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‘No good deed goes unpunished,’ accused Ahmaud Arbery killer said in jail phone call defense is trying to exclude from trial Nelson Oliveira
Attorneys for the three Georgia men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery want all recordings of phone calls the suspects had in jail excluded from the upcoming trial, one of multiple requests under consideration at a pre-trial hearing Thursday.
In one of the phone calls cited in court, ex-cop Gregory McMichael was heard telling his brother that “no good deed goes unpunished,” an apparent reference to their arrest over Arbery’s death last year. The exact context of that conversation was not clear, but the suspect’s attorney told the judge that prosecutors could use such phone calls to mislead the jury, telling them, for instance, that the “good deed” was the killing of Arbery.
Russ Bynum
In this image from video, Gregory McMichael, second from right, is led by security officers from the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., Wednesday, May 12, 2021. A Georgia judge will continue hearing legal motions Thursday in the murder case of three men facing a fall trial in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the defendants neighborhood. (AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine) May 13, 2021 - 1:23 PM
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) â A judge said Thursday he will review under seal mental health records of Ahmaud Arbery to decide whether they can be used by defense attorneys to support their case that the slaying of the 25-year-old Black man was an act of self-defense.
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Yesterday we looked at a motion filed by the defense in the trial of Travis and Greg McMichael, asking for Ahmaud Arbery’s criminal record to be brought up as relevant evidence. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley declined to rule on that motion, ordering both the prosecutors and the defense to submit written opinions in the next 20 to 40 days. A separate motion by the defense was tabled, with the judge expected to announce today whether he will allow the request to proceed. The McMichaels’ attorneys have asked that details of Arbery’s mental health be allowed to be entered as evidence. Judge Walmsley declined to issue a decision on that request, postponing his ruling while deciding overnight if Arbery’s personal medical records are relevant and applicable to the matter at hand. A decision is expected today, but prosecutors are once again crying foul. They’re accusing the defense of yet another tactic seeking to blame Arbery’s death on his