Here, "the jury asked for a charge upon a specific point [ the definitions of the offenses ] and the jury was charged upon that point." The punishment currently prescribed for a terroristic threats conviction reads as follows: OCGA 16-11-37(d)(1). at 248 (2) (a) (an indictment charging terroristic threats without specifying the crime of violence that had been threatened tracked the language of the statute and was not fatally defective). At least two witnesses to the confrontation recorded the incident on their cellphone cameras and posted the footage online. Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP Is Pleased To Announce Patrick P. Mevs & Daniel W. Milstein Have Become Members Of The Firm. Magazines, Digital But Alford wasnt so sure. Receive free daily summaries of new opinions from Tell the AJC: How do you experience race in Georgia? %PDF-1.4
Prosecutors said that the group threatened black motorists and walked up to one of their cars with a gun. Widner, 280 Ga. at 677 (2) (citation and punctuation omitted). WebJustia US Law Case Law Georgia Case Law Court of Appeals of Georgia Decisions 2021 JOSE TORRES v. THE STATE. When that gun was loaded, did you think about your children then? Alford said in an interview with the AJC on Tuesday. Leagle.com reserves the right to edit or remove comments but is under no obligation to do so, or to explain individual moderation decisions. Alford said Torres and Norton should have pleaded guilty. The decision to conduct a rigorous investigation led to a successful outcome that best served our community., Jose Torres (credit: Douglas County DA Facebook page), Despite or perhaps because of the Douglasville PDs initial reluctance to arrest any Respect The Flag members, the Southern Poverty Law Center launched an investigation almost immediately after the July 2015 incident. 0000026062 00000 n
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Accordingly, the trial court did not abuse its discretion, and this enumeration of error fails. Despite the many news articles with such misleading headlines as Couple sentenced to prison for disrupting birthday party with Confederate flags, Douglasville District Attorney Brian Fortner specified, in a statement posted on the Douglas County District Attorneys Office Facebook page, that the flags had nothing to do with the legal penalties doled out to Torres, Norton or other members of the Respect the Flag group. 0000043358 00000 n
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She said she could see he was scared on Monday, but she also remembered his rage on that summer day nearly two years ago. But then Alford thought of the reasons Norton was in court: the convoy of pickup trucks with Confederate flags, the vile racist epithets, the loaded shotgun leveled on her friends and family, the threats to blow childrens heads off. 84, 88-89(3), 842 S.E.2d 532 (2020). Some members pointed guns at the group. 46 0 obj
See Hulett v. State, 296 Ga. 49, 60 (5) (766 SE2d 1) (2014) (an ineffectiveassistance claim is a mixed question of law and fact, and we accept the trial courts factual findings unless clearly erroneous and independently apply the law to those facts); see also Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668, 698 (IV) (104 SCt 2052, 80 LE2d 674) (1984). This is behaviour that even supporters of the Confederate battle flag can agree is criminal and shouldnt be allowed, Douglas County District Attorney Brian Fortner said in a statement. Davis v. State, 306 Ga. 140, 144 (3) (829 SE2d 321) (2019). Addressing several of the victims who had come to court to witness the sentencing, Norton expressed remorse, saying: I do accept responsibility for what Ive done. 361 Ga.App. xref
Two others, Thomas Charles Summers and Lacey Paul Henderson II, had pleaded guilty to terroristic threat and battery charges prior to Monday. The two were found guilty in February of street-gang terrorism for their roles in the pickup truck convoy, and on Monday McClain threw the book at them. WebGet free access to the complete judgment in Torres v. State on CaseMine. Summers is serving four years in prison and Henderson is serving two. They even threatened to kill children at the party. Most of the flag group members were sentenced to misdemeanors or put into diversion programs. WebB2 dailybusinessreview.com TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2023 DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW BROWARD U.S. DISTRICT 23-cv-80259-RLR, Chanel, Inc. v. Eye of the Needle Palm According to trial counsel, he did not believe that a general demurrer would be meritorious because the defense knew what [they] were dealing with and knew who those specific people were. Count 4 of Torress indictment alleged the essential elements of the offense, tracked the language of the terroristic threats statute, and sufficiently placed Torres on notice of the crime with which he was charged and against which he was required to defend. The Judge Criticized Douglasville Police For Not Arresting Anybody at the 5 = / q n k p k M. 3. Contact us. ", Count 4 of Torres's indictment alleged the essential elements of the offense, tracked the language of the terroristic threats statute, and sufficiently placed Torres on notice of the crime with which he was charged and against which he was required to defend. Accordingly, the trial court did not err in sentencing Torres on his terroristic threats conviction. . Questions about group subscriptions? 0000001512 00000 n
