Phil Stoddard also came during a hearing Monday on pretrial motions in the case of Justin Ross Harris.
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Justin Ross Harris claims he forgot to drop his 22-month-old son Cooper at day care on his way to work in June 2014.
Harris’ attorney objected, saying Harris’ sexting and evidence of marital and financial problems had nothing to do with Cooper’s death, an event they called a tragic accident and nothing more. He faces multiple charges, including murder.
Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley unwanted that is actually movement on Monday, getting that is actually Harris’ books and email messages along with females in addition to his lover could possibly help prosecutors set up grounds brilliant mind set just before the demise.
Ross Harris’ defense team was in court on Monday morning asking that charges related to their clients’ alleged “sexting” of a minor be removed from the main murder trial and given a trial of their own. “Her honor is checking schedules and reserving time and things of that nature – this isn’t her only case”. During the September 15 and 16 hearings, Harris’ lawyers tried to bar the media and public from the pretrial hearings but the judge said that wouldn’t happen.
One of Harris’ attorneys, Maddox Kilgore, had argued that leaving the hearings open to the public and press would take away Harris’ right to a fair trial.
The 1966 Supreme Court case of Miranda v. Arizona affirmed that a citizen in police custody must be given a full warning of their rights before being interrogated.
Harris had reportedly spent the June 18 working at Home Depot where he was a web developer while also messaging multiple women who were not his wife – including an underage minor who he sent a photo of his erect penis.
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Staley ruled that Harris’ comments did not fall under the protection afforded by Miranda and would be admissible at trial.
