and revenge.

The witness denied the suggestions with a scoff saying that he holds no hate in his heart for any of the defendants. The cross-examination continues when court resumes on Thursday morning at 10.30.

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