Update

[tybee204]

Can someone email or pm an update on this case so I can decide if it needs to be moved to crimes and trials.

basically who was charged, what they were charged with and under what Jurisdiction.

Real life is so busy right now that I am way behind on the cases and who is who.

Thanks
tybee

[panthera]

Littlejohn Files Motion Requesting New Attorney

Murder suspect Darryl Littlejohn filed a court motion Friday (Sept. 8) seeking to have his attorney removed, CBS2 has confirmed.

In the motion, filed in New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, Littlejohn seeks to dismiss Kevin O'Donnell from the case, although it is unclear why he is not satisfied with the representation he has received thus far.

A hearing is scheduled for Sept. 20 at which a judge is expected to appoint a new attorney.

(more of story at link)
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_251160604.html

[panthera]

Littlejohn's lawyer

The man charged with killing criminal justice student Imette St. Guillen will get a new lawyer, a judge ruled yesterday.

Darryl Littlejohn yesterday told Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Cheryl Chambers that he had no money to pay lawyer Kevin O'Donnell. Chambers said she would appoint a public defender within two weeks.

Littlejohn has pleaded not guilty in the shocking killing of St. Guillen, whose body was found in Brooklyn hours after leaving a Manhattan bar. St. Guillen, 25, was last seen being escorted out by Littlejohn.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/454543p-382525c.html

(Third story down on City News page)

[panthera]

Littlejohn hires best-selling counsel

The ex-bouncer accused in the savage slaying of Imette St. Guillen got the lawyer he wanted: the author of Rikers Island best seller "What You Should Know If You're Accused of a Crime."

Darryl Littlejohn, who was initially rebuffed when he tried to get Joyce David assigned to his case, persuaded her to represent him for free.

David said she will argue that he is innocent, targeted by cops anxious to make a quick arrest amid a media frenzy following the sexual assault and strangulation of Imette St. Guillen in February...

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/466915p-392799c.html

:cool:

[Only4Justice]

Littlejohn hires best-selling counsel

The ex-bouncer accused in the savage slaying of Imette St. Guillen got the lawyer he wanted: the author of Rikers Island best seller "What You Should Know If You're Accused of a Crime."

Darryl Littlejohn, who was initially rebuffed when he tried to get Joyce David assigned to his case, persuaded her to represent him for free.

David said she will argue that he is innocent, targeted by cops anxious to make a quick arrest amid a media frenzy following the sexual assault and strangulation of Imette St. Guillen in February...

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/466915p-392799c.html

:cool:

:( This really ticks me OFF!!!!

I mean, I believe in innocent until proven guilty, but I believe they have DNA on this guy. This was a brutal crime and I still think of Imette! What a tragic loss.
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The above is only MY opinion and I AM entitled to have one!

[panthera]

:( This really ticks me OFF!!!!

I mean, I believe in innocent until proven guilty, but I believe they have DNA on this guy. This was a brutal crime and I still think of Imette! What a tragic loss.
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The above is only MY opinion and I AM entitled to have one!Yes they do have DNA, and carpet fibers which match the carpet he had in his apartment. He might have the attorney, but it is another matter altogether to get an acquittal. ;)

[panthera]

Defense asks for Imette tips


Darryl Littlejohn's lawyers hope a police tip line will help prove the ex-bouncer is being framed for last February's murder of John Jay College student Imette St. Guillen.

In papers filed yesterday, Joyce David and Scott Cerbin demanded to hear all recordings from "tip line, hot line or any other means."

"We could follow up on leads that perhaps the police decided not to," David said.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01262007/news/regionalnews/defense_asks_for_imette_tips_regionalnews_alex_gin sberg.htm

[indigomood]

February 1, 2007 -- The family of slain grad student Imette St. Guillen yesterday filed the first lawsuit stemming from her vicious murder, targeting accused killer Darryl Littlejohn and the bar owner who hired him as a bouncer, The Post has learned.

