The court repeatedly stopped to ask the jurors whether the recharge was helpful, whether the jurors felt they had grasped one concept before the court continued to another concept, and whether the jurors understood certain concepts, to which jurors each time responded affirmatively. The court then stated: "I'm going to slowly and carefully define those offenses for you." WhenKayla Norton broke down in court on Monday, Melissa Alford felt a twinge of sympathy. At least two witnesses to the confrontation recorded the incident on their cellphone cameras and posted the footage online. Accordingly, the trial court did not err in sentencing Torres on his terroristic threats conviction. DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. A Georgia judge sentenced two people to lengthy prison terms for their role in the disruption of a black childs birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. Gain access to some of the most knowledgeable and experienced attorneys with our 2 bundle options! Well kill all the little (racial epithet)s.. Alford, 46, and other victims sat in the jury box on Monday through much of the sentencing hearing. 0000005931 00000 n So, why you crying now?. We disagree. >> They repeatedly yelled death threats saying they were going to killing all the n, Assistant District Attorney David Emadi said in court. Kayla Rae Norton, 25, and Jose Ismael Torres, 26, were convicted this month of violating the state's street-gang terrorism law and have been held without bond as they await sentencing. In Christian, 347 Ga. App. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. 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. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. At the time, Alford said that members of the convoy interrupted the childs party with threats of violence and racial epithets. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. She is a two-time James Beard Award finalist and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. >> After their release, the two are permanently banned from Douglas County. I forgive all of you, Bryant said as Norton and Torres wept. He asserts that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by failing to completely answer a question posed by the deliberating jury, and (2) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to make a general demurrer to the terroristic threats count in the indictment. 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. "1 Poole, 326 Ga. App. Torres appeals following the denial of his motion for a new trial. /Prev 100447 He asserts that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by failing to completely answer a question posed by the deliberating jury, and (2) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to make a general demurrer to the terroristic threats count in the indictment. As he handed down the sentence, Judge McClain noted the timing of the incident I dont think its a coincidence that this happened one month after the Charleston shooting, he said, referencing the mass shooting of nine black people inside Charlestons Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. 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. With this subscription you will receive unlimited access to high quality, online, on-demand premium content from well-respected faculty in the legal industry. You may return and deliberate." The Georgia group called itself Respect the Flag, and prior to the attack was seen driving in a convoy of trucks flying rebel flags, shouting threats at black people, authorities said. Some members pointed guns at the group. Prosecutors said Torres pointed a shotgun at the party. Jose Torres did not address the court or any courtroom witnesses during his sentencing hearing, but Kayla Norton did speak to birthday-party guests who were in court that day. The Judge Criticized Douglasville Police For Not Arresting Anybody at the 0000018120 00000 n . The statute at that time contained no misdemeanor provisions. This claim lacks merit. The trial court recharged the jury as to elements of a crime, the State's burden of proof, and the definitions of the charged offenses. ", 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. Where the jury, after having been charged by the court, returns into court and requests an instruction upon a specific question, it is not error for the judge to confine his instruction to the specific point suggested by the jurys inquiry. 0000026308 00000 n 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 . Please try again. Copyright 2023, Thomson Reuters. Torres first asserts that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to completely answer a question posed by the deliberating jury. In addition, even assuming that the new statutory language applied at the time of Torres's sentencing in 2017, that language also authorizes a five-year sentence under the circumstances presented in this case. 2052. This Court reviews de novo whether the allegations in the indictment are legally sufficient to withstand a general demurrer. First of all, at the time Torres committed the offenses in July 2015, OCGA 16-11-37 (c) provided: A person convicted of the offense of a terroristic threat shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both. The trial court recharged those definitions and repeatedly ensured that the jurors understood the recharge. You didnt take a plea because you thought you were gonna get off. We disagree. WebTORRES v. The STATE. Victims react as the sentences are read. They used racial slurs and threatened to kill some of the party goers. That is not me. >> Norton was sentenced to 15 years, with a minimum of six to serve. 