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Mother shot 13-month-old boy in stroller for insurance money, say defense attorneys for teen
NY Daily News ^ | Aug 18, 2013 | Nina Golgowski

Posted on 08/19/2013 11:56:09 AM PDT by KeyLargo

Mother shot 13-month-old boy in stroller for insurance money, say defense attorneys for teen charged in murder Jury selection in the trial of De'Marquise Elkins, 18, begins Monday, but his lawyers say Sherry West had 'financial interest in the death of her son,' Antonio Santiago.

By Nina Golgowski / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, August 18, 2013, 12:04 PM

Attorneys are set to pin a Georgia mother who witnessed her 13-month-old son heartlessly shot between the eyes as the real killer behind his death.

Defense attorneys say Sherry West had "financial interest in the death of her son," Antonio Santiago, after she took out a life insurance policy before his savage murder in March, according to a pretrial motion.

"Other evidence of record suggests Sherry West is mentally unstable, gave several inconsistent accounts of how the crime transpired, and had a financial interest in the death of her son in the form of an insurance policy," public defender Kevin Gough said in a court motion filed Aug. 5.

Jury selection begins Monday at the Cobb County courthouse in Marietta where 18-year-old De'Marquise Elkins faces life in prison if convicted of Antonio's murder.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: child; insurance; mother; murder
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1 posted on 08/19/2013 11:56:09 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Sick, just sick. Lawyer needs taken out of society, one way or another.


2 posted on 08/19/2013 11:57:44 AM PDT by LaRueLaDue
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To: KeyLargo

Even if it is true.....sorry buddy you pulled the trigger and you deserve the death penalty.


3 posted on 08/19/2013 11:59:16 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: KeyLargo

The mom had one of those “baby insurance programs from GERBER” they issue millions of these...it was not enough to provide motive for murder...defense attorneys literally suck and lie
Freegards
LEX


4 posted on 08/19/2013 12:00:17 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: LaRueLaDue

5 posted on 08/19/2013 12:00:52 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: lexington minuteman 1775
"..defense attorneys literally suck and lie.."

Not much reasonable doubt about that.

Of course many prosecutors are not much better.

6 posted on 08/19/2013 12:02:29 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: KeyLargo

Doesn’t this provide the basis of a slander lawsuit against the defense attorney by the mother of the deceased?


7 posted on 08/19/2013 12:04:27 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Paladin2
Of course many prosecutors are not much better.

You mean like that dip stick that tried to railroad the Duke players?

8 posted on 08/19/2013 12:06:07 PM PDT by Mark17 (Yesterday I couldn't spell it. Today I are one, a creepy a$$ cracker)
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To: KeyLargo
So, now the news media is covering it because of the allegation that the mom killed her baby? How sick is that (Note the headline)? What kind of animal shoots a baby, and in between the eyes? HANG THE SOB.. HE SHOULDN'T BE BREATHING RIGHT NOW.

Okay she called the insurance company for payment but she'd need the money after this incident.

The perp's accomplice said HE shot the baby, not her. I'll believe the accomplice, thank you. The shooter's family hid evidence and the .22 hand gun was found in a pond.

9 posted on 08/19/2013 12:07:19 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: KeyLargo

Words fail me.


10 posted on 08/19/2013 12:08:28 PM PDT by ScottinVA (If you don't care about Antonio Santiago, sure as hell don't whine about Trayvon Martin.)
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To: KeyLargo

What we have here is a lawyer that needs to be severely beaten in the parking lot as he heads home to his own wife and children.

Seriesly. That’s the Chicago way.


11 posted on 08/19/2013 12:08:49 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

But, what do the “just-us brothers” have to say? They could be the determining factor. No just-us, no piece (of the pie).


12 posted on 08/19/2013 12:09:48 PM PDT by rktman (Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

Assuming while she was making funeral arrangements, the funeral home probably asked for payment. Were there eye witnesses to the shooting?


13 posted on 08/19/2013 12:10:20 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: KeyLargo

I believe her older daughter early on said she thought her mother did it because of conversations about money and her age......


14 posted on 08/19/2013 12:14:24 PM PDT by yoe ("They Come To America" order it now: http://www.theycometoamerica.com/buy-dvd/)
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To: LaRueLaDue
Kevin Gough public defender of the five-county Brunswick Judicial Circuit
15 posted on 08/19/2013 12:17:52 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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That lawyer is one low life scum whose mother barks.

I expect nothing better from the fatherless gangbanger that is on trial.
But I thought lawyers had some standards.
Does anyone know if the lawyer is a Blackafricanmericanperzonofcolor or not.

16 posted on 08/19/2013 12:21:37 PM PDT by Tupelo (There are no Republicans or Democrats in Washington. Just Millionaires protecting their turf.)
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To: KeyLargo

Evil and stupid - if that doesn’t turn the jury against the defendant nothing will. It’s easy to see why this shyster is a public defender.


17 posted on 08/19/2013 12:22:28 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: KeyLargo
Oh dear. Kevin. I had dinner with him on St. Simons Island and some others after a Tea Party meeting last year. He once had an important position in the Glynn County Republican Party but was voted out.

I tried my Publius shtick on him, discussing American history, and found that there was so much he didn't know.

He's just trying to defend an indefensible client. He's doing his duty, but his duty grates on me.

18 posted on 08/19/2013 12:24:24 PM PDT by Publius (And so, night falls on civilization.)
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To: KeyLargo
Mom & Alleged Shooter:


19 posted on 08/19/2013 12:24:25 PM PDT by TexasCajun (Creepy-Ass Cracka -- Don't Call Me Cracker)
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To: Publius
He's doing his duty, but his duty grates on me

Sigh. He needs to jealously represent the interests of his client. That's his job, and it's a critical one.

I've no idea how a man can do that in this situation, though, and still look at himself in a mirror in the morning. Maybe disassociate himself from it, look at it as a theoretical exercise rather than a real world one?

20 posted on 08/19/2013 12:28:33 PM PDT by wbill
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