Citing St. Guillen's final heart-wrenching moments before she was found bound and naked in a desolate Brooklyn lot, the 13-page legal document alleges her death resulted directly from negligence of the owner of the now-shuttered Falls Bar and the brutality of its employee, Littlejohn, a paroled violent felon.

"As a result of [their] actions, [St. Guillen] endured conscious pain and suffering and was aware of her impending death," the lawsuit says of her abduction and strangulation after she left the bar on Jan. 25, 2006.

more at link (http://www.nypost.com/seven/02012007/news/regionalnews/imette_kin_sues_killer__bar_owner_regionalnews_mur ray_weiss_____criminal_justice_editor.htm)

[opme]

Yes they do have DNA, and carpet fibers which match the carpet he had in his apartment. He might have the attorney, but it is another matter altogether to get an acquittal. ;)
Likely he will just be another in the large percent of the prision population that is spouting off on his "innocence".. I know there are some that have wrongly cxonvicted but this is not one of those instances.. hair, fiber, dna will all tell as very different story.

[panthera]

Likely he will just be another in the large percent of the prision population that is spouting off on his "innocence".. I know there are some that have wrongly cxonvicted but this is not one of those instances.. hair, fiber, dna will all tell as very different story.I agree that he's not going to be one of those who's wrongly convicted. He's also facing other charges besides this murder, and he has a long sheet on him already.

[panthera]

Sad anniversary for family of Imette

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/500384p-421882c.html

They love her still

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/500903p-422297c.html

:( :( :(

[websurfer]

I emailed them asking why they had not released the bar survilence tape film pics of her and her companions.

the next thing i knew the Bartender went to the police and told what he knew..
the noose was getting tighter anyway....

I always stick my nebby self into things ...
like i can change somebody's mind?

like I always change mine...:innocent:

[SewingDeb]

Any news on this one or are we just waiting for the trial for the media to get involved again?

[panthera]

Any news on this one or are we just waiting for the trial for the media to get involved again?
I just found a new article but it doesn't say anything about a trial date, just part of the strategy his defense attorney is going to use to try to counter the State's case in regard to a cell phone transmission that ties Littlejohn to the area where Imette was found.

http://http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/nyregion/16cell.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=technology

[SewingDeb]

Thanks panthera! I just now saw this and don't know how I have overlooked your answer all this time.

[panthera]

Thanks panthera! I just now saw this and don't know how I have overlooked your answer all this time.
No problem!! Seems we're both following several cases. :) I just Googled again and nothing else new since the last article. I'm just wondering when he is going to trial or what the normal time frame is in NYC?

[SewingDeb]

No problem!! Seems we're both following several cases. :) I just Googled again and nothing else new since the last article. I'm just wondering when he is going to trial or what the normal time frame is in NYC?

It seems like enough time has passed. I'm not sure what is normal in NY but it seems that most cases we follow take about 2 years to come to trial. Maybe his attorney is in no hurry.

[panthera]

It seems like enough time has passed. I'm not sure what is normal in NY but it seems that most cases we follow take about 2 years to come to trial. Maybe his attorney is in no hurry.
Imette was murdered in Feb. 2006, so on that time frame his trial should be early next year ~ but I haven't heard anything at all about a date being set. IIRC, charges were also filed against him in another unrelated case (attempted kidnapping) so maybe that one will be tried first?

[SewingDeb]

You're probably right, Panthera. I think there may be more trials for him before Imette gets any justice. It seems like they were looking at him for several rapes in the area.

[panthera]

You're probably right, Panthera. I think there may be more trials for him before Imette gets any justice. It seems like they were looking at him for several rapes in the area.
I'm just guessing, Deb, since there hasn't been any news lately! I don't know what the hold up is, unless it just takes a while to go to trial in NY, but I really wish this trial would get started or at least get a date set! :)

[SewingDeb]

I'm just guessing, Deb, since there hasn't been any news lately! I don't know what the hold up is, unless it just takes a while to go to trial in NY, but I really wish this trial would get started or at least get a date set! :)

Me, too.

