Probably not such a good idea...

http://www.al.com/news/montgom...edium=default-widget

Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Roman Shaul declared a mistrial Tuesday in a 2014 attempted murder and assault case after a witness was killed shortly after his testimony on Monday, court records said.

Kelvin Cooley, 31, was shot dead in his car which was parked outside the Montgomery County Courthouse on South Lawrence Street around 5 p.m. on Monday. Court documents state the shooting happened approximately 10 minutes after Cooley left the stand during the first day of trial for a case involving 27-year-old Jacquees Boone. Cooley was transported to the hospital with a life-threatening gunshot wound on Monday afternoon. He passed away Tuesday morning.

Cooley was the brother of Alondre Cooley, who was shot in the face by Boone in March 2014. Court documents said Alondre Cooley suffered life-threatening injuries from the shooting. Boone was previously convicted of the 2014 case, but the Alabama Supreme Court threw it out due to evidence presented during the first trial.

Boone's brother, 25-year-old Josephus Boone, was arrested and charged with capital murder on Tuesday morning for the shooting death of Kelvin Cooley. Jacquees Bone's attorney filed a motion for the mistrial in his attempted murder case Tuesday morning, court documents show.

Shaul then conducted individual interviews with the jurors about the shooting. According to WSFA, Shaul said in court some of the jurors were scared and didn't sleep well. Alondre Cooley's other brother, Marcus Cooley, was fatally shot in August. Marcus Cooley was also scheduled to testify during the trial.

Along with granting the mistrial, Shaul also ordered Jacquees Boone to be held without bond in connection to Kelvin Cooley's death. A bond revocation hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. at the courthouse.

"Jacquees". Must be French Canadians.

Jacquees
Alondre
Josephus

Where's Carnac the Magnificent? He's needed in makeup.

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Kelvin Cooley, 31, was shot dead … Alondre Cooley, who was shot in the face … Marcus Cooley, was fatally shot in August …

Sounds like someone is trying to wipe out the entire family.

This happened kinda similar in Vegas recently - accused's mother / sister (can't remember exactly) tried running over the star witness in the parking lot outside the courthouse.

Like cops say: we don't catch the smart ones...

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Will his testimony be able to be used at a retrial? Was he cross-examined already?

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Originally posted by Sig209:
This happened kinda similar in Vegas recently - accused's mother / sister (can't remember exactly) tried running over the star witness in the parking lot outside the courthouse.
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You must mean this one: http://torontosun.com/2017/09/...b7-9fd5-cf98147d3dd1

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Originally posted by Keystoner:
Will his testimony be able to be used at a retrial? Was he cross-examined already?

Let's hope so.

Somebody needs to just "accidentally" eliminate the three "Frenchy" Boone brothers and be done with it.

I can't help remembering all the arguments in the "life without parole" thread.

Wouldn't the liberal application of the death penalty clear this all up pretty quickly, and be fully justified ?

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
Jacquees
Alondre
Josephus

Where's Carnac the Magnificent? He's needed in makeup.

Strangely enough, Josephus is an actual name shared by a famous (Jewish) Greek historian.

I'm wondering if it's purely by accident that they lucked into a real name, or if they were trying.