Woman Seeks Separate Trial

Woman Seeks Separate Trial

In St. Clair County, Sayon Florence, accused of arranging the murder of her ex-boyfriend Vincent Buckles, is asking for a separate trial from her co-defendant, Dazman Drake. Both are charged in the January shooting at Buckles’ home. Florence’s attorney says a joint trial would lead to the two blaming each other, muddling the case for jurors. The prosecution claims Florence asked Drake to kill…

Drake triple-murder trial set for 2024 slayings - Eastern Times Register

Anyone who has not been involved in the American legal system cannot fully appreciate the applicable idiom, “the wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.”Last Monday was another example of the long and arduous process of jurisprudence.To be sure, it took longer for Sequoyah County Sheriff ’s Office deputies to escort Stacy Lee Drake from his cell in the Sequoyah County Jail to District Judge Timothy King’s courtroom than the pr…