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« Reply #1280 on: December 18, 2009, 10:53:33 AM »

According to the attached document, it appears they are going to try to get the identity of posts from various blogs and forums that show bias towards her. 

http://www.colecountycourts.com/documents%20for%20Alyssa%20Dailen%20Bustamante/Accused%27s%20Supplemental%20Request%20for%20Discovery.pdf
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« Reply #1281 on: December 18, 2009, 12:27:41 PM »

Jan King is no longer showing as her attorney on Case.net.  Is now shows

BUSTAMANTE , ALYSSA DAILEN , Defendant     
228 LOMO DRIVE
JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65109

Year of Birth: 1994   

represented by     CATLETT , DONALD LEE ,
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3402 BUTTONWOOD
COLUMBIA,, MO 65201

https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/cases/parties.do
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« Reply #1282 on: December 18, 2009, 12:31:49 PM »

Entry of Appearance filed by Donald Catlett and Charles Moreland 12-17-09
http://www.colecountycourts.com/courtnews.htm
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« Reply #1283 on: December 18, 2009, 12:42:53 PM »

Accused's Supplemental Request for Discovery 12-17-09
http://www.colecountycourts.com/courtnews.htm
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« Reply #1284 on: December 18, 2009, 12:50:13 PM »

The docket entries when Jan King was the defender always identified him as "Public Defender".  Now that Donald Catlett and Charles Moreland are the attorneys on the case there is no place that lists them as "Public Defender".  Grandma and Grampus must have come up with some money or these two new lawyers are doing it for the publicity.

Where is the MEDIA in Jefferson yet again with this change in lawyers?  Hello....anyone home at the media there?
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« Reply #1285 on: December 18, 2009, 12:52:22 PM »

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« Reply #1286 on: December 18, 2009, 01:04:27 PM »

If someone can clean these up so they are more readable it would be appreciated.

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« Reply #1287 on: December 18, 2009, 01:20:13 PM »

Thank-you for all the updates, it does look like the grandparents came up with money for the new lawyers, I figured they would be going with some mental defect case, what else could they do? I suppose plead guilty, but that rarely happens.
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« Reply #1288 on: December 18, 2009, 01:30:27 PM »

Case Mirrors a 2000 Murder

Mid-Missouri- The murder of 9-year old Elizabeth Olten shocked the entire Mid-Missouri community this Fall. Even more shocking is the similarities it shares with a murder case back in 2000.

The Elizabeth Olten Murder (2009)

Elizabeth Olten, 9, went missing on October 21. She was last seen walking home from a neighbor's house, but never made it home. After hundreds of volunteers helped in a two-day search, authorities found Olten's body in a wooded area close to her home in St. Martins, just west of Jefferson City. Alyssa Bustamante, 15, was charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action in Olten's death, after she led police to Olten's body. Bustamante lived only a few houses down from Olten, at the house where Olten had visited that day.

Bustamante pleaded not guilty to murdering Olten in October. Both investigators and friends of Bustamante say she told them she wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone. Police say Bustamante strangled, stabbed and cut the throat of Olten. Officials were at a loss over whether she belonged in the juvenile system, where she could get treatment for her mental health problems, or in an adult prison. On November 18, Bustamante was certified to stand trial as an adult.

If Bustamante is convicted of first-degree murder, she would face a sentence of life in prison without parole.

The Sheena McDonald Murder (2000)

Sheena McDonald, 12, went missing on May 14, 2000, after going for a walk in the late afternoon in the Gregory Heights subdivision north of Columbia. She never returned home. Her body was found that same night next to a shed in a wooded area close to her home. McDonald had sustained injury to her face and blunt force trauma to her head. After an autopsy, authorities said she'd died of strangulation.

The suspect, 15-year old David Dewey, lived in the same neighborhood as McDonald. He'd even helped in her search.

Friends of Dewey said they weren't surprised it was him. They said he would always remark about how one day someone was going to push his limits and he would "go over their  heads." Friends say they would always blow it off.

According to online case records, Dewey admitted being with Sheena when she died. He had gone down to a shed in a wooded area in the subdivision. Sheena was there, smoking. Dewey stated that he gave Sheena a hug, accidentally touching her inappropriately. Sheena slapped Dewey, and Dewey restrained her. In the resulting struggle, Dewey compressed Sheena's neck, and she suffocated. When he realized she was dead, he left her there and told no one what had happened.

Dewey was certified to stand trial as an adult and was charged with second-degree murder. Dewey's defense was that he suffered from diminished capacity, which negated the required mental state for murder. At trial he presented an expert witness, Dr. Rosalyn Schultz, a licensed psychologist trained in forensic psychology, to testify as to his mental state at the time of Sheena's murder. The jury was given the choice of acquitting Dewey or convicting him of second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, or involuntary manslaughter in the first or second degree. The jury found Dewey guilty of second-degree murder.

Dan Knight was the assistant prosecutor in the case.

"He was charged with murder in the second degree, so his range of punishment was between 10 years and 30 years, or life," Knight said.

Dewey was sentenced to twenty-seven years in prison in accordance with the jury's recommendation.

"It's going to be very hard for them. It's like they've lost their son, just like I lost my daughter. At least they can go visit him and look at him, and his heart's still beating,"  Sheena's mother, Alicia McDonald, said back in 2001.

Coincidentally in that same year, McDonald's step-father, Shawn Bonuchi was serving time in prison for committing a murder back when he was a juvenille. In November 1978,  Bonuchi and a Rock Bridge student, Mitchell Osburn devised a plan to steal a car and head to Mexico to buy drugs. That theft turned murder, when Osburn shot a car salesman in his side and in his back. The two teens discarded his body in the weeds next to a bridge near Finger Lakes and fled toward the Mexico border. Bonuchi and Osburn were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. However, both men were paroled and released for good behavior. Osburn, who was released in 1997, has since been charged with the murders of three men who were picnicking at Valley Park in St. Louis in March 2002.