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Phipps, Senior Appellate Judge. We likewise find that Torress threat to shoot the victims in this case suggested the death of the victims, and his five-year felony sentence would be lawful even under the current version of the statute. Jose Ismael TORRES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Two days after the party, on July 27, 2015, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that authorities were investigating the videos to determine if anything illegal happened. Jon Schuppe is an enterprise reporter for NBC News, based in New York. Although the jurors' note contained a parenthetical reference to the "18-page document" that comprised all jury instructions, the note specifically requested "the definitions of the charges." Torres appeals following the I forgive all of you, Bryant said as Norton and Torres wept. At issue here is how the trial court handled the request for the "definitions of the charges." A general demurrer challenges the validity of an indictment by asserting that the substance of the indictment is legally insufficient to charge any crime, and it should be granted only when an indictment is absolutely void in that it fails to charge the accused with any act made a crime by the law. Poole v. State, 326 Ga. App. Jose Torres, Phillip Torres, Robert Torres. Torres first asserts that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to completely answer a question posed by the deliberating jury. Here, Count 4 alleged that Torres "threaten[ed] to shoot" the victims attending the party. This claim lacks merit. [i]n reckless disregard of the risk of causing the terror. It is well settled that an indictment that uses statutory language to charge the defendant with a crime will withstand a demurrer alleging that the indictment is insufficient. I wasnt mad about them flying those flags, Alford said. There is no hate crime law; Torres and Kayla Norton were convicted under the Street Gang Terrorism Act. Torres and Norton were found guilty of yelling racial slurs and threatening to kill partygoers, even the kids. Accordingly, the trial court did not abuse its discretion, and this enumeration of error fails. Join Facebook to connect with Jose Ismael Torres and others you may know. Hood v. State, 292 Ga.App. Our Team Account subscription service is for legal teams of four or more attorneys. WebJose Ismael Torres, 26, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and will serve 13, and Kayla Rae Norton, 25, received 15 years, serving six. Thats kind of what I perceived that they wanted[.] /O 47
Douglasvilles population is 35 percent white and almost 60 percent black. Not until the following October, almost three months later, were members of Respect The Flag indicted for their activities in July. /Root 46 0 R
AFFIRMED; REMANDED for correction of scrivener's error. As he sentenced the duo, judge McClain castigated them for their behavior. The bond hearing is set for Monday morning. Heres what you need to know about Torres, Norton and the results of their recent trial: Kayla Norton (credit: Douglas County DA Facebook page). Hyesha Bryant, who was with her 3 children at the party, accepted the apology. TermsPrivacyDisclaimerCookiesDo Not Sell My Information, Begin typing to search, use arrow keys to navigate, use enter to select, Stay up-to-date with FindLaw's newsletter for legal professionals. She said she grew up seeing it all over the Alabama town where she was raised. This claim lacks merit. We conclude that the terroristic threats count in this case was not fatally defective for failing to specify the names of the victims. Customer Service| trailer
Torres contends that his trial counsel should have filed a general demuurer to Count 4 of the indictment the terroristic threats charge because the indictment did not name a specific victim in that count. After the jurors returned to deliberate, the trial court asked counsel whether counsel had any concerns or objections. We find no reversible error in the trial courts response to the question. 64 0 obj
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Alfords sympathy evaporated. Jose Ismael Torres was arrested Monday by Altamonte Springs police in a Volusia County hotel room. Specifically, Count 4 of Torres's indictment was sufficient to apprise him that he was charged with making the terroristic threats against persons attending a party at 9037 Campbellton Street. Torres and Norton were sentenced on one count each of making terroristic threats and violating Georgias street gang act; Torres was also convicted of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. PER "A trial court has a duty to recharge the jury on issues for which the jury requests a recharge." /T 100459
565, 569(1)(b), 845 S.E.2d 305 (2020) (citation and punctuation omitted). Kayla Rae Norton and her partner, Jose Ismael Torres, both wept copiously as Douglas County Judge William McClain passed sentence. 0000017752 00000 n