[Voice of Reason]

it looks like the state is going to first pursue charges other than the imette st. guillen murder against littlejohn. an article from today's ny post. (http://www.nypost.com/seven/08202007/news/regionalnews/imette_trial_lull_puzzles__experts_regionalnews_la rry_celona_and_dan_mangan.htm)

seems like an odd move and maybe they don't have as much evidence against littlejohn as had once been thought.

[SewingDeb]

it looks like the state is going to first pursue charges other than the imette st. guillen murder against littlejohn. an article from today's ny post. (http://www.nypost.com/seven/08202007/news/regionalnews/imette_trial_lull_puzzles__experts_regionalnews_la rry_celona_and_dan_mangan.htm)

seems like an odd move and maybe they don't have as much evidence against littlejohn as had once been thought.

Thanks for the update!

[panthera]

Here's another recent article.

Concern over strength of St. Guillen murder case

The New York Post reports that concerns have been raised about a possible lack of strength in the murder case against former bar bouncer Darryl Littlejohn, who was indicted for the abduction and killing of grad student Imette St. Guillen 18 months ago. The victim disappeared from the SoHo bar The Falls after a night of drinking, and her body was found the next day dumped alongside a road in Brooklyn. Police say that she had been brutally raped and suffocated to death with a tube sock stuffed down her throat. Littlejohn was arrested and indicted after carpet fibers found on the packing tape that bound St. Guillen matched carpeting in Littlejohn's home.

A year and a half after Littlejohn's indictment, cops and legal experts are puzzled about the lack of courtroom progress in St. Guillen's murder case. Littlejohn will soon be tried for a kidnapping in Queens. The Post quotes a Brooklyn homicide detective who said that it doesn't make sense to try a suspect on a lesser charge when he is facing a murder rap in a different borough. A criminal justice professor at Fordham Law concurred, saying that an especially heinous and high-profile murder case would usually take precedence.

The concern is that the murder case against Darryl Littlejohn might be particularly weak. Also, there is a statute of limitations on the kidnapping charges he faces in Queens, while he could be held accountable for St. Guillen's murder indefinitely.
http://gothamist.com/2007/08/20/concerns_over_s.php

[SewingDeb]

I think the statute of limitations on the other cases probably does explain why they are going after him on those charges first.

[panthera]

I think the statute of limitations on the other cases probably does explain why they are going after him on those charges first.
Yes, I agree! Every victim deserves justice.

[Chicogirl36]

Has anyone heard about a trial for this POS yet? Did he plea and I miss something? Everything I have read says they are waiting for a trial? :behindbar

Any information is appreciated!!

[panthera]

I found an article from 3/3/08 in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle ~

Excerpt:


"Defense attorneys Joyce David and Amy Rameau were in court last Friday to present a motion challenging search warrants issued to police that they allege were faulty or not properly justified. “Joyce is going to ask the court for a hearing,” Rameau said, explaining the process she and David would follow in order to challenge the warrants.
The warrants issued by the courts were instrumental in building a case against Littlejohn since they led to the discovery of key evidence on which murder charges were based.
“We’re presenting an omnibus motion challenging the warrants issued by (Supreme Court Justices) Firetog and Garry,” Rameau added, explaining how police searched Littlejohn’s van and apartment, along with cell phone records that purportedly places Littlejohn near where St. Guillen’s body was found.
“The prosecution filed opposition papers only today,” Rameau said, adding that she and Joyce would ask the presiding judge in the case for time to prepare a response.
Once David and Rameau complete their response to the DA’s filings, both attorneys to get the chance to argue their position at a hearing, should the judge decide to grant one.
In addition to the murder, kidnapping and rape charges Littlejohn faces in connection with St. Guillen’s death, in Queens he faces a pending trial on similar charges that he kidnapped and raped another woman who, unlike St. Guillen, survived the brutal attack.
Only after the completion of that trial will Littlejohn face a Brooklyn jury for St. Guillen’s murder. David and Rameau were expecting a decision from the judge on their request for a hearing by the close of Friday’s court session. If convicted of the top charge against him, Littlejohn faces the possibility of life behind bars without the possibility of parole."