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). Davis v. State, 306 Ga. 140, 144(3), 829 S.E.2d 321 (2019). I accept responsibility for what I did, but that was not me. WSB-TVs coverage also quoted Norton as saying, The worst decision Ive ever made in my life was to not walk away when I had the chance. 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." The punishment currently prescribed for a terroristic threats conviction reads as follows: OCGA 16-11-37(d)(1). Two people have been jailed for their role in ruining a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. 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. Receive free daily summaries of new opinions from My understanding was that the Court was going to read the same thing that you read to them in [the full jury] charge, rather than just the charges themselves. 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. Douglasvilles population is 35 percent white and almost 60 percent black. "Under the first prong of this test, counsel's performance will be found deficient only if it was objectively unreasonable under the circumstances and in light of prevailing professional norms." 0000006358 00000 n Torres and Norton have three children together, although they are not married. 310, 311(3), 306 S.E.2d 313 (1983) (citations and punctuation omitted). This Court affirmed the five-year sentences imposed for each terroristic threat, concluding that each threat suggest[ed] the death of the husband and wife. Id. What America's Richest Ski Town's Handling of COVID-19 Shows. 84, 88-89(3), 842 S.E.2d 532 (2020). 64 0 obj On Monday, Superior Court Judge William McClain, who described the pairs actions as being motivated by racial hatred, sentenced Torres to 20 years, with 13 to serve in prison, and Norton to 15, with six to serve. Tell the AJC: How do you experience race in Georgia? 621, 627(2), 760 S.E.2d 630 (2014) (counsel's performance cannot be deemed deficient for failing to file a general demurrer that would have been unsuccessful). Example video title will go here for this video. See Bryant v. State, 306 Ga. 687, 689(1), n. 2, 832 S.E.2d 826 (2019); Christian v. State, 347 Ga.App. Stokes v. State, 355 Ga. App. 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. 0000000017 00000 n Confederate flag supporters at the South Carolina capitol. 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. . /O 47 I will simply not tolerate this type of behavior in our community.. They were found guilty earlier this month. Pursuant to section 775.087(2)(a)1.p., Florida Statutes (2015), the ten-year minimum mandatory sentence should have been imposed for the crime of possession of a firearm during the commission of a trafficking offense. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. Our second option allows you to build your bundle and strategically select the content that pertains to your needs. Prosecutors say that Norton and Torres started using menacing language. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital 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 terrorism law. A man convicted of terrorizing a child's birthday party with racial slurs is asking a judge for bond. BERGER, WALLIS, and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur. 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." Judge to defendants: "It's inexplicable to me that you weren't arrested by the police that day." /Type /Catalog 361 Ga.App. Poole v. State, 326 Ga.App. Want to discuss? We likewise find that Torres's 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. We disagree. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687(III), 104 S.Ct. [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.[1] Poole, 326 Ga. App. Rickman, C. J., and McFadden, P. J., concur. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. To meet the second prong, there must be a reasonable probability that, absent counsel's errors, the outcome of the trial would have been different. He said it had been his intent to kill black people and start a race war. /E 46291 149 863 S.E.2d 399. /S 495 Both were also banished from Douglas County, a racially diverse community a few miles west of Atlanta. Here, Torres failed to establish deficient performance. seeks attorneys with 1-3 years litigation experience for its Morristown, NJ office. Our Compliance bundles are curated by CLE Counselors and include current legal topics and challenges within the industry. 0000001815 00000 n Great opportunity for advancement. They also threatened black shoppers at a convenience store and a Wal-Mart. Douglas County District Attorney Brian Fortner said in an interview that the prosecution of the attack began with people with less serious involvement, and moved in toward those who drove it. . Torres also claims in a one-paragraph argument that his five-year sentence on the terroristic threats count is void because Count 4 only charged a misdemeanor, not a felony. Also we would like the map display." After the jurors returned to deliberate, the trial court asked counsel whether counsel had any concerns or objections. WebThe Appellate Case Inquiry System contains the register of actions for cases brought before the Kansas Supreme Court and the Kansas Court of Appeals. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. 