Posted on 03/07/2017 6:15:32 PM PST by iowamark
A Chicago man accused of murder who beat his case when prosecutors couldn't give him a speedy trial was killed after leaving Cook County Jail on Monday night, according to authorities.
Kamari Belmont, 23, was being held on separate murder and robbery cases stemming from a single night in 2015 in which he was accused of shooting one man during a robbery who later died and robbing another man a couple of hours later.
Cook County prosecutors in January dropped murder charges against Belmont and his co-defendant, Terrance Hogan, 23, after allowing too much time to elapse under the state’s speedy trial statute without bringing the case to trial, according to court records and Belmont’s attorney. Bail on Belmont’s robbery case was set at $100,000 the same day charges were dropped.
At 5:30 p.m. Monday, a friend of Belmont’s posted $10,000 bond. Belmont was released at 11:12 p.m.
Someone pulled alongside him in a white SUV on California Avenue a couple of blocks south of Cook County Jail on Monday night before midnight and started shooting. Belmont was shot multiple times.
The white SUV crashed, and those inside fled, according to police. Belmont collapsed in the street trying to flee and died at the scene.
“Oh, my God, I can’t believe it,” said Belmont’s attorney, Michael Johnson, who said he has known Belmont’s family for over two decades. He said he’d seen his client recently at the jail as Belmont’s family put together the bail money. Hogan remains locked up.
“I told him, once he gets out he’s got to get out of the neighborhood,” Johnson said. “Unfortunately this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this.”...
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Nice job getting him freed, Michael Johnson. It worked out to be speedy final justice.
Live by the sword...
Hope Johnson got his fee paid up front.
“IDOLATOR!!!!! Your soul is required in Hell!”
I hope the check bounces.
GMTA!
He could have had a least as successful career as the Grammy winning duo Milli Vanilli
That’s an innocent man! /s
Aspiring rapper, turning his life around, going back to school.......
Do they get their bond money back? Because I don’t think he’s going to show up in court again.
A regular Dainty Muffin....
Are they sure he didn’t get the death penalty?
Interesting that the first few letters in his first name spell “Karma”.
Guess he will be missed at choir practice.
Nope, when you post the usual 10% of the bail, that’s a one-time payment to the bail bondsman.
If I were part of the Famn Damily bailout, I’d call the court clerk, and ask if the death certificate would do, or would I have to drag the db to the clerk’s office.
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