TX - Former NFL Antonio Armstrong & wife Dawn, both 42, fatally shot, Houston, *son charged* 29 Jul 2016 *Mistrials, 3rd trial in 2023 Guilty*

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  • #341
Friday, February 24th:
*Pretrial Hearing (@ 9am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 23) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond 4/12/17.
Trial started on 4/2/19 & ended on 4/26/19. Jury: 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after ~20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
2nd Re-trial began on 10/3/22 & ended on 10/21/22. Jury: 6 women & 6 men. Jurors were sequestered during deliberations. After ~18 hours of deliberations verdict was 4 for Guilty & 8 not guilty. Judge Kelli Johnson declared (another) mistrial.
3rd Re-trial was set to begin on 2/24/23 with jury selection was continued to 5/1/23 & will take about 6 weeks & trial to begin in June.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 10/26/22 (2nd trial) thru 1/19/23 reference post #337 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-17
1/27/23: Motions Defense Motion objected to transfer venue. 1/30/23: Order Court grants State's Motion for individual. State & Defense agreed to REMA. 1/30/23: State’s Motion for individual Voir Dire-Denied.
1/30/23 Update: The third attempt to try Armstrong Jr. on a capital murder charge will remain in Harris County after a last-minute agreement to conduct a lengthier, more thorough jury selection, effectively avoiding a hearing that could have shuffled the trial to another county. Judge Kelli Johnson signed off on a motion by the Harris County District Attorney's Office — filed 15 minutes before the hearing was expected to start — to interview prospective jurors individually, rather than in large groups. The defense agreed with the motion. Jury selection will start on 2/24/23 & will take about six weeks, the judge said. Armstrong’s lawyer, Rick DeToto, did not originate it & he opposed the move. He appeared poised to go to great lengths to convince the court Monday that the trial should remain in Houston. Court records indicate he issued subpoenas to multiple local lawmakers & officials to come to court & take the witness stand. The Harris County Attorney’s Office moved to quash the subpoenas for County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Commissioners Adrian Garcia & Rodney Ellis & District Clerk Marilyn Burgess. The city, meanwhile, moved to quash another subpoena aimed at beckoning Mayor Sylvester Turner to court. The judge released the officials from the subpoenas after deciding that Armstrong's trial will remain local. Next jury selection to begin on 2/24/23. Motion: Agreed re Order Seizure & Forfeiture N/A. The judge had suggested the change in venue, but neither the prosecution nor defense wanted to leave the county. They reached an agreement to keep the trial in Harris County but use individual vior dire.
2/8/23 Update: Jury selection on 2/24/23 has been cancelled. Pretrial hearing instead on 2/24/23. A date has been set for A.J. Armstrong's third trial for capital murder in the deaths of his parents. This comes after a judge ruled last month that the trial will remain in Harris County after another judge filed a motion to change the location. A new jury will be selected starting 5/1/23, with the trial slated to follow in June (no dates yet) depending how long jury selection takes. Prosecutors & defense attorneys agreed to an unusually extensive jury selection process. That process will be a voir dire, which means instead of questioning a jury in a group, each person will be talked to individually. This method is usually used in a death penalty case. In the third trial, the jury selection process is expected to take six weeks.
 
  • #342
Just an Activities update - his next hearing is trial on 5/1/23.

Date Type Description SNU/CFI
03/22/2023 MOTIONS B/C VIOLATION REPORT SNU: 921 03/22/23
03/22/2023 MOTIONS FILED CFI 178 03/22/23

03/22/2023 ORDER BND COND VIOL CONTINUE SUPERVI SNU: 954 03/22/23
03/22/2023 OFFENSE CAPITAL MURDER (MULTI MURDER) LEVEL FC 03/22/23

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records


Looks like he violated his bond conditions....
 
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  • #343
Not surprised.
 