0000017752 00000 n [3] See Subar v. State, 309 Ga. 805, 809 (2) (848 SE2d 109) (2020) (where indictment was sufficient to survive a general demurrer, trial counsels failure to file such a meritless motion could not be deemed deficient performance); Bradford v. State, 327 Ga. App. However, "it [is] within the court's discretion whether to recharge the jury in full or only upon the point or points requested by the jury." 584, 587 (6) (666 SE2d 674) (2008). Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Here, Torres failed to establish deficient performance. Customer Service| This claim therefore fails. That is not him. Jon Schuppe is an enterprise reporter for NBC News, based in New York. They caused so much mayhem, McClain said, 911 call centers were flooded with calls. Kayla Rae Norton and her partner, Jose Ismael Torres, both wept copiously as Douglas County Judge William McClain passed sentence. Dozier v. State, 306 Ga. 29, 32(3), 829 S.E.2d 131 (2019) (citation and punctuation omitted). A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. ( $ x A C 4 W That was not lost on Alford, who works as a childrens mental health advocate. At FindLaw.com, we pride ourselves on being the number one source of free legal information and resources on the web. See id. WebJose Ismael Arreola v. The State of Texas Appeal from 195th Judicial District Court of Dallas County (opinion ) Annotate this Case Download PDF Search this Case Google Scholar Google Books Legal Blogs Google Web Bing Web Google News Google News Archive Yahoo! Widner, 280 Ga. at 677 (2) (citation and punctuation omitted). 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. 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. 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. 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 jurors did not request additional charges or state that they needed any additional information. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Summers is serving four years in prison and Henderson is serving two. Georgia couple sent to prison for terrorizing black childs birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs. Write to Joseph Hincks at joseph.hincks@time.com. Terms of Service. 0-5 year associate attorney needed for a civil litigation firm in the Buckheadarea. 5 = / q n k p k M. Nortons Facebook posts also indicated that after the rampage, she spent a lot of time and effort on what the DA called a wide sweeping attempt to get all members of the Respect The Flag group to coordinate their stories, lie to the media about what happened, and cover up her role in retrieving the shotgun from Torres truck, loading it, and giving it to him just before the confrontation with guests at the birthday party. Magazines, Digital Torres contends that his trial counsel should have filed a general demurrer to Count 4 of the indictment the terroristic threats charge because the indictment did not name a specific victim in that count. The judge ordered the two permanently banished from Douglas County once they are released. Victims look on as the sentences are read. On Monday, Alford said, Kayla Nortons tears may have come from remorse. They said, Well blow the heads off all the little b and the little n can get one too., But at Torres and Nortons sentencing, party-goers accepted Nortons apology and offered forgiveness. RELATED: Racist threats outside black child's party lead to prison sentence. I forgive all of you. Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Women, Influence & Power in Law UK Awards 2023, LITIGATION ATTORNEY - ATLANTA, GEORGIA- ENTRY LEVEL, AARONSON RAPPAPORT FEINSTEIN & DEUTSCH, LLP, The Art of Entertainment Law: A Conversation with Robert A. Celestin, Buying Legal Council Appoints Jason Winmill as New Chair, Understanding the Las Vegas Crime Rate with Attorney Tony Sgro, Introducing Virginia Ivanova, Esq. Join Facebook to connect with Jose Ismael Torres and others you may know. /Metadata 44 0 R 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. Jose Ismael Torres, 26, will spend 13 years in prison and his partner Kayla Rae Norton, 25, is to serve six years for what a judge described as "actions motivated by racial hatred". They even threatened to kill children at the party. at 394(2), 819 S.E.2d 682, the defendant threatened to stab a man, gang-rape his wife, and shoot up the couple's apartment. q ? Rickman, C. J., and McFadden, P. J., concur. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. Norton was sentenced on one count of violating Georgias street gang act and one count of making terroristic threats. What happened to you was horrible, she said, as she wiped away tears. Torres also claims in a one-paragraph argument that his five-year sentence on the terroristic threats count is void because Count 4 only charged a misdemeanor, not a felony. Jose Ismael Torres and Kayla Rae Norton during their July 2015 antagonizing of black Douglas County locals. 1. 0000016559 00000 n I am not a mean spirited person and Im sorry for your family that it had to come this far.. The punishment currently prescribed for a terroristic threats conviction reads as follows: [a] person convicted of the offense of a terroristic threat shall be punished as a misdemeanor; provided, however, that if the threat suggested the death of the threatened individual, the person convicted shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both. . I forgive you. 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. Torres was allegedly in one of several trucks covered in Confederate flags that drove around Paulding and Douglas counties intimidating people who passed by. Stewart v. State, 246 Ga. 70, 72(2), 268 S.E.2d 906 (1980); accord Poole, 326 Ga. App. trailer . 