GUILTY MI - Jane Bashara, 56, dies in contract killing, Grosse Pointe Park, 25 Jan 2012 #5

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Bob Bashara has prison guards on high alert

Author: Hank Winchester, Local 4 Reporter, @HankLocal4

Bob Bashara is settling in to his new surroundings at the Oaks Correctional Facility in Manistee.

He is sharing a cell and will get a minimal amount of time outside of it. He can use his time for exercise or to study at the onsite library.

Bashara is one of almost 500 inmates being housed at the prison. The facility is state-of-the-art and equipped to handle the most violent offenders...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/bob-bashara-has-prison-guards-on-high-alert/30930522
 
Bashara moving forward on appeal in murder case

George Hunter, The Detroit News 8:45 a.m. EDT March 19, 2015

After Robert Bashara was convicted in December of having his wife Jane killed, he vowed to appeal his case “until my hands are raw, blood comes from eyes and I take my last breath.”

The first step in that effort is underway, with Bashara’s case moving forward in the Michigan Court of Appeals...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2015/03/19/robert-bashara/25009911/
 
Investigation Into Alleged Falsified Overtime In Detroit Police Department

April 20, 2015 6:35 AM


DETROIT (WWJ) – There’s an internal investigation into allegations that Detroit police officers falsely logged overtime during the Bob Bashara trial that they didn’t work.

The investigation began after a supervisor in the homicide section reported that officers were writing phony subpoenas – charging the city for overtime for court appearances that never happened – particularly during the Bashara trial.

The investigation could be widening reports WWJ’s Legal Analyst Charlie Langton. Chief James Craig says he will focus on other units of the department.

Reports show the budget for overtime in the department is $20 million. Since the investigation began court-time for homicide investigators has dropped 52 percent.


Source: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/04...sified-overtime-in-detroit-police-department/
 
Bob Bashara believes he deserves new trial

Former Grosse Pointe Park businessman convicted of playing role in wife's murder files appeal

Author: Hank Winchester, Local 4 Reporter, @HankLocal4

Published On: Aug 10 2015 05:07:16 PM EDT Updated 2 h

DETROIT -
The Local 4 Defenders have obtained new documents showing a motion for a new trial has been filed in the case against Bob Bashara.

The former Grosse Pointe Park businessman was convicted of playing a role in his wife Jane's 2012 murder. He was sentenced to life in prison in January.

Bashara's new attorney is laying out the reasons he believes Bob should get another trial. Bashara said his attorneys failed to follow his suggestions for witnesses to be called and points to argue. He said he was told "they had this." ...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/bob-bashara-believes-he-deserves-new-trial/34636588
 
Bette, you beat me to it!

My favorite part is how he still wants to 'splain himself by trashing Jane:

However, what he did want submitted were Jane Bashara's medical records from her gynecologist. In the documents, Bashara attempts to explain his kinky sexual lifestyle, saying Jane's physical ailments and their marital understanding would have put his lifestyle in the proper context, whether you agree with him or not.
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http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/bob-bashara-believes-he-deserves-new-trial/34636588

Shouldn't Bob be more concerned with the trial he has coming up!
 
BetteDavisEyes said:
Bob Bashara believes he deserves new trial

Former Grosse Pointe Park businessman convicted of playing role in wife's murder files appeal

Author: Hank Winchester, Local 4 Reporter, @HankLocal4

Published On: Aug 10 2015 05:07:16 PM EDT Updated 2 h

DETROIT -
The Local 4 Defenders have obtained new documents showing a motion for a new trial has been filed in the case against Bob Bashara.

The former Grosse Pointe Park businessman was convicted of playing a role in his wife Jane's 2012 murder. He was sentenced to life in prison in January.

Bashara's new attorney is laying out the reasons he believes Bob should get another trial. Bashara said his attorneys failed to follow his suggestions for witnesses to be called and points to argue. He said he was told "they had this." ...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/bob-bashara-believes-he-deserves-new-trial/34636588
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Silly man . Attorneys don't have to follow the lead of their client with the exception of whether they want to testify on their own behalf.