  • #344
Hi all,

I am new here, so forgive me if I am posting in the wrong place. I've often seen Websleuths.com mentioned during my true crime travails, but I've finally been bitten by a case itchy enough to compel me to come here and see what others are thinking regarding the case of Dawn and Antonio Armstrong, who were murdered in the middle of the night in their Houston home. Their son AJ Armstrong, 16 at the time, was charged and subsequently tried twice, both ending in mistrials. He is due to be retried for a third time this summer.

After watching a 20/20 episode covering the case, the case feels .... tepidly circumstantial. In the state's tunnel vision, with AJ squarely in the crosshairs, they seem to have neglected to do their due diligence in investigating all possible leads and they've left a true whodunit in their wake. But the case doesn't really seem unsolvable, and I can't stop running through possible scenarios, so I'm curious what this community of fabulous minds thinks.

So far, here is a brief synopsis of what I have gathered. Does anyone here know more facts from the case than I was able to glean from the internet?

1. the alarm system log - no record of the alarm being tripped, still armed on police arrival (had to be unarmed by AJ to let them in the house). Defense argued that this alarm system was not reliable.
2. the cell phone - the state argued that his cell phone was unplugged around the time Dawn and Antonio were murdered, and that his home screen repeatedly lit up. State says he was using this light to illuminate his passage through the dark hallways.
3. the bullet holes - a bullet hole was found in AJ's floor, leading directly down to his parents room below. Bedding with 0.22 caliber bullet holes in them. The state contents that AJ shot his parents through the floor of his bedroom. AJ says he was messing around with a friend and the gun some time prior to the murders.
4.the pillows! - Dawn and Antonio's faces were covered with pillows. I know y'all know what that tends to reveal. But if he shot through the floor...
5. the burn mark on the stairs - a strange burn scar on the stairs. AJ states he was playing with matches and accidentally caught the carpet. There was gasoline found on the stairs, and the state contends he attempted to light the stairs on fire sometime before the murder, presumably blocking his parents exit and killing them.
6.the gym break-in - while AJ was in prison awaiting trial, a strange break-in at one of the gyms Antonio Sr owned. Perps took a computer.
7. the sister - sleeping in her bedroom on the same floor as her parent's room. She was woken up by AJ while he was making the 911 call, having slept through the entire event.
8. the gun and the note - found in the kitchen with a note that said "I've been watching for a long time, come get me".
9. the brother - eldest brother, stepson of Antonio Sr, was reportedly struggling with serious mental health issues. He lived a few blocks away with his girlfriend.



Thanks for reading my long post :)
 
  • #345
danaherka said:
Hi all,

I am new here, so forgive me if I am posting in the wrong place. I've often seen Websleuths.com mentioned during my true crime travails, but I've finally been bitten by a case itchy enough to compel me to come here and see what others are thinking regarding the case of Dawn and Antonio Armstrong, who were murdered in the middle of the night in their Houston home. Their son AJ Armstrong, 16 at the time, was charged and subsequently tried twice, both ending in mistrials. He is due to be retried for a third time this summer.

After watching a 20/20 episode covering the case, the case feels .... tepidly circumstantial. In the state's tunnel vision, with AJ squarely in the crosshairs, they seem to have neglected to do their due diligence in investigating all possible leads and they've left a true whodunit in their wake. But the case doesn't really seem unsolvable, and I can't stop running through possible scenarios, so I'm curious what this community of fabulous minds thinks.

So far, here is a brief synopsis of what I have gathered. Does anyone here know more facts from the case than I was able to glean from the internet?