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. 0000000831 00000 n Contact an Account Specialist [emailprotected] | +1-855-808-4530 (Americas) | +44(0) 800 098 86009 (UK & Europe), Perkins Coie Lays Off 58 Business Professionals, Cravath Set for English Law Debut with Shearman Double Partner Hire, Early Reports: 2023 Am Law 200 Financials, Proskauer Lands Cooley Strategy Leader in New C-Suite Role, AI Has Gone Mainstream. In addition, at no point did the jurors ask for additional instructions either during or after the recharge. The trial court found that trial counsel was not ineffective in this regard. Jose Ismael TORRES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. 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 By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. However, it [is] within the courts discretion whether to recharge the jury in full or only upon the point or points requested by the jury. Barnes v. State, 305 Ga. 18, 23 (3) (823 SE2d 302) (2019) (citation and punctuation omitted). . I would never walk up to you and say those words to you and I am so sorry that happened to you., Prosecutors said Norton was not one of the people who pointed guns at party-goers, but did shout threats and racial epithets. Douglas County Assistant District Attorney David Emadi recounted the moment when Torres leveleda gun at birthday party guests in her front yard. Instead, the trial judge inadvertently applied it to the drug trafficking charge pursuant to section 893.135(1), Florida Statutes (2015). You gamble, you win or you lose.. When Will South Carolina Take Down the Confederate Flag? After the jurors returned to deliberate, the trial court asked counsel whether counsel had any concerns or objections. WebJose Ismael Torres is on Facebook. All rights reserved. Shes aware that some people have said the sentences were too harsh for the couple, especially since no one was physically injured. 391, 394(2), 819 S.E.2d 682 (2018). State v. Grube, 293 Ga. 257, 260 (2) (744 SE2d 1) (2013). /Linearized 1 Norton and Torres were charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic treats and violating the Georgia Street Gang Act. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. xref The pair had joined a group called Respect the Flag that drunkenly drove around Georgias Douglas and Paulding counties over two days in July 2015. First of all, at the time Torres committed the offenses in July 2015, OCGA 16-11-37(c) provided: "A person convicted of the offense of a terroristic threat shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both." The statute at that time contained no misdemeanor provisions. She said she grew up seeing it all over the Alabama town where she was raised. See Bautista v. State, 305 Ga.App. 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. The constitutional purpose for identifying the victim is to apprise the defendant of the charges against him. This claim therefore fails.4. 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. (WXIA), A metro Atlanta couple will be spending years behind prison bars after they were convicted of yelling racial slurs at a group of people celebrating a child's birthday party. Id. Stewart v. State, 246 Ga. 70, 72 (2) (268 SE2d 906) (1980); accord Poole, 326 Ga. App. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kaylee D. Tatman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. That October, after a grand jury handed down indictments, the SPLC took partial credit for this, noting that it turned over videos and other evidence to Douglasville District Attorney Brian K. Fortner. 0000043358 00000 n Both wept as the sentences were handed down Monday in Douglas County, west of Atlanta. The other two pleaded guilty and are serving shorter prison terms. The attack, prosecuted under the state's Street Gang Terrorism law, came several weeks after a white supremacist killed nine black worshipers at a South Carolina church, sparking a backlash against public displays of the Confederate battle flag. 210, 213(2), 699 S.E.2d 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). Two years ago, Jose Ismael Torres was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The court first reminded the jury that three offenses were charged in the indictment: aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and a violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. Davis v. State, 306 Ga. 140, 144 (3) (829 SE2d 321) (2019). Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. (WXIA), Arrest warrant issued for Jalen Carter for racing in connection to deadly UGA crash, Timeline | Multiple rounds of strong to severe storms possible, Forecast | Shower and storms increase to finish the week, Racist threats outside black child's party lead to prison sentence. He called their actions a hate crime and sentenced Torres to 20 years, with 13 to serve, and Norton to 13 years, six to serve. 310, 311 (3) (306 SE2d 313) (1983) (citations and punctuation omitted). Torres and Norton were found guilty of yelling racial slurs and threatening to kill partygoers, even the kids. 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). Two others had earlier pleaded guilty to similar charges and received lesser sentences. Jose Ismael Torres, 26, will spend 13 years in prison; Kayla Rae Norton, 25, is to serve six years, Atlanta news outlets report. /H [ 831 681 ] Torres, 26, and Norton, 25, have three children between them. [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. 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