Cant find threads on this if there are any.

Today the state rested their case against Jahaad Marshall, and the guys attorney wants to quit, says continuing to represent the guy the way he wants to be represented jeopardizes his law license.

http://www.wral.com/state-rests-in-raleigh-home-invasion-trial-defense-asks-to-withdraw-from-case/13513793/

Sounds like the defendant is the lowest form of scum you can find and really should be forcibly paralyzed before being sent to prison forever.

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"RALEIGH, N.C. — Family members of a Raleigh woman sexually assaulted last year during a violent home invasion broke down in court Wednesday as a Wake County prosecutor played for jurors a nearly six-minute 911 call she made shortly after she was attacked and her husband was shot in back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. "We woke up, and there were these men in our bedroom, and they wanted money, and we gave them everything we had, and we didn't have enough," the woman, tearful at times, said in the frantic call made from a neighbor's house at 3:17 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2013. "Then one of them took me out of the bedroom and made me take my clothes off, and he started to sexual assault me, and then he took me upstairs to the other gentleman," she continued. Her husband, she said, then started hitting the men, which allowed her to escape. "They were both attacking my husband, and I ran out of the house screaming, and then I heard them shoot him," she said. The state then rested its case in the trial of Jahaad Tariem Allah Marshall, one of two brothers charged in the Jan. 7, 2013, crime in the city's historic Oakwood neighborhood, as well as three other burglaries and home invasions in the two weeks prior. Marshall, 27, and his 17-year-old brother, Shabar Master Marshall, were arrested the same morning following a high-speed chase and were later connected to three other similar cases – two on Dec. 26 and one on Dec. 30. Jahaad Marshall is on trial for 23 charges, including attempted first-degree murder, sexual offense, burglary and kidnapping. Shortly after Assistant District Attorney Boz Zellinger state rested its case, defense attorney Deonte Thomas said he did not plan to offer any evidence. After consulting with his attorney, however, Jahaad Marshall told Superior Court Judge Henry Hight that, against the advice of his attorney, he wants to testify on his own behalf. That prompted Thomas to ask the judge to release him from the case, saying he risked his law license if he asked his client, while under oath, questions about the crimes. "I can't give a direct examination of Mr. Marshall that I don't believe would put myself in a position to risk my license," Thomas said. "I don't see the questions I could ask that would help Mr. Marshall in defending this case – the way he intends to go with it – that I know would be false to the court. I just don't see how I could even go forward with the first question." Hight refused the request, saying the trial is too far along, but he extended the lunch break until 2 p.m. to give Thomas time to consult with the North Carolina State Bar. Shabar Marshall pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges in the Oakwood case as well as the Dec. 30 case and will be sentenced after his trial on six felony charges in the two remaining cases."

3/26/2014 2:35:34 PM

remember when prisons weren't nicer than dorms?

3/26/2014 2:38:45 PM

Also finally a comment on WRAL I agree with.

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"50 years? NO! Life without parole is the only acceptable penalty for someone who puts someone in a wheelchair for life. We need to bring back hard labor. Make them break larger rocks into smaller rocks with no hope of ever doing anything else."

This guy already plead to or was convicted or robbery in South Carolina and walked on probation and suspended sentence.
http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1212204&searchLastName=marshall&searchFirstName=jahad&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

3/26/2014 2:38:52 PM

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"RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The man on trial in a robbery at home in Raleigh's historic Oakwood neighborhood that left a man paralyzed from the waist down took the witness stand in his own defense Wednesday against the advice of his attorneys. Jahaad Marshall's attorney Deonte Thomas asked to be removed from the case saying he was concerned the 27-year-old would perjure himself. Judge Henry Hight denied the request, telling Thomas that he expected "zealous representation to the best of your abilities." Marshall's decision to testify came just moments after the prosecution rested. Earlier in the day, they played the dramatic 911 call from the night of January 13, 2013 when two armed men broke into Jason Beyer's home and woke him and his wife. Prosecutors say Marshall and his brother Shabar stole valuables from the home and shot Beyer in the back when he fought them to prevent a sexual assault on his wife. Prosecutors allege the brothers were behind five similar robberies going back to December 2012. On the witness stand Wednesday, Jahaad Marshall said he purchased a printer found in his home that was taken in one of the robberies from somebody else. Jahaad said his brother and a friend he knew as "BJ" or "Brian" were the ones who went into the Beyer home. He said he was driving the getaway car, and he was not responsible for the shooting. The two brothers are being tried separately. Shabar Marshall has already admitted to 15 total charges including first-degree sex offense and attempted murder in the incident at the Beyer's home. He remains charged in the other home invasions. Jahaad Marshall is charged with one count of first-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, one count of attempted murder, one count of attempted first-degree rape and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon."