1. the alarm system log - no record of the alarm being tripped, still armed on police arrival (had to be unarmed by AJ to let them in the house). Defense argued that this alarm system was not reliable.
2. the cell phone - the state argued that his cell phone was unplugged around the time Dawn and Antonio were murdered, and that his home screen repeatedly lit up. State says he was using this light to illuminate his passage through the dark hallways.
3. the bullet holes - a bullet hole was found in AJ's floor, leading directly down to his parents room below. Bedding with 0.22 caliber bullet holes in them. The state contents that AJ shot his parents through the floor of his bedroom. AJ says he was messing around with a friend and the gun some time prior to the murders.
4.the pillows! - Dawn and Antonio's faces were covered with pillows. I know y'all know what that tends to reveal. But if he shot through the floor...
5. the burn mark on the stairs - a strange burn scar on the stairs. AJ states he was playing with matches and accidentally caught the carpet. There was gasoline found on the stairs, and the state contends he attempted to light the stairs on fire sometime before the murder, presumably blocking his parents exit and killing them.
6.the gym break-in - while AJ was in prison awaiting trial, a strange break-in at one of the gyms Antonio Sr owned. Perps took a computer.
7. the sister - sleeping in her bedroom on the same floor as her parent's room. She was woken up by AJ while he was making the 911 call, having slept through the entire event.
8. the gun and the note - found in the kitchen with a note that said "I've been watching for a long time, come get me".
9. the brother - eldest brother, stepson of Antonio Sr, was reportedly struggling with serious mental health issues. He lived a few blocks away with his girlfriend.



Thanks for reading my long post :)
Click to expand...

I am believing #9 on your list.... JMO
 
  • #346
www.houstonchronicle.com

A Harris County prosecutor dated Antonio Armstrong Jr. juror, defense claims days before new trial

The lawyer for Armstrong Jr. believes a Harris County prosecutor dated a juror who...
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April 27, 2023
With days to go until jury selection begins for Antonio Armstrong Jr., in what will be the Harris County District Attorney's third attempt at landing a capital murder conviction, Armstrong's legal team wanted more time to get to the bottom of a prosecutor’s romantic relationship with a juror in the case, according to court documents.

Armstrong’s lawyer, Rick DeToto, filed a new pleading that a Harris County prosecutor dated a juror who served on the second trial, without specifying who that individual was other than to say that it was a colleague of the prosecutors on the case. The lawyer and the district attorney's office would not elaborate on the document.

“The State knew a juror hearing evidence and deliberating the guilt or innocence of Mr. Armstrong was in a dating relationship with a colleague employed by their office,” according to court documents.

Judge Kelli Johnson, in the 178th district court, within hours of the filing -- denied it, according to officials in the court.
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The defense had asked for a hearing to question the prior juror. Had that request been granted, it could have effectively delayed the start of jury selection for the third trial.
[.....]
Lawyers in the case are slated to return to court Monday to begin the month-long process of interviewing prospective jurors individually in order to seat an impartial jury. Both sides agreed in January to undergo the arduous process typically reserved for death penalty cases.
[.....]
District attorney’s office officials argued that keeping the trial in Harris County but interviewing prospective jurors in smaller groups is simpler in cost and logistics. Lawyers for both sides and the judge would have worked out of the new county for the length of the trial.
 
  • #347
  • #348
Docket update:

Date Type Description SNU/CFI
04/28/2023 MOTIONS S/M FALSE ALLEGATION SNU: 919 04/28/23
04/28/2023 MOTIONS FILED CFI 178 04/28/23

04/28/2023 MOTIONS S/M FOR CONTINUANCE SNU: 918 04/28/23
04/28/2023 MOTIONS FILED CFI 178 04/28/23

04/28/2023 MOTIONS D/M FUNDS FOR EXPERT SNU: 917 04/28/23
04/28/2023 MOTIONS FILED CFI 178 04/28/23

04/28/2023 MOTIONS D/M REGARDING HEARIN SNU: 916 04/28/23
04/28/2023 MOTIONS FILED CFI 178 04/28/23

04/27/2023 MOTIONS D/M FOR CONTINUANCE SNU: 920 04/28/23
04/27/2023 MOTIONS FILED CFI 178 04/28/23

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records
 
  • #349
Question on the docket -

04/27/2023 MOTIONS D/M FOR CONTINUANCE SNU: 920 04/28/23

I am reading this as Denied/Motion for continuance... yes??

and
04/28/2023 MOTIONS S/M FOR CONTINUANCE SNU: 918 04/28/23

but then - can not figure out what S/M would stand for....

