Posted on 08/10/2013 7:54:43 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
MOBILE, Alabama – A judge this morning denied “youthful offender” status for the man accused of murdering a woman in a drive-by shooting last summer, disappointing a mother who said she knows he’s innocent because of a dream from God.
Trayon Washington, who stands accused of gunning down Wendy Fisher after she yelled at the speeding car he was riding in on Racine Avenue in west Mobile, pleaded not guilty last month. He was technically eligible to be treated as youthful offender because he was younger than 21 at the time of the shooting.
But since Mobile County Circuit Judge Michael Youngpeter already turned him down once in another case, there was little doubt about today’s decision. Defense attorney Art Powell did not even bother to put of a fight; the hearing lasted all of two minutes.
“The state’s opposed based on his extensive (criminal) history and the cases he has pending, as well,” Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Wright told the judge.”
Had Washington received a favorable ruling, his court file would have been closed to the public and his punishment capped at three years in prison. Instead, he will stand trial for murder as a full-fledge adult and faces 20 years to life in prison if convicted.
The defendant’s mother, Charlene Washington, told reporters outside the courtroom that she was disappointed in the decision and professed the defendant’s innocence. She said he has told her he knows nothing about the July 7 shooting and that she has gotten confirmation from God.
“He showed me in a dream that he was not the killer,” she said.
The shooting shocked the city because of its brazenness and seeming senselessness. The bartender and artist apparently did not know the occupants of the passing car. According to witnesses, she yelled at the vehicle to slow down because she was afraid for her dog’s safety.
The car stopped, and a passenger fired fatal shots at her in front of her boyfriend and teenage daughter, according to police.
Police allege that Washington, 18, was the shooter and that another man, Pat Maurice Brown, was driving the car. Two other people who were in the vehicle have not been charged.
Last year, Youngpeter cited Washington’s juvenile criminal record in denying a bid for youthful offender status on a receiving stolen property charge. Powell said his client was entitled to a new hearing because the law requires each case to be considered independently.
The killer was 17 year old Trayon [without the v] who got out of the vehicle, went after her, and shot her down like a dog.
Another We Are Trayvon Martin candidate
drugs.
This will get very confusing if they start having “We are Trayon” marches all over the place.
What next?
Tryon?
Flyon. Nylon. Vinyl.
I believe God told trayon’s mother that her son was a subhuman piece of garbage. She is just hard of hearing.
If Obama had a son, would he look like Trayon?
Was Trayon’s father there?
Neither Trayon nor his God Fearing mother knows who his father is. They may not even have it narrowed down to the most likely candidates.
No mention of the chile’s daddy — just mama the dreamer.
And of course the NAACP, the Trayvon Martin foundation, the media, and the politicians want this case to go away in a hurry.
One good development in the case is that they did charge the driver as an accomplice since he stopped the car to let Trayon [without the v] out of the car to do what 17 year old Trayon’s [with or without the v] do naturally.
I still think the other two in the car should be charged as well.
Sadly the first remarks of the sheriff in this case were lamentations about the social conditions that led to the murder.
Where are those loudmouths Sharpton and Jackson in all this? How come they are not flying in and demanding justice for this innotent li’l black chile?
I think those are called “Tyurone Shoelaces”.
You raise a good point. Why doesn't Trayon get the same support from the BGI that Trayvon does. Is he being discriminated against because of a letter deficiency.
Give Trayvon another 30 seconds and he might have been on trial for murder.
Charlene needs to raise a stink about this kind of discrimination.
I think we all lament the “social conditions” that lead to these kind of attacks.
But there is probably a wide disagreement between Americans and liberals as to which social conditions are to blame.
Of course the Black Racists want less penalties when Blacks go violent on Whites
This animal should be executed
Black on white crime? Ho hum.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
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