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=18896

[Chicogirl36]

I found an article from 3/3/08 in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle ~

Excerpt:


Only after the completion of that trial will Littlejohn face a Brooklyn jury for St. Guillen’s murder. David and Rameau were expecting a decision from the judge on their request for a hearing by the close of Friday’s court session. If convicted of the top charge against him, Littlejohn faces the possibility of life behind bars without the possibility of parole."

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=18896


TYSM Panthera- :blowkiss: I guess I could have looked that up myself :doh: I rely too much on locals sometimes..lol

I guess this paragraph says it all- I have been wondering why he hasnt been to trial for Imette yet. Seems like so long ago- Thank goodness that their are 2 cases against him- (not for the vics, obviously) Hopefully that will double his chances on getting the DP or LIP. He needs to suffer for all the torture he has put these two women thru-
Hopefully Darryl Littlejohn will rot behind bars or strapped to a gurney w/ a live audience watching his death!! :behindbar

[Chicogirl36]

Here's another recent article.

Concern over strength of St. Guillen murder case

The New York Post reports that concerns have been raised about a possible lack of strength in the murder case against former bar bouncer Darryl Littlejohn, who was indicted for the abduction and killing of grad student Imette St. Guillen 18 months ago.

A year and a half after Littlejohn's indictment, cops and legal experts are puzzled about the lack of courtroom progress in St. Guillen's murder case. Littlejohn will soon be tried for a kidnapping in Queens. The Post quotes a Brooklyn homicide detective who said that it doesn't make sense to try a suspect on a lesser charge when he is facing a murder rap in a different borough. A criminal justice professor at Fordham Law concurred, saying that an especially heinous and high-profile murder case would usually take precedence.

The concern is that the murder case against Darryl Littlejohn might be particularly weak. Also, there is a statute of limitations on the kidnapping charges he faces in Queens, while he could be held accountable for St. Guillen's murder indefinitely.
http://gothamist.com/2007/08/20/concerns_over_s.php


I hope that this doesnt affect the outcome of Imette's case, let alone his other victim. I would hate for Imette's case to not have strong enough evidence to convict him. Hopefully they have come up with more than just the kidnapping charges (sounds like they should-since she survived)- I will keep Imette in my prayers that she and her family will get justice against the jerk who killed her. Sounds like they have really screwed this case up-
IIRC- He was released early after an earlier rape/assault conviction? Hopefully the justice system will work in the victim's favor and let this POS rot!!

[joe jones]

If they need more time to prepare for the murder trial a conviction on the kidnapping will keep him in jail whilst they build the murder case,

it gives them time

[panthera]

TYSM Panthera- :blowkiss: I guess I could have looked that up myself :doh: I rely too much on locals sometimes..lol

I guess this paragraph says it all- I have been wondering why he hasnt been to trial for Imette yet. Seems like so long ago- Thank goodness that their are 2 cases against him- (not for the vics, obviously) Hopefully that will double his chances on getting the DP or LIP. He needs to suffer for all the torture he has put these two women thru-
Hopefully Darryl Littlejohn will rot behind bars or strapped to a gurney w/ a live audience watching his death!! :behindbar
You're welcome! :) I too was curious what was going on with him since it's 2 yrs. ago when Imette was so brutally murdered. I knew he had other pending charges and it all takes time and also the statute of limitations would run out on the lesser crimes but as long as he's alive he can be tried for Imette's murder. I don't see the DP since it's New York and haven't they either put a moratorium on it or stopped it altogether?

[panthera]

This is only broadly related to the case but maybe something Littlejohn's lawyer will make something of?