As for Dewey's parole, Knight said those who are convicted of murder in the second degree are eligible for parole after they serve 85 percent of their sentence. Dewey will not be eligible for parole until he serves almost 23 years, ending in 2024.

KOMU tried contacting Dewey, who's located at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking Missouri, located in Texas County.

Corrections officials said Dewey responded by saying he has learned to live with his past and does not wish to revisit the crime.

But for others, the memory of the case is an ongoing one.

"It's a case I'll never forget," Knight said. "When I hear of other homicides relating to children, I, of course, think back to the David Dewey case."

"She'll forever be in my heart," said a close friend at a memorial for McDonald back in 2000.

Looking Ahead

It's a case that gives insight into what Bustamante could face in the coming months. Her attorney's now asked that Bustamante be put in a psychiatric hospital instead of jail while she awaits her fate. He's also asked to move her trial to another county over fear of her community's bias.

Bustamante's next hearing is February 16.

http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/ba8a4513-c0a8-2f11-0063-9bd94c70b769/9ee36e50-80ce-0971-0165-6738a431f2a4
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« Reply #1289 on: December 18, 2009, 01:42:45 PM »

Donald Lee Catlett

15 years since Donald Lee Catlett was first licensed to practice law in TX.
State Texas
License status Active - Good Standing
Year acquired 1994 
Last updated by Avvo
 04/30/2009

http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/65203-mo-donald-catlett-62893.html
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« Reply #1290 on: December 18, 2009, 01:50:20 PM »

Parkus was found guilty of first degree murder for the strangulation death of Mark Steffenhagen. The details of the crime were set forth by the Missouri Supreme Court in its opinion affirming the conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Parkus and Steffenhagen were inmates in the Missouri State Penitentiary. Where they were confined in Housing Unit 2 B. A unit for prisoners who were considered in need of protective custody. Parkus was housed in the unit because his small physical stature made him a target for sexual abuse by other inmates. Who was also slight of stature. Was likewise housed in the unit for protection from abuse. While bruises on his neck and internal damage to his larynx revealed that strangulation was the cause of his death. Parkus was represented at trial by Donald Catlett. Catlett was an experienced public defender who had represented several defendants with mental problems. Shortly after he was appointed. The typical response he received was that the records had either been destroyed or were not kept. 2 Catlett also sought mental health records from Malcolm Bliss Hospital and was told that that facility had no records of Parkus's ever having been a patient there.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/usca/search/index.html?query=495%20AND%2033%20AND%20Missouri
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« Reply #1291 on: December 18, 2009, 01:54:54 PM »

Opinion
Supreme Court of Missouri

Case Style:  State ex rel. Alis Ben Johns, Relator v. The Honorable Greg Kays, Respondent.

Case Number:  SC86936

Handdown Date:  01/10/2006

Appeal From:  Original Proceeding in Prohibition

Counsel for Appellant:  Janet M. Thompson, Donald Catlett and Charles D. Moreland

Counsel for Respondent:  Shaun J. Mackelprang, Robert J. Ahsens and William J. Icenogle

   Alis Ben Johns filed a postconviction motion for relief from his first-degree murder conviction and death sentence in Pulaski County. The motion court determined that Johns is not eligible for the death penalty under Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), and section 565.030, RSMo 2000, because he is mentally +++++++. The state did not appeal that decision, which now is final. Jones now seeks to prohibit the state, which is prosecuting him for first-degree murder in Camden County, from seeking the death penalty in that case.

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http://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=25575


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« Reply #1292 on: December 18, 2009, 01:56:27 PM »

Donald Catlett and Charles D. Moreland have worked together as defense before and all the case I have found so far are about getting the client off of murder based on mental defect or insanity defense.

What a flippin shame for Elizabeth. 
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« Reply #1293 on: December 18, 2009, 01:58:26 PM »

Stark City woman's killer to go before Supreme Court
 September 22, 2005

The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled a Dec. 1 hearing for the latest attempt for convicted killer Alis Ben Johns to prevent his execution. Johns is on death row for the murders of Wilma Bragg, Stark City, and two others.
Johns' attorney Donald Catlett has a long record of working with defendants who have mental problems or who are alleged to have mental problems.
A thorough breakdown of the crimes Johns committed can be found in the June 30 Turner Report.

http://rturner229.blogspot.com/2005/09/stark-city-womans-killer-to-go-before.html
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« Reply #1294 on: December 18, 2009, 02:33:27 PM »

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet.  It's disgusting. 

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/freealyssa/

 
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« Reply #1295 on: December 18, 2009, 03:54:18 PM »

Thank you Northern Rose for all of today's updates.  I am not surprised that Alyssa has new lawyers.  IMO this will not make a difference.  Alyssa knew she was going to murder someone, maybe even two.  Therefore....premeditation. 
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« Reply #1296 on: December 18, 2009, 03:55:17 PM »

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet.  It's disgusting. 

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/freealyssa/

 

Yes, it is pretty disgusting. 
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« Reply #1297 on: December 18, 2009, 07:58:27 PM »

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet.  It's disgusting. 

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/freealyssa/

 

More just plain stupid. Nobody gets acquitted or charges dropped because of a "petition"
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« Reply #1298 on: December 19, 2009, 11:45:51 PM »

Northern...what the heck is going on in MO?
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« Reply #1299 on: December 20, 2009, 12:30:52 AM »

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