Posted on 04/27/2014 12:37:05 PM PDT by FBD
A lawyer on Reeves' defense team filed the petition this week asking the 2nd District Court of Appeal to allow Reeves to be released until trial on second-degree murder and aggravated battery charges.
"Because (Reeves) has wrongfully been denied pretrial release, he is being illegally detained," attorney Frances Martinez wrote.Reeves, 71, has been in the Pasco County jail since Jan. 13, when authorities say he shot fellow theater patron Chad Oulson, 43, of Land O'Lakes at the Grove Cobb Theatre in Wesley Chapel.The bullet hit Oulson in the chest and grazed the left ring finger of his wife, Nicole.
Authorities say the shooting happened after Reeves became irritated over Oulson's refusal to stop texting his 2-year-old daughter's caregiver during movie previews. Reeves left briefly to complain to management, then returned. Moments later, witnesses said they saw popcorn fly and heard a shot. They gave varying accounts at Reeves' bail hearing in February.
Because of those conflicting stories, prosecutors did not meet their legal burden to keep Reeves in jail, his attorneys argued. They also argue that prosecutors had to refute Reeves' claim he acted in self-defense, which is also required to deny bail.Curtis Reeves Jr., the retired Tampa police captain arrested in a fatal movie theater shooting during an argument over texting, is asking an appeals court to overturn a judge's ruling denying bail and free him from jail.
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What about the other patrons and Mrs. Oulson, who was shot in the hand? Is their safety of no concern to a cop who “fears for his life”? How many people’s lives do cops get to endanger for their own perceived threat “deflation”?
I agree. As Valpal1 says: “Good manners saves lives.”
funny... that looks like Carl Rove
Those are the magical *get out of a jam* words usually. That’s what Eric Gelhaus said after unloading 10 rounds into that kid in California, I believe. And the cops that shot those ladies 70 times, who were delivering newspapers. And the cop that shot the unarmed motorist who had crashed his car in North Carolina. “I feared for my life.”
The badge polishers can’t believe it’s not working in this case.
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