JUST ABOUT 9.28 ACCUSED BABY KILLER AN ACCUSED COP KILLER AND AN ACCUSED SERIAL
RAPIST. THOSE ARE AMONG THE
CASE IS SCHEDULED TO BE TRIED
RIGHT HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY IN
THE FIRST 60 DAYS OF THE NEW
YEAR.
>> OUR PAUL VENEMA HAS A
PREVIEW OF THESE CASES AND
HERE’S A CLIP OF THAT STORY.
>> NURSE GENENE JONES WHO HAS
ALREADY SERVED A LIFE SENTENCE
FOR KILLING AN INFANT IN THE
80’S IS SET FOR TRIAL IN
ANOTHER BABY DEATH CASE, THE
TRIAL OF AND JOHN HARRIS
ACCUSED OF BEING THE MEDICAL
CENTER RAPIST THIS ALSO SET FOR
TRIAL
THIS MONTH. AND THE DA IS
SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR
OTIS MCKANE.
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THIS TRIAL IS ALSO ON
THE DOCKET AND THAT’S
JUST JANUARY. IN FEBRUARY
CHRISTOPHER DAVILA WILL GO ON
TRIAL IN THE KING BABY
JAY CASE.
>> WHEN WE DO HAVE CASES THE
STOCK UP AND DOES PRESENT
SOMEWHAT OF
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>> A PROBLEM.
>> AND PAUL VENEMA JOINS US IN
STUDIO NOW TO TELL US MORE
ABOUT THE CASES AND WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT GOOD MORNING PAUL GOOD
MORNING GUYS JUST TO BE BUSY IN
THE NEXT IT’S GOING TO BE A
BUSY AS THE YEAR, THE OUTSET
FOR SURE SO IS THEIR SINGLE
REASON THAT WE’RE APPROACHING
WHAT APPEARS TO BE KIND OF A
PERFECT STORM IN THE LOCAL
COURT THAT’S A GOOD
DESCRIPTION, BUT NO ONE REASON
I THINK PROBABLY THE MAIN
REASON IS WE HAVE A NEW
D A AND THAT CHANGES THE WHOLE
LANDSCAPE IN TERMS OF HOW
TROUSER SCHEDULE CASES ARE
HANDLED SO FORTH. SO THE
PREVIOUS DA HAD HAD THESE CASES
SARA LEE’S CASES,
READY TO GO OR READY TO GO
VARIOUS STAGES OF OF GOING TO
TRIAL WITH THEM.
BUT ALSO THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE IN
TERMS OF PERSONNEL CHANGES AND
SO THEY’VE GOT IT ACTUALLY
START FROM FROM THE BEGINNING
AND SO THAT I THINK PROBABLY
IS THE REASON SOME OF THESE
GUYS ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER
MARCONI CASE A LITTLE BIT OLD.
BUT THAT’S THE REASON IS WE
HAVE A CHANGE OF THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THAT
THEREFORE CHANGE OF PERSONNEL
AND THAT CHANGES THE WHOLE THE
WHOLE PICTURE. >> THERE WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF ANY OF THESE BEING RESOLVED
WITH A PLEA AGREEMENT BEFORE
THEY EVEN GOING TO TRIAL THAT’S
ALWAYS AN OPTION WHENEVER
WHENEVER YOU’VE GOT A CASE
READY TO GO TO TRIAL AND THAT
COULD BE THE YOU CAN PLEAD THE
CASE ALREADY TOLD RIGHT DOWN TO
THE TO THE LAST
>> AND OFTEN YOU’LL FIND THAT’S
THE CASE WITH SOME OF THESE
CASES WILL IT WOULD BE A LIKE A
CHESS MATCH IF YOU
WILL THERE THE THE DEFENDANTS
WAITING TO SEE WHAT IF ANYTHING
THE DA’S OFFICE IS WILLING TO
TOGETHER THE DA’S OFFICE WILL
TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR CASE AND
SAY MAYBE WE WOULD BE BETTER
OFF WITH WITH THE PLEA DEAL SO
BUT IN ANY THAT’S ON THE BOARD
ON THE TABLE UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIAL ACTUALLY WEEK. THEY CAN CAN
DECIDE IN MIDWAY IN THE TRIAL
THAT USE I DID WANT TO PLEAD
ESCAPE K SO THEY CAN DO THAT.