Key Imette cop out in park flap

Sunday, May 18th 2008, 4:00 AM
Union officials are blasting the suspension of the lead detective in the Imette St. Guillen murder investigation over a misused parking placard, the Daily News has learned.

Brooklyn North Homicide Detective Sean McTighe was on duty when he parked his personal car in front of a hydrant outside Brooklyn Supreme Court and posted a photocopy of an official placard on his windshield on Thursday, officials said.

When he returned, he discovered that his car had been towed, making him the latest casualty in the city's war against placard abuse.

The detective was subsequently informed by the Internal Affairs Bureau that he would be suspended without pay for up to 30 days for copying an official placard, sources said.

"This is not abusing parking privileges for personal gain," said Michael Palladino, president of the Detectives' Endowment Association. "He was just trying to do his job."

McTighe also has to pay the $115 fine for parking in front of a hydrant and could face further disciplinary action, said Palladino, who is petitioning to get the suspended detective on modified duty.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/05/18/2008-05-18_key_imette_cop_out_in_park_flap.html

[TallCoolOne]

Any idea what the status of this case is? I hate the thought that there won't be adequate evidence to convict if that's what is happening.

Please, let there be justice for Imette.

[panthera]

Any idea what the status of this case is? I hate the thought that there won't be adequate evidence to convict if that's what is happening.

Please, let there be justice for Imette.
I found an article from Aug. 4, where it says he was supposed to be in court on Aug. 6 but no follow up to that. :waitasec:

Accused murderer Darryl Littlejohn was due in court on Friday. Instead, the Brooklyn man accused of the sadistic and brutal rape and murder of John Jay grad-student Imette St. Guillen will appear in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Littlejohn last appeared in court in March for a pretrial hearing before Justice Abraham G. Gerges. The former SoHo nightclub bouncer is charged with abducting and torturing the 19-year-old when she left The Falls one late night in February 2006.

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=22279

[TallCoolOne]

Tha'ts just wrong. He viciously murdered Imette 2 1/2 years ago and nothing has happened yet as far as the court system. I want to see him put away for life to never be able to kill an innocent again. Actually, what I would really like to see, I can't say as I would be banned.

[Chicogirl36]

Tha'ts just wrong. He viciously murdered Imette 2 1/2 years ago and nothing has happened yet as far as the court system. I want to see him put away for life to never be able to kill an innocent again. Actually, what I would really like to see, I can't say as I would be banned.


I agree with you 100%. And to think that her case won't be heard until his other one is resolved, yet that one has yet to be tried! I imagine her family doesnt appreciate the snags in the justice system that have kept him out of a courtrrom for this long. They will have to re-live that horrible evening.
Does this mean that this monster is living "large" in the local county jail until his court date? In my area, that is how it goes, and from what I hear, most inmates would rather be there than in the pen. :behindbar Yes, he is a large man, but he is a rapist/murderer and they don't fare well in the pen.

Justice for Imette!! :blowkiss:

[panthera]

Tha'ts just wrong. He viciously murdered Imette 2 1/2 years ago and nothing has happened yet as far as the court system. I want to see him put away for life to never be able to kill an innocent again. Actually, what I would really like to see, I can't say as I would be banned.
From what I've read a few months ago, he was going to be tried on the other cases first where the statute of limitations would run out then be tried for Imette's murder.

[TallCoolOne]

Thank you Chicogirl36 and panthera for your replies. It just makes my heart wrench to think of the evils this pondscumsucker did to that beautiful young woman who had her entire life ahead of her. To so brutally take all that away from Imette and those who love her, and why?

I just hate it when there is nothing new posted on these cases and yes, I realize that since there is nothing new to discuss that is normal, I worry that her loved ones might think she has been forgotten. I want them to know that we have not and will not forget Imette. And I want him to pay the piper for what he has done.

I might be a rather tall woman (5' 12") but I am short on patience.