Anyone? If you can help - TIA! :)
 
  • #350
Monday, May 1st:
*Jury Selection set to begin (@ 9am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 23) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond 4/12/17.
Trial started on 4/2/19 & ended on 4/26/19. Jury: 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after ~20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
2nd Re-trial began on 10/3/22 & ended on 10/21/22. Jury: 6 women & 6 men. Jurors were sequestered during deliberations. After ~18 hours of deliberations verdict was 4 for Guilty & 8 not guilty. Judge Kelli Johnson declared (another) mistrial.
3rd Re-trial was set to begin on 2/24/23 with jury selection was continued to 5/1/23 & will take about 3-4 weeks.
Trial to begin on 6/1/23.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 10/26/22 (2nd trial) thru 1/30/23 reference post #341 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-18
2/8/23 Update: Jury selection on 2/24/23 has been cancelled. Pretrial hearing instead on 2/24/23. A date has been set for A.J. Armstrong's third trial for capital murder in the deaths of his parents. This comes after a judge ruled last month that the trial will remain in Harris County after another judge filed a motion to change the location. A new jury will be selected starting 5/1/23, with the trial slated to follow on 6/1/23 depending how long jury selection takes. Prosecutors & defense attorneys agreed to an unusually extensive jury selection process. That process will be a voir dire, which means instead of questioning a jury in a group, each person will be talked to individually. This method is usually used in a death penalty case. In the third trial, the jury selection process is expected to take six weeks.
3/22/23: Order: Bond condition violation continue Supervision. Motions-Bond condition violation report. Court paperwork shows Armstrong violated a bond condition when the GPS tracker died for two & a half hours because he had failed to charge it.
4/27/23 Update: Jury selection for Armstrong's third capital murder trial is set to start Monday despite a motion filed by Armstrong's team Thursday, claiming they needed more time to "question (a) juror from the second trial regarding a dating relationship with a Harris County prosecutor." The Harris County District Attorney's Office responded to that motion by filing its own strongly-worded motion on Friday seeking a continuance. The DA's office criticized the timing of the defense request, writing that the State has been "unfairly prejudiced at the present time" because of media coverage. The motion said juror briefly dated a Harris County prosecutor who has no connection to the Armstrong case. We're also told she was an alternate juror who was not involved in deliberations. Defense attorney Rick DeToto offered no comment but his motion reads: "By withholding this information from the defense during trial, the right to a fair trial was denied." Jury selection is expected to take three to four weeks with the trial set to start on 6/1/23.
4/27/23: Motions-denied motion for continuance. 4/28/23: Motions-denied regarding hearing. Motions-denied funds for expert. Motions-S/M for continuance & false allegation.
 
  • #351
Looks like jury selection was continued to today....

Activities:
Date Type Description SNU/CFI
05/01/2023 MOTIONS S/M FIRST IN LIMINE SNU: 915 05/01/23
05/01/2023 MOTIONS FILED CFI 178 05/01/23

05/01/2023 MOTIONS ST/F MOTION INLIMINE SNU: 914 05/01/23
05/01/2023 MOTIONS FILED CFI 178 05/01/23

05/01/2023 ORDER S/M FOR CONTINUANCE DENIED SNU: 950 05/01/23
05/01/2023 OFFENSE CAPITAL MURDER (MULTI MURDER) LEVEL FC 05/01/23

05/01/2023 ORDER APPOINT INVESTIGATOR GRANTED SNU: 951 05/01/23
05/01/2023 OFFENSE CAPITAL MURDER (MULTI MURDER) LEVEL FC 05/01/23

05/01/2023 ORDER S/M TO CORRECT FALSE ALLEGATIO SNU: 952 05/01/23
05/01/2023 OFFENSE CAPITAL MURDER (MULTI MURDER) LEVEL FC 05/01/23

05/01/2023 ORDER D/M FOR CONTINUANCE DENIED SNU: 953 05/01/23
05/01/2023 OFFENSE CAPITAL MURDER (MULTI MURDER) LEVEL FC 05/01/23


Settings:
Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason/ Appearance Court Results/ Setting Type Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
5/02/2023 09:00 AM 178 Trial Docket
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Data Not Entered VD CONTINUED To Be Set

