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‘You stabbed me,’ boy tells father acting as his own lawyer at double-murder trial
NYPost ^ | 06 17 2021 | Jesse O’Neill

Posted on 06/17/2021 12:57:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

A Florida man on trial for a double homicide turned the proceedings into a circus, as he acted as his own lawyer and cross-examined his 11-year-old son, who responded to his dad by testifying: “You stabbed me.”

Ronnie Oneal III allegedly murdered his girlfriend and their disabled 9-year-old daughter, then stabbed his then 8-year-old boy before setting the family’s Tampa home on fire in 2018.

The surviving child testified Wednesday by remote video that he witnessed the murders.

When it was Oneal’s turn to cross-examine the boy, he asked his son, “Did I hurt you that night?”

“Yes,” the 11-year-old responded.

“How did I hurt you?” Oneal continued.

“You stabbed me,” his son replied.

On Monday, Oneal told the court that the prosecution’s evidence was “some of the most vicious, lying, fabricating, fictitious government you ever seen,” while delivering opening arguments on his own behalf.

“I look alone. But I am backed by a mighty God,” Oneal shouted as he gestured and paced in the Tampa courtroom.

Prosecutors said they would prove Oneal shot his girlfriend Kenyatta Barron before beating her to death.

SNIP

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Ronnie Oneal III Yelled ‘Allah Akbar’ in Florida Double Murder of His Family

WFLA reported that “dispatchers said a man could be overheard in the background yelling ‘Allah Akbar!’” The phrase means God is great in Arabic. Dispatchers also heard, ‘She killed me.’ The woman could then be heard screaming and saying, ‘I’m so sorry Ronnie.’”

Moments later, another 911 call came in from a man saying, “I’ve just been attacked by some white demons…She tried to kill me and I just killed her,” and gave dispatchers the Pike Lake Drive address.

1 posted on 06/17/2021 12:57:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

I think we have most of the evidence needed right cheer...

2 posted on 06/17/2021 12:59:55 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: yesthatjallen

Ahhhhh....Florida Man


3 posted on 06/17/2021 1:00:52 PM PDT by xp38
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To: yesthatjallen
When it was Oneal’s turn to cross-examine the boy, he asked his son, “Did I hurt you that night?” “Yes,” the 11-year-old responded. “How did I hurt you?” Oneal continued. “You stabbed me,” his son replied.

Good job at the lawyering, bozo.

4 posted on 06/17/2021 1:01:33 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Paladin2

The hairdo screams “not guilty.”


5 posted on 06/17/2021 1:03:13 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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To: yesthatjallen

The guy is crazy.


6 posted on 06/17/2021 1:03:24 PM PDT by sauropod (The smartphone is the retina of the mind's eye.)
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To: pepsi_junkie
Lawyering 101:

"Never ask a question you don't know the answer to."

7 posted on 06/17/2021 1:04:25 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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To: yesthatjallen

Nuttier then squirrel turds.


8 posted on 06/17/2021 1:06:38 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: sauropod

he is crazy but not “get out of jail free” crazy..


9 posted on 06/17/2021 1:07:00 PM PDT by cherry (we are the dominionated)
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To: sauropod
The guy is crazy.

Perhaps not as crazy as we think, if his goal is convince the jury that he's crazy.

10 posted on 06/17/2021 1:09:41 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: yesthatjallen

He who represents himself has a fool for a client


11 posted on 06/17/2021 1:09:42 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Paladin2

“You don’t need to speak. Your hair is screaming at me already.”


12 posted on 06/17/2021 1:09:58 PM PDT by PGR88
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13 posted on 06/17/2021 1:10:44 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: SamAdams76
Relative of Don King?


14 posted on 06/17/2021 1:11:34 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (Idiots are of two kinds: those who try to be smart and those who think they are smart.)
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To: PGR88

His “Do” is a new one to me.

His suit can’t conceal the krazy though.


15 posted on 06/17/2021 1:11:48 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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“You stabbed me,” his son replied.

There were similar moments in the Colin Ferguson trial, in which spree killer Ferguson acted as his own attorney and cross-examined his surviving victims at trial.

"And can you tell the jury what happened next."

"Yes. You shot me."

16 posted on 06/17/2021 1:12:11 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: SamAdams76
"Never ask a question you don't know the answer to."

I mean, he did know the answer ...

17 posted on 06/17/2021 1:20:11 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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“You don’t need to speak. Your hair is screaming at me already.”

Too bad he survived sticking his finger into that socket!

18 posted on 06/17/2021 1:47:32 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: SamAdams76

“Lawyering 101”

Lawyering 201: “A person who represents themself in court has a fool for a client”


19 posted on 06/17/2021 1:54:13 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Paladin2

So that’s what an African’s hair looks like when it’s combed with a balloon.


20 posted on 06/17/2021 2:09:07 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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