Little boy, 11, who was shot repeatedly survives long enough to tell police who killed him and his family

Law Enforcement Today ^ | 02/03/21 | Scott A. Davis

[Pining_4_TX]

ST. PAUL, MI –A heroic 11-year-old who was shot multiple times was able to tell officers before he died that his mother’s boyfriend shot him and killed his mother and sister, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

Tekeith Jones, 26, was charged with three counts of second-degree intentional murder for the shooting deaths of 33-year-old D’Zondria Wallace, 30, her 14-year-old daughter La’Porsha and her 11-year-old son Ja’Corbie at their home in St. Paul on Saturday.

[Pining_4_TX]

Good thing they weren't shot by a white cop, or people would have been upset. Only some black lives matter apparently.

[Uncle Miltie]

horrifying.

[Carriage Hill]

I’m not looking.

[Fai Mao]

I don’t believe the poor kid’s testimony is admissible in court. The murderer cannot face his accuser.

Too bad.

[Secret Agent Man]

No one will ever hear of this again

no racist white angle to exploit

[VastRWCon]

Having trouble pronouncing those names...

[Tijeras_Slim]

Whole lot of apostrophes in that family.

[mewzilla]

Dying declarations can be admitted.

[stickandrudder]

That happens a lot with Amish names /s

[Secret Agent Man]

i’m sure it is admissable

deathbed confessions are evidence

dying people do not die for lies they know are lies

in any case the dying persons statement will prompt an investigation that will find alibi problems and lead to other evidence

[Dr. Sivana]

From Cornell.edu:

However, unlike regular hearsay, a dying declaration is admissible in court. As such, a dying declaration is as an exception to the hearsay rule. Other general rules of admissibility also apply, such as the requirement that the declaration must be based on the declarant's actual knowledge.

[House Atreides]

“don’t believe the poor kid’s testimony is admissible in court. The murderer cannot face his accuser.

Too bad.”
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Dying declarations are admissible in court.

[MileHi]

dying declaration

[gundog]

Looks like a nice Christian boy.

[hanamizu]

“I don’t believe the poor kid’s testimony is admissible in court. The murderer cannot face his accuser.”

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Not a lawyer, but I thought ‘dying words’ carried a special weight in the law.

The consistent use of apostrophes in the family’s names is something of a tell.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I don’t believe the poor kid’s testimony is admissible in court. The murderer cannot face his accuser."

Dying declarations (aka deathbed declarations) are generally admissible if the person was a witness to their own murder and would otherwise have been considered a credible witness.

[Tax-chick]

What a surprise. The poor children.

[amihow]

I don’t believe the poor kid’s testimony is admissible in court. The murderer.
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Dying declarations are admissible in court.

[Dr. Sivana]

Having trouble pronouncing those names...

When they stick apostrophes in the names, doesn't that imply that something was left out? I'd like to know what the missing vowels are.

("M'Naghten rules" comes to mind, a Scot whose name is also spelled McNaughton)

[billorites]

"Whole lot of apostrophes in that family."

and thus the crux of the biscuit as it were.