YOU MENTIONED OTIS MCKANE IN
YOUR STORY IS ONE OF THE
HIGH-PROFILE CASES ITS UPCOMING
FALL.
>> I’M DEFINITELY CASES LIKE
THAT THEY THEY REQUIRED THAT
THE LAWYERS IF YOU WILL THE
SUPER QUALIFIED WHY IS THAT.
WELL.
>> BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE
THERE’S A LOT AT STAKE, IT’S
IT’S A IT’S A DEATH PENALTY
CASE AND IT’S EITHER A LIFE IN
PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE OR EXECUTION IN THIS
CASE. THEY’RE SEEKING THE DEATH
PENALTY SO. THE
DEATH PENALTY BECAUSE OF THAT
THERE’S SO MUCH TO SAY
PRIMARILY STILL THERE’S REALLY
NO LAW PER SE THAT SAYS YOU
HAVE TO BE ME THIS THIS AND
THIS. IF YOU’RE GOING TO
REPRESENT A CLIENT IN A DEATH
PENALTY CASE. IF THE YOU’RE
HIRED TO BUILD THE ATTORNEYS,
HOWEVER, IF IT’S A
COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS, A
DEATH PENALTY CASE.
THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN
QUALIFICATIONS THEY HAVE TO
HAVE TRY A CASE AS A AS SECOND
CHAIR BEFORE THY CAN BE
ELEVATED TO FIRST CHAIR TO TRY
THAT CASE BUT IF A IF
A DEFENDANT IS
GOING TO HIRE THEIR OWN
ATTORNEYS IN A CAPITAL MURDER
CASE, A DEATH PENALTY CASE.
THEY CAN HIRE ANYBODY THEY WANT
TO THEY CAN HIRE A WHOEVER THEY
LIKE YOU COULD BE SOME
LAWYER WHOSE BUT NOT REAL QUOTE
WELL QUALIFIED,
BUT STILL THAT’S THE PERSON
THEY WANT TO TRY THE CASE
THAT’S WHERE WERE THE ROLE THAT
YOU LISTED A LOT OF THESE
REALLY BIG CASES COMING UP, YOU
KNOW YOU’RE THE ONE THAT
FOLLOWS ALL OF THEM.
>> WHAT CASE DO YOU THINK IS
GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST ONE THE
ONE THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO
BE REALLY LOOKING AT YOU KNOW
WHAT THE CASE BUT IT’S NOT A
DEATH PENALTY CASE, THE CASE
THAT HAS GARNERED THE MOST
PUBLIC ATTENTION I THINK
IS THE BABY KING JAY CASE AND
THAT’S COMING UP
IN FEBRUARY. AND THAT’S THE IS
NOT EVEN A MURDER CASE, IT’S
IT’S A THEY THE DA’S OFFICE IS
AS CHARGES AS INJURY TO A CHILD
THAT CASE IS A
A 3RD 3 G OFFENSE, WHICH MEANS
THE PUNISHMENT RANGE ON THAT IS
THE SAME AS AS WE’RE MURDER
CASE, BUT THAT THE
THAT’S GENERATED SO MUCH
PUBLICITY BECAUSE OF THE
BECAUSE IT INVOLVES THE CHILD
AND WERE THEY
ALL THE REALLY
DISTURBING FACTS OF THAT CASE
THE COMMUNITY GOT REALLY
INVOLVED IT WAS IT WAS THERE
STILL A LOT OF INTEREST THAT
COULD BE A BUSY 1ST HALF OF THE
YEAR PROBABILITY IT WILL BE IN
PRISON LEGALLY IF WE GO TO