*blink* Someone needs serious therapy.
Just another thing I don't get.
-Tina
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Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 1:18
PM
Subject: OT: update on kitten
grilling
Here is an update on the kitten story
from the Clay County Prosecutor's
Office:
From: "Jim Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 13:01:04 -0500
Subject: Updates from the Clay County
Prosecutor's Office
Good day:
Charles C. Benoit was indicted by
the Clay County Grand Jury on felony
animal abuse charges Wednesday, and
was arraigned at 9 this morning in
Division One of Clay County Circuit
Court. He entered a plea of
innocent. His next court appearance is
1:30 p.m. Aug. 16 in Division One
of Clay County Circuit Court. His
bond remains set at $25,000, though I
expect a bond reduction request will
soon be filed by Benoit's attorney.
As before, he remains represented by
the local office of the Missouri
Public Defender's System.
No trial
date has yet been set.
Because Benoit was indicted, the preliminary
hearing scheduled for Aug.
19th has been cancelled; those of you tracking
this earlier case through
circuit7.net should soon see it replaced by the
indictment, which will
carry title State of Missouri vs. Charles C.
Benoit. The new docket
number is CR102-2901.
A brief account
of the indictment appears on The Kansas City Star's web
page:
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/news/3819557.htm
I
visited with the Star reporter earlier today (Wednesday), there may be
a
similar follow-up in tomorrow's editions which restates what I say
above.
If there's anything more significant, I'll pass it on.
As before, I
must reiterate what the Missouri Supreme Court rules say: A
charge is
not evidence of a crime; it is an accusation. Defendants are
presumed to be
innocent unless there are either pleas or findings
of
guilty.
Locally, there has been little more coverage than that
sent you earlier.
A minorly irritating editorial appears in The Liberty
Sun. Its link, if
you care, is:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4967018&BRD=1452&PAG=461&dept_i
d=155079&rfi=6
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4967018&BRD=1452&PAG=4
61&dept_id=155079&rfi=6>
The Clay County Circuit Court's web page where you can track
cases
remains:
http://www.circuit7.net <http://www.circuit7.net/>
You may access
the court's server through a "public access" feature; you
will need to know
the defendant's name or the docket number to be able to
track the
case.
There is an on-line web page petition with nearly 30,000
signers; its
address is:
http://www.petitiononline.com/delwin04/petition.html
It has taken on the feeling of an on-line community with
wide-ranging
dialogue between the signatories.
There's a very
minor misstatement on this page; any punishment imposed in
this or any case
will be done by a party other than the prosecuting
attorney. If this case
goes to trial and jurors convict the defendant,
the jurors will also assess
punishment as either fine, incarceration or
both fine and incarceration. If
the defendant pleads guilty, it will be
the court which first assesses then
imposes punishment. In Missouri,
jurors assess punishment on those
offenders who have no prior felony
convictions, which would be the case
should State of Missouri vs. Charles
C. Benoit (CR102-2901) go to
trial.
On an unrelated topic, Channel 41, the NBC affiliate in Kansas City,
will
be doing a feature story on Bogie, the cat who casually strolls
The
Liberty Square. I don't know the air date, but expect it to be within
the
next couple of weeks.
I know Bogie. He's a big black mixed
breed with a really deep,
distinctive voice. When I was talking to Angie
Borgedalen, the editor of
The Liberty Tribune, yesterday about Benoit's
indictment, Bogie hopped
onto her lap and started meowing to me through her
phone. I think he
knows why I was calling Angie. Anyway, a link
to Bogie's story is:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4939699&BRD=2191&PAG=461&dept_i
d=442548&rfi=8
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=4939699&BRD=2191&PAG=4
61&dept_id=442548&rfi=8>
As always, thank you for your courtesy and interest.
If you
wish to be removed from this list, reply with REMOVE in the
subject line.
Best to you,
--
jim roberts
Criminal Services
Coordinator
Clay County Prosecuting Attorney
11 S. Water
Street
Liberty, Missouri 64068
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