Rosalind Bentley is an award-winning feature writer focusing on culture, arts and sometimes food, as they are expressed and experienced in Atlanta. Law.com Compass includes access to our exclusive industry reports, combining the unmatched expertise of our analyst team with ALMs deep bench of proprietary information to provide insights that cant be found anywhere else. They waved Confederate flags from pickup trucks, made armed threats against black motorists, and hurled racial epithets at attendees to the 8-year-olds birthday party, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Tell the AJC: How do you experience race in Georgia? The incident came just days after a massacre at a Charleston church, where nine African-Americans were killed. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Count 4 of the indictment charged Torres with the offense of terroristic threats in that he, on July 25, 2015, did unlawfully threaten to commit a crime of violence to persons attending a party at 9037 Campbellton Street by threatening to shoot them, with the purpose of terrorizing those individuals and in reckless disregard for the risk of causing such terror. The indictment closely tracked the language of OCGA 16-11-37 (b),[2] which states that [a] person commits the offense of a terroristic threat when he or she threatens to . I forgive all of you. 210, 213 (2) (699 SE2d 392) (2010) (indictment survived general demurrer because it both tracked the language of the statute and described the acts constituting the offense sufficiently to put the defendant on notice of the offense with which he was charged). IE 11 is not supported. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. TORRES v. The STATE. seeks attorneys with 1-3 years litigation experience for its Morristown, NJ office. See Bryant v. State, 306 Ga. 687, 689(1), n. 2, 832 S.E.2d 826 (2019); Christian v. State, 347 Ga.App. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, Jose Ismael Torres, 26, and Kayla Rae Norton, 25 reportedly parents of three children were found guilty earlier this month of violating the states street-gang Isnt it time we heard from UGAs Kirby Smart? Also we would like the map display." A judge sentenced two people to lengthy prison terms on Monday for disrupting an 8-year-old black girls birthday party in 2015 by using racial slurs, showing the Confederate flag and making armed threats. 1. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. The two are the last of 15 people charged in the confrontation at the 8-year-olds party, which took place in Douglasville in July 2015. . WebTORRES v. THE STATE. But on the day Judge McClain passed sentence on Torres and Norton, he openly questioned why the Douglasville PD did not arrest any members of Respect The Flag at the birthday party, calling their inaction inexplicable and a very bad mistake. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that McClain told the couple that he didnt understand Why you werent arrested that day but [were] allowed to drive off in the protection of the authorities.. All rights reserved. The next day they kept up their campaign and happened upon Alfords party for her 27-year-old son and her 8-year-old grandson. Not only did Count 4 of the indictment in this case track the language of the statute, but it contained other information sufficient to place Torres on notice of the charge against him. You may return and deliberate." After the jurors returned to deliberate, the trial court asked counsel whether counsel had any concerns or objections. <<
The disruption of the birthday party took place less than a month after white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine African-Americans at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina. Stewart v. State, 246 Ga. 70, 72 (2) (268 SE2d 906) (1980); accord Poole, 326 Ga. App. State v. Grube, 293 Ga. 257, 260 (2) (744 SE2d 1) (2013). /Prev 100447
All Rights Reserved. PHIPPS, Senior Appellate Judge. An indictment shall be deemed sufficiently technical and correct to withstand a general demurrer if it states the offense in the terms and language of [the Georgia] Code or so plainly that the nature of the offense charged may easily be understood by the jury. Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. at 247 (2) (citation and punctuation omitted). Torres could not admit the conduct alleged in Count 4 and still be innocent of making terroristic threats. 0000005931 00000 n
Instead, the trial judge inadvertently applied it to the drug trafficking charge pursuant to section 893.135(1), Florida Statutes (2015). Pick up PEOPLEs special edition True Crime Stories: Cases That Shocked America, on sale now, for the latest on Casey Anthony, JonBent Ramsey and more. This claim therefore fails. After frantic 911 calls, Douglasville police arrived and forced Torres, Norton and their group to leave. (citation and punctuation omitted). Join Facebook to connect with Jose Ismael Torres and others you may know. According to the witnesses, a few people yelled fk yall ns and shoot em. When someone from the party said, There are kids here, a person from the convoy yelled, Well shoot those bastards, too., The SPLC also reported that after the party (but long before the grand jury indictments), a Respect The Flag sympathizer posted on Facebook that Trust me the last thing you want is a bunch of pissed off rednecks in jacked up trucks and Confederate flags flying to mess up that pretty lawn. They repeatedly yelled death threats saying they were going to killing all the n, Assistant District Attorney David Emadi said in court. The two were found guilty in startxref