Pfft
 
Yeah? Well, I want Kim Kardashian's hair and a billion dollars, but that ain't happening. The nerve of this one.
 
Defense attorney says she's ready to take on Bashara

http://www.dailytribune.com/general...e-attorney-says-shes-ready-to-take-on-bashara

Diallo said she will gladly testify about why she and McCarthy rejected many of Bashara’s various suggestions during his trial.

“There were certain things that he wanted introduced that you cannot introduce under the rules of evidence, or the evidence wasn’t relevant,” she said.
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Diallo said she is not surprised that she and McCarthy likely will be challenged on the witness stand by Ambrose.
“You expect something like this after a trial of this magnitude,” she said.

She said Judge Evans “bent over backwards” for Bashara during the trial.

“He wants the bending to continue,” she said.
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http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...der-trial-grosse-pointe-businessman/31471317/

Bob Bashara seeks new murder trial, blames his lawyers

The filing also says: "A motion for an evidentiary hearing to further develop the record on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel is requested." The motion, filed by his appellate attorney Ronald Ambrose, says Bashara had wanted investigators to "research and talk to or visit numerous places and people to aid and uncover specific information," and it says people and evidence that could have shown his innocence were "ignored or overlooked."
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http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/bob-bashara-asks-for-new-trial/34639968

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Convicted murderer Bob Bashara could testify today

In his quest for a new trial, Bob Bashara is expected to return to the Detroit courtroom today where he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole earlier this year for the murder of his wife, Jane Bashara.
The former Grosse Pointe Park businessman, whose home is now the Oaks Correctional Facility in Manistee, claims he was denied a fair trial “in a number of respects” and asked the court to toss his convictions in a motion seeking an evidentiary hearing and new trial.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2015/09/14/bob-bashara-hearing/72280966/


WXYZ says they will livestream the hearing starting at 9:00am EST: http://www.wxyz.com/live2
 
Mandi Wright @DetroitMandiWill be going live @freep from #court in the matter of #bobbashara #BobBashara #Bashara seeking new trial.

Bashara's trial attorneys Lillian Diallo and Michael McCarthy are in the courtroom.
by Gina Damron 9/15/2015 9:16 AM

If Bashara waives attorney-client privilege, it's possible they could testify today.
by Gina Damron 9/15/2015 1:16:29 PM 9:16 AM

Elisha Anderson @elishaanderson
Bob Bashara is expected to enter the courtroom soon as he seeks to get a trial. His wife Jane Bashara's mom is in attendance.

Wayne County Circuit Judge Vonda Evans is on the bench.by Gina Damron 9:18 AM

LiveStream is up, waiting for Big Bob to appear: http://www.wxyz.com/live2
 
Elisha Anderson @elishaandersonWayne County Circuit Judge Vonda Evans has taken the bench and asked Bashara's trial attorneys to exit the courtroom for time being.

The motion seeking a new trial claimed that records were not introduced that would have given context to the "marital understanding" between Bob and Jane Bashara.by Gina Damron

Bashara being brought into court.
by Gina Damron

Finally! Bob's wearing some big sunglasses, had more eye surgery. Trial starting now.
 
Evans said she wants to deal with the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel, an issue raised in the motion.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said there were witnesses Bashara wanted called.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said Bashara was named as a suspect shortly after his wife's body was found, shortly after that Joseph Gentz confessed to the killing, but was released.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said there were 300 witnesses and 70 subpoenas, but no direct evidence of Bashara's involvement except for Gentz, who didn't testify during the trial.
by Gina Damron

A TV reporter just entered the room and Evans told him not to be late. "No more late reporters," she said.
by Gina Damron

"Key evidence in this case is Jane Bashara's clothing. Where is her clothing?" Ambrose said.
by Gina Damron

That her clothing was gone is"just unthinkable in this type of case," he said.
by Gina Damron
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Ambrose is addressing jury selection.
by Gina Damron

He said the process of jury being selected was rendered null and void when Bashara's attorneys were not given questionnaires in advance of the jury being selected.
by Gina Damron

Evans said the answers to the questionnaires were given to the attorneys.
by Gina Damron

Judge Vonda Evans sounds peeved with this attorney. Keeps asking him to get to the ineffective council of the attorneys. Now saying the attorney is wrong about the questionnaires and answers.

