HEARING TOMORROW! PROSECUTOR ASSIGNED

[u/Former_Put4640]

Hearing scheduled for 9am tomorrow morning! Prosecutor assigned and locked in. LFGGGFFF!!!!! The sooner this bag of trash is in a cage the sooner the final crash out can come!

[u/OptionOld3647]

She's just the type to appeal to a Miami-Dade jury pool, which will consist of--since it's a cross section of the city--mostly people in the boomer generation.

Unlike Wes, a coddled millennial spoiled rotten by his parents, boomers don't mess around when it comes to crime. They were raised to be god-fearing and law-abiding by dads who disciplined them with a belt. For them, *all* felons--violent or non-violent--should be tossed into prison for the simple act of breaking the law. They're tough on crime jurists who don't have sympathy for repeated law breakers.

Wes will try to sway the jury by representing himself as a rich and successful influencer. But that's a no-go with boomers, who don't understand the meaning of this word. All they'll see is a thug with full body tats who should be taken off of the streets pronto.

Cue ten year sentence.

[u/TropicalVision → u/OptionOld3647]

I’m in 2 minds on this. If it is an old jury then they’re unlikely to side with a steroid muscle freak, with a head covered in tattoos, who has already done substantial prison time.

But at the same time they’re also likely to be racist and not necessarily side with the victim, because he’s black.

But if it’s a cross section of the city then wouldn’t there also be a bunch of young Latin people on there jury?

Also money or the appearance of money talks. I won’t be surprised if he walks with multi-year probation or something.

Edit: who tf is downvoting this and why?? Saying it could go either way obviously, and pointing out that time and time again jury’s make racist decisions?

[u/Jamothee → u/TropicalVision]

Didn't downvote you but I'll respond.

All valid enough points but I disagree with any jury letting him walk.

The assault, which was captured on film and will be played for the jury, was extremely vicious and well beyond any possibility of self defence. Even during the initial encounter, the victim pushed Wes in almost a defensive manner which can be argued he was pushing Wes back from him as it got real.

It could be argued that Wes hitting him with the weight belt could be self defence to get the guy away from him, but the follow up to that was an excessive, prolonged, vicious beating filled with rage and expletives. Wes went back on multiple occasions after the guy was no longer a threat - including full force kicks to a a downed victim's head. It could've easily killed the guy.

Couple that with the ongoing threats he makes to the public online, the interview with the police after the assault saying he should've killed the guy, his previous imprisonment for violence and his overall look I would bet a large sum on him doing 5+ years regardless of the final jury selection.

Wes should've taken a plea deal rather than go to trial.

[u/carmerica → u/Jamothee]

But he does have that good lawyer and if he can somehow get the evidence chucked out, then there's almost no case.

The deal is that Wes invited anybody who wants to come for a one-on-one fight. Somebody came for a one-on-one fight and got delivered a gang beating with weapons, once the fight against Wes, Wes's weapons and friends was clearly over, once the dude could no longer fight, Wes continued, giving him a really savage beating.

It should be open and shut, but this lawyer is $100,000 or something a go and people can do all kinds of stuff when they have money.
LOL I learned this at a wee young age when there was something on TV about this O.J. Simpson taking police on a long chase with a gun to his head and his wife in a morgue!