Here, the jury asked for a charge upon a specific point [- the definitions of the offenses -] and the jury was charged upon that point. Id. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. I think the tears were mainly because they got caught, Alford said. As a result, a general demurrer would not have been successful, and Torres's counsel did not perform deficiently by failing to pursue a meritless demurrer as to Count 4.3 See Subar v. State, 309 Ga. 805, 809(2), 848 S.E.2d 109 (2020) (where indictment was sufficient to survive a general demurrer, trial counsel's failure to file such a meritless motion could not be deemed deficient performance); Bradford v. State, 327 Ga.App. Two years ago, Jose Ismael Torres was sentenced to 20 years in prison. It is well settled that an indictment that uses statutory language to charge the defendant with a crime will withstand a demurrer alleging that the indictment is insufficient. 310, 311 (3) (306 SE2d 313) (1983) (citations and punctuation omitted). You gamble, you win or you lose.. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. Torres appeals following the Torres's counsel stated: Torres argues on appeal that the jurors' note requested a complete recharge of all the jury instructions and not simply a recharge of the definitions of the offenses. Under the first prong of this test, counsels performance will be found deficient only if it was objectively unreasonable under the circumstances and in light of prevailing professional norms. Manner v. State, 302 Ga. 877, 881 (II) (808 SE2d 681) (2017). . at 247(2), 756 S.E.2d 322 (citation and punctuation omitted). [4] 3. Davis v. State, 306 Ga. 140, 144(3), 829 S.E.2d 321 (2019). Torres, 26, and Norton, 25, have three children between them. Although the jurors note contained a parenthetical reference to the 18-page document that comprised all jury instructions, the note specifically requested the definitions of the charges. The trial court recharged those definitions and repeatedly ensured that the jurors understood the recharge. 142, 143(1), 834 S.E.2d 139 (2019) (a trial court is obligated to sentence a defendant pursuant to the statute in effect at the time he committed the offense). 84, 88-89 (3) (842 SE2d 532) (2020). TORRES v. THE STATE. Other members of Respect the Flag pleaded guilty and received lesser sentences. Keep fg with our flag!!!!!! The industry-leading media platform offering competitive intelligence to prepare for today and anticipate opportunities for future success. News Ask a Lawyer Question: Add details 120 Ask Question Find a Lawyer In order to establish that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective, Torres must show that his attorneys performance was deficient and that he was prejudiced by the deficient performance. The court then stated: Im going to slowly and carefully define those offenses for you. The trial court recharged the jury as to elements of a crime, the States burden of proof, and the definitions of the charged offenses. Jose Ismael Torres, 26, and Kayla Rae Norton, 25, (pictured above) were first arrested and convicted earlier in the month under a street gang terrorism law for the 2015 incident. Torres appeals following the denial of his motion for a new trial. "The necessity, extent, and character of any supplemental instructions to the jury are matters within the discretion of the trial court and appellate review is limited to determining whether that discretion was abused." Please try again. Superior Court Judge William McClain sentenced Torres and Kayla Rae Norton, right, to lengthy prison terms Monday for their role in the disruption of a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. Contact Us| Each attorney is granted unlimited access to high quality, on-demand premium content from well-respected faculty in the legal industry along with administrative access to easily manage CLE for the entire team. "A general demurrer challenges the validity of an indictment by asserting that the substance of the indictment is legally insufficient to charge any crime, and it should be granted only when an indictment is absolutely void in that it fails to charge the accused with any act made a crime by the law." They got what they got, she said. Jose Torres & Kayla Norton: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Norton was sentenced to 15 years, with a minimum of six to serve. Jose Ismael Torres and Kayla Rae Norton Douglas County Sheriff's Office The Georgia group called itself Respect the Flag, and prior to the attack was seen driving in a Although OCGA 16-11-37 was revised effective May 3, 2016, see Ga. L. 2016, p. 793, 2, "in general, a crime is to be construed and punished according to the provisions of the law existing at the time of its commission." That is not me. The trial court found that trial counsel was not ineffective in this regard. Gain access to some of the most knowledgeable and experienced attorneys with our 2 bundle options! The majority of police officers visible in the initial birthday-party cellphone video were white. "[T]he essential elements of terroristic threats and acts are: (1) a threat to commit any crime of violence (2) with the purpose of terrorizing another. 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