Posted on 01/25/2005 4:09:03 PM PST by NativeTexun
1/25/05-Cochise County, AZ Governor's Warrant Needed To Bring Johnny Williams Back
Johnny Lee Williams, Jr. is still not talking to authorities and is delaying his extradition process to bring him back to Smith County to face charges.
An extradition hearing was held today for Williams in Cochise County, AZ. Williams has been in jail there since Friday, when he was arrested at a hospital, after getting treatment for a gunshot wound.
Police believe it was Williams on the West Tyler Wal-Mart surveillance tape, shown kidnapping Megan Holden, 19. Megan's body was later found in West Texas.
Williams fought extradition today, so it will take some more work to get him back to Smith County for trial. Now, Texas will have to get a governor's warrant to extradite Williams. That could take two weeks or more. From that point, authorities will have 30 days to bring Williams back to Smith County.
In the meantime, the Cochise County attorney is talking to Smith County District Attorney Matt Bingham about what charges to file: "I'm going to defer to Matt on this and let it be his call as to whether or not he wants us to indict him locally because that sort of creates a little bit of a hurdle if we indict him locally because then we have to dismiss our charges without prejudice, meaning they could be refiled again in order to get him back to Texas," Ed Rhineheimer said.
And of course, we cannot get any comment from Bingham because he's under a gag order. That was issued yesterday by 114th District Judge Cynthia Kent.
If williams is not brought back before February 20, the judge in Cochise County will hold a review hearing on that day.
Julie Tam, reporting.
This is the guy whose parents are blaming the Marines for their son's crime spree?
Why is this piece of s#@t still using oxygen and eating?
>>This is the guy whose parents are blaming the Marines for their son's crime spree? <<
Same el-creepo!
Hey .. charge him with subordination too! Refusing extradition. ; >
>>Why is this piece of s#@t still using oxygen and eating?<<
To keep him going so we can try him in East Texas, ya'll, and send him thru the fast lane to the chair.
Isn't flight across state lines to avoid prosecution a federal crime? If it is try him in federal court in Arizona for the killing in Texas.
I don't know but I'm confident he'll be extradited back here. We have a good district attorney and Bush is a Texan too. ; > Of course, you knew that! ; >
East Texas juries don't go easy on criminals like this. They did make that dreaded Laney mistake, however, and I'm sure that will always be in the backs of jurors minds to never shame Tyler or the State of Texas again with a verdict like that!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't what he did a hate crime? Are we going to see any charges of this nature?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't what he did a hate crime? Are we going to see any charges of this nature?
No you won't see this issue brought up. Hate crime only happens if there is a minority victim. Please correct me if I am wrong but I have never seen the issue raised if the victim is white. There was a recent incident in Tacoma which was a very obvious "should have been" a hate crime. However the victim was white. No hate crime. The local paper wouldn't even print my letter in reference to it. Matter of fact there was nothing in the paper that has ever referenced a hate crime.
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