Posted on 06/10/2003 8:54:21 AM PDT by chance33_98
TX woman indicted in "man-in-winshield" case
Police : Victim lived two days
Texas woman charged with letting victim die
Victim lived for days lodged in windshield
woman had sex while man was dying in garage
Houston Chronicle
June 10, 2003, 7:14AM
Search begins for jury in gruesome windshield death
Associated Press
FORT WORTH - Questionnaires were given Monday to potential jurors in the murder trial of a woman accused of hitting a man with her car, driving home and parking in her garage, where he died a few hours later -- still lodged in the windshield.
The jury pool was to return to court next week, when selection was expected to begin.
Chante Jawan Mallard, 26, was indicted in April 2002 on charges of murder and tampering with evidence in the death of Gregory Biggs, 37. Mallard faces life in prison if convicted.
Biggs, a former bricklayer who had been staying in a Fort Worth homeless shelter, was found dead in a park in October 2001. Police had no leads until a tipster came forward four months later, saying Mallard mentioned the incident at a party.
Two of Mallard's friends, Clete Deneal Jackson and Herbert Tyrone Cleveland, have pleaded guilty to tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. They were sentenced to 10 years and nine years in prison, respectively, and are expected to testify against Mallard.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys declined to comment Monday, citing a judge's gag order in the case.
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I am now cursing imaginatively.....
I don't think this is a capital murder trial, so she won't be getting the death penalty. Controversial as it is, I think they can't show premeditated, etc. since she accidentally hit him, then ran. Although some would argue that it was a conscious act to NOT CALL 911 etc. at the time it happened. Tough call, huh ? Seems it could have gone either way to me re the death penalty.
She could get some big time in the State Prison though.
Yep. Then it would have been a hate crime. Speaking of hate crimes...can you imagine having a monstor like that 'caring' for you while you're helpless in a hospital bed?
Mysterious deaths on her floor during her shift ought to be investigated.
I certainly do understand that !
I would be one of those doing the arguing. She could have tried to give him first aid if she was 'too afraid' to call 9/11. So no, for me it isn't a tough call. Capital murder ought to be provable. You're right : the law is obviously prosecuting on the side of caution, and with good reason. It's the only way they can guarantee a conviction.
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Judge: Trial in windshield death will stay in FW06/11/2003
A state district judge denied a defense motion Tuesday to move a murder trial from Fort Worth for a nurse's aide accused of striking a homeless man with her car and leaving him to die entangled in her windshield.
Judge James Wilson also rejected a motion to suppress the confession of the woman, Chante Mallard, 26, of Fort Worth.
Ms. Mallard is accused of striking Gregory Glenn Biggs, 37, when she was driving home from a bar in October 2001.
She is charged with murder and tampering with evidence and remains in Tarrant County Jail.
Jury selection in her trial is scheduled to begin next week.
Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stories/061103dnmetwindshield.59d7c.html
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