Ambrose said the transcript of jury selection states some of the jurors had their minds made up already.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said they jury was never given the context of the marital relationship, "the physical limitations of each party" and their general understanding.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said Jane Bashara told her husband not to embarrass her or the family.
by Gina Damron

"If the jury would have known that fact of why he was engaging in this type of lifestyle well then it gives the jury some type of a context," Ambrose said.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said Jane Bashara considered Bob Bashara's lifestyle "weird."
by Gina Damron
 
A document was filed in court called “Affidavit of Robert Michael Bashara.” In it, Bashara says health issues prevented him and his wife from having sex and it says :Jane told me to do what I needed to do to take care of myself."
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said it's documented that Joseph Gentz had a violent history. Gentz told police that he killed Jane Bashara at her husband's behest.
by Gina Damron

Evans asked about what specific witnesses that they believe should have been called.
by Gina Damron

Judge Evans is making this attorney nervous. She keeps asking him questions that he can't answer. She's now demanding the names of the witnesses that Bashara says weren't called and the attorney doesn't have a list. She tells him to move on but get her that list and add to the motion.

Ambrose said the media was on top of this case. He said a motion for a change of venue was needed in this case.
by Gina Damron

Evans said she wants a brief synopsis on these issues so she can determine whether there should be an evidentiary hearing.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said the "playing field" in this case was slanted. Should have asked for change of venue
by Gina Damron
 
He said the prosecution was able to present a "character assassination" of Bashara.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said the investigator Bashara was given was not allowed to do his job. He said he wanted to locate a man who was with Gentz the evening of the killing. When the investigator was not paid complete fee he requested.
by Gina Damron

9:56 AM - 15 Sep 2015
Mandi Wright @DetroitMandi
#JudgeVonda speaks to #BobBashara attorney Ronald Ambrose during a motion. @freep #court http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO8vfp6UAAAeAfc.jpg
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Evans told Ambrose to move on to the next issue.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said the prosecution gave Gentz a plea agreement and, in turn, he was supposed to testify.
by Gina Damron

But Gentz did not testify.
by Gina Damron

Judge Evans tells him that has nothing to do with ineffective assistance of council so move on and give her the ineffective assistance information so she can determine with there is a prima fasciae case for that.

Ambrose said that during jury deliberation, the jury sent out a note that they wanted a definition of reasonable doubt.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said the court gave a reasonable doubt example to the jury that indicated a hypothetical person was engaged in infidelity and can't believe anything that person says.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said he presented that instruction verbatim in his motion.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said that "shockingly" the defense counsel said they were satisfied with that example.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said there should have been an objection to that.
by Gina Damron

"Next issue," Evans said.
by Gina Damron

 
Prosecution up now.
by Gina Damron

Assistant Prosecutor Jon Wojtala said the defendant has not flushed out issues on witnesses yet.
by Gina Damron

Evans said she is granting an evidentiary hearing.
by Gina Damron

"I'm ready to go forward," she said.
by Gina Damron

Ambrose said Bashara is ready to waive attorney-client priviledge.
by Gina Damron

Bashara about to testify.
by Gina Damron
 
Bob Bashara waives attorney-client privilege and court is adjourned for "10" minutes.

An additional hearing has been scheduled for October 14 for additional witnesses. Judge Vonda Evans wants the defense to provide her with names and what they will say in their testimony.

Judge Evans is her usual self, cutting off the defense attorney Ambrose and telling him to simplify and give just the basics. They will go into detail at a later time.

Jacct, thanks so much for the wonderful coverage!
 
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