Wednesday, July 20th:
*Preliminary Hearing (
Damage) (@ 9am CT) - MO –
Darnell S. Gray (4) (missing Oct. 25, 2018, Jefferson City, found Oct. 30, 2018) – *Quatavia Lwoun Givens (26/now 29) (ex-gf of father) arrested & charged (10/31/18) & arraigned (11/8/18) with 1st degree child abuse resulting in death.
[Dismissed 8/24/21). Indicted (12/18/18) with felony abuse or neglect of a child.
[Dismissed 8/24/21]. Indicted (10/29/19) with 2nd degree murder.
[Dismissed 8/24/21]. Indicted &
charged (8/25/21) with 1st degree murder, child abuse or neglect, serious emotional or physical injury-no sex abuse, endangering the welfare of a child in the 1st degree, death of a child-no sexual contact & abandonment of a corpse in the death of Darnell. (No plea on this yet). Plead not guilty to 2 other charges. No bond changed (3/21/19) to $100K Cash ONLY bond. Bond reduced (9/30/19) to $5K Cash or Surety Bond. Out on bond 9/30/19. Rearrested 8/26/21 when indicted on new charges & held without bond. Bond reduction denied (3/16/22).
Trial was set to begin on 9/15/22 & continued to 3/13/23 (& 3/14/23) with jury selection & trial starting 3/15/23 thru 3/24/23. Jury will be selected from Pulaski County & brought to Cole County for trial.
Court hearings from 11/8/18 thru 3/14/22 reference post #245 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...rson-city-24-oct-2018-arrest-2.398905/page-13
3/16/22 Update: Hearing held at the Cole County Courthouse. State appears by Assistant Attorney General Miranda Loesch. Defendant in person & by Attorney Vodnansky. Defense counsel announce that counsel has a schedule conflict with the current trial date on 9/15/22 & cannot be ready for trial at a date earlier than that date. Counsel for both parties to provide combined available alternate dates of estimated trial length of 2 weeks & provide alternate dates for a 1 day pretrial conference. In February, the defense asked the court to dismiss the current indictment. Earlier this week, Judge Hickle ruled there are no changes in the charges & denied the motion. He also denied Givens bond. Next status hearing on 5/3/22. There was a pretrial conference scheduled on 9/13/22.
5/3/22 Update: Due to defense attorney’s scheduling conflict trial has been rescheduled to 3/13/23 thru 3/24/23.
*Charged (5/21/22) & arraigned (6/21/22) with felony damage to jail/jail property on 5/10/22. Plead not guilty.
5/21/22: Probable cause statement filed by William Thompson. 6/8/22: Arraignment was scheduled on 6/8/22. 6/10/22 Update: Defendant refused to come out of cell for jail docket, cause continued to 6/13/22. 6/13/22 Update: Defendant refused to come out of cell for jail docket. Cause continued to 6/21/22. Defense attorney Delaney Catlettstout request for discovery filed. 6/21/22 Update: State appears by Assistant Prosecuting attorney English. Defendant appears by attorney Catlettstout. Defendant waives formal arraignment & enters a plea of not guilty. Cause continued to 7/14/22 at 3:00pm for preliminary hearing. 6/24/22: One subpoena issued.
7/7/22 Update: State appears by Assistant Prosecuting attorney Guinn. Defendant appears by attorney Catlettstout. Preliminary hearing rescheduled for 7/20/22 at 9:00am. Hearing continued from 7/14/22. 7/13/22: Subpoena served.