3/26/2014 3:26:09 PM

Oh stop the trial everyone, he could not be guilty, he just drove the getaway car!

3/26/2014 3:28:04 PM

Interesting the lawyer played it that way, almost noble. I wonder how often that happens...

On a related note, if he were wealthier, he might could have afforded a lawyer who would fight dirty on his behalf. Probably still wouldn't get out, but maybe would have gotten a shorter sentence.

3/26/2014 5:23:51 PM

I am not sure what a more expensive lawyer could say......he was caught after a high speed chase immediately following the crime and had the property stolen from the crime scene with him, was also identified by the victims.

3/27/2014 10:18:09 AM

Yeah I don't think it gets much more clear cut than this situation.

3/27/2014 10:22:38 AM

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"Jahaad Marshall testified that he had nine brothers and eight sisters, though some of them were only half-siblings. Life was not always easy for them, Marshall said, and crimes he had pleaded guilty to over the past 10 years had made it difficult for him to find work. Marshall said he worked at a Snoopy’s restaurant for a while but left in a huff after the manager tried to make him wear one of their hot dog costumes and stand on the sidewalk with a sign. Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/26/3735142/jahaad-marshall-takes-stand-in.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy"

So it was beneath him to help promote the restaurant he worked at and he was being paid to work at, but not beneath him to break in a home, sexually assault one resident, try to kill the other one, and run away with all the cash, jewelry, and electronics he could scoop on on the way out?

Are we supposed to feel bad for him that he thought working at a hot dog place was beneath him, and decided a better plan was robbing houses?

Certainly the jury is going to go for that one.....

3/27/2014 10:36:59 AM

Perhaps I missed this in the article, but if an attorney asks to be released from a case, what would motivate a judge to refuse the request?

3/27/2014 10:45:45 AM

^ Likely a judicial efficiency determination, i.e., the judge decided it was easier/more efficient to keep current attorney than to delay trial while another attorney appointed, as well as to avoid any potential issues on appeal.

And, the judge understands the attorney is asking to be released likely only bc the attorney knows his clients intends to present false testimony and the attorney is attempting to avoid any later disciplinary action by requesting to remove themselves from the case prior to being a party to false testimony before the court.

[Edited on March 27, 2014 at 10:53 AM. Reason : ...]

3/27/2014 10:48:21 AM

^^
His job is to defend broke criminals. So he's like "I don't wanna defend this broke criminal," and the judge is like "Tough shit, it's yo job."

3/27/2014 10:52:02 AM

Is he a public defender or is he independent of the State?

3/27/2014 3:27:29 PM

Lawyers can not quit mid trial without the judges permission.

3/27/2014 3:31:10 PM

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"he might could"

I thought they only said this on The Wire

3/27/2014 3:36:05 PM

might could / might should / might would are common in parts of North Carolina

3/27/2014 3:53:34 PM

sometimes I even say "used to could"

3/27/2014 5:26:37 PM

I usta could drink all night and not get a 2 day hangover.

3/27/2014 6:15:18 PM

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"Jahaad Marshall testified that he had nine brothers and eight sisters"

shit begets shit.

3/27/2014 9:07:45 PM

LOL, you suck so bad.

3/27/2014 9:20:01 PM

Guilty on 22 counts

3/28/2014 3:15:55 PM

I feel sorry for that judge, having to repeat all 22 charges to each juror to make sure that's still their verdict.

3/28/2014 3:24:48 PM

That was jacked up I was in the media room for half that trial.

3/28/2014 3:28:41 PM

That's a bad dude.

3/28/2014 3:30:05 PM

"back when we used to smoke good at the oakwoods"

3/28/2014 4:02:40 PM

263 Years


NC does not have parole anymore either.

3/28/2014 5:25:10 PM

Tomorrow he will only have 262 years 364 days left.

3/28/2014 9:14:41 PM

Lol at that mother fucker crying.

3/28/2014 9:16:54 PM

I have a 99cent bullet that would take care of this piece of shit. Everyone wins.

3/28/2014 9:37:35 PM

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"When asked why he was involved in the robberies, Shabar Marshall said he went along with his older brother because Jahaad Marshall had invited him. His brother had a girlfriend at the time who was pregnant. Jahaad Marshall had a criminal record and had not been keen on the assignments he was getting from Snoopy’s restaurant, especially after the manager asked him to dress up in the hot dog suit and hawk their fare with a sidewalk sign."

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/03/31/3748066/younger-marshall-sentenced-to.html

3/31/2014 7:21:39 PM