[panthera]

I'm happy to see I'm not the only one who hasn't forgotten Imette. Someday, there will be justice even though we may have to wait. :)

[TallCoolOne]

Checking in and praying for justice.

R.I.P. Imette.

[Chicogirl36]

Imette will never be forgotten. She had her whole life ahead of her, and was such a smart, attractive, and beautiful young woman. I hope her family does check in from time to time and they will see that she will not be forgotten.

Also, I think with the silence of not prosecuting him for ANYTHING, yet Imette, but more people will get interested and join in again. She deserves at least that much in the end.

God Bless her family with what they must be going thru. :blowkiss:. We are with you.

[shadowraiths]

I hope that this doesnt affect the outcome of Imette's case, let alone his other victim. I would hate for Imette's case to not have strong enough evidence to convict him.
Imho, by trying him on the lesser charge, and if he is convicted, the DA can use the outcome to demonstrate a pattern of behavior. This, in turn could bolster their case against him for the murder of Imette St. Guillen. In other words, while prosecutors are generally not allowed to use an individual's prior criminal history at trial, if there are enough compelling parallels, the judge would be more likely to grant a motion to enter that bit into evidence.

[felder]

Alleged Darryl Littlejohn victim Shanai Woodard testifies: 'Thought he was going to kill me'


The courageous college freshman who says she was kidnapped by a bouncer who was later charged with raping and murdering Imette St. Guillen tearfully described her harrowing escape Wednesday morning.


"I thought he was going to kill me," Shanai Woodard, 22, said of Darryl Littlejohn as she sobbed on the witness stand in Queens Supreme Court.
"He said that I was trying to be slick and trying to get away. He wasn't going to let me get away."


The 5-foot, 125-pound woman cried into a tissue almost continuously as she described her encounter with Littlejohn.

It began around 4 p.m., when he stopped her in front of a church on a desolate strip of the Van Wyck Expressway service road on Oct. 19, 2005. She was walking home from a psychology class at York College.

Littlejohn was dressed as a cop, so she complied when he demanded her ID, she said. She began to panic when he handcuffed her behind her back, tossed her into the van and sped off.

"I pushed myself up on the seat, I unlocked the door … I pushed the door open, I screamed 'Help!'" she said.

Littlejohn stopped the car and slammed the door shut, pummeling her head to shut her up, she said.


More at link: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/10/15/2008-10-15_alleged_darryl_littlejohn_victim_shanai_.html

[TallCoolOne]

So he dresses as a cop. Boy I hope with all my might that they can keep this monster behind bars for the rest of his life. What a waste of good oxygen.

R.I.P. Imette

[mendz]

DARRYL LITTLEJOHN FOUND GUILTY IN KIDNAP CASE
It took a Queens jury less than three hours yesterday to convict a burly ex-bouncer of kidnapping and assaulting a young college student. (Shanai Woodward)
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10232008/news/regionalnews/jury_starts_deliberating_in_littlejohn_k_134939.ht m

[panthera]

DARRYL LITTLEJOHN FOUND GUILTY IN KIDNAP CASE
It took a Queens jury less than three hours yesterday to convict a burly ex-bouncer of kidnapping and assaulting a young college student. (Shanai Woodward)
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10232008/news/regionalnews/jury_starts_deliberating_in_littlejohn_k_134939.ht m
This is great news and a good start for the prosecution on Imette's murder. :clap::clap::clap:

[21merc7]

Does anyone know the status for a trial of Littlejohn concerning Imette's murder?

[panthera]

Does anyone know the status for a trial of Littlejohn concerning Imette's murder?
Littlejohn’s trial in the death of St. Guillen will take place in Kings County Supreme Court. His next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 5.

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=24001

[21merc7]

Littlejohn’s trial in the death of St. Guillen will take place in Kings County Supreme Court. His next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 5.

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=24001

Thank you!:blowkiss:

[panthera]

Thank you!:blowkiss:
You're most welcome! Fortunately there was some kind of an update! :)