5/01/2023 09:00 AM 178 Trial Docket
Jury Trial
Continued N/A Present 5/2/2023 Present


Next/Last Setting Date 5/2/2023

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records
 
  • #352
Tuesday, May 2nd:
*Jury Selection set to begin (Day 1) (@ 9am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 23) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond 4/12/17.
Trial started on 4/2/19 & ended on 4/26/19. Jury: 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after ~20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
2nd Re-trial began on 10/3/22 & ended on 10/21/22. Jury: 6 women & 6 men. Jurors were sequestered during deliberations. After ~18 hours of deliberations verdict was 4 for Guilty & 8 not guilty. Judge Kelli Johnson declared (another) mistrial.
3rd Re-trial was set to begin on 2/24/23 with jury selection was continued to 5/2/23 & will take about 3-4 weeks.
Trial to begin on 6/1/23.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 10/26/22 (2nd trial) thru 4/28/23 reference post #350 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-18
5/1/23 Update Defense motion to trial continuance-Denied. Order: S/M to correct false allegations. Order: Appoint investigator-Granted. Order: S/M for continuance-Denied. Motions: ST/F Motion in Limine. Motions: S/M First in Motion in Limine. Jury selection begins on Tuesday, 5/2/23.
 
  • #353
www.houstonchronicle.com

Jury selection begins in Antonio Armstrong Jr. capital murder trial

A third of the prospective jurors called to court Monday said they were familiar with...
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May 1, 2023
A third of the prospective jurors called to court in the Antonio Armstrong Jr. capital murder case said they were familiar with the accusation that he killed his parents, some citing news reports they read at the time of the couple's 2016 deaths.

The arduous selection process started Monday for his third Harris County trial with jurors in the 178th District Court being asked whether they recognized the defendant or his parents. Police believe Armstrong Jr., then 16, shot and killed Dawn and Antonio Armstrong Sr. as they slept at their Bellaire-area home.
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Judge Kelli Johnson polled the 74 Harris County residents about their whether they felt they could remain impartial. This is a question these jurors and dozens of others will have to answer in the coming weeks. Two dozen of the jurors in the pool were aware of the case, with some having read headlines as recently as Friday about Armstrong Jr.’s looming trial.

Thirty-five jurors were ultimately asked to return later in the week for further questioning. The rest were excused.

Jury selection, which will include weeks of individual interviews, is expected to last through May. Testimony is expected to begin June 5, the judge said.
[.....]
Mounting attention over the case amid a string of mistrials nearly forced the trial to be held in another county. However, a last minute agreement between the lawyers to use individual voir dire, a process typically reserved for death penalty cases, allowed the trial to remain in Harris County.
[.....]
......flurry of court filings last week that pitted the prosecutors against Armstrong Jr.’s defense. One pleading from defense attorney Rick DeToto asked for more time to investigate reports that a Harris County prosecutor had a romantic relationship with a juror during the second trial.

A later filing from DeToto clarified that the prosecutor in question was not one of the attorneys assigned to the case. By then, one of the prosecutors, John Jordan, fired back to question DeToto’s character and shed light on the dating relationship. The juror was an alternate who had no say in the deliberation, he said, and the prosecutor had nothing to do with Armstrong Jr.’s case.

Jordan also asked the judge to keep court filings private until she could approve them, but Johnson denied the motion and others asking for more time.
 
  • #354
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Settings:
Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason/ Appearance Court Results/ Setting Type Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
5/03/2023 09:00 AM 178 Trial Docket
Jury Trial
Data Not Entered Voir Dire CONTINUED To Be Set

5/02/2023 09:00 AM 178 Trial Docket
Jury Trial
Continued N/A Present 5/3/2023 VD CONTINUED Present


Next/Last Setting Date 5/3/2023

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records
 
  • #356
Wednesday, May 3rd:
*Jury Selection continues (Day 2) (@ 9am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 23) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond 4/12/17.
Trial started on 4/2/19 & ended on 4/26/19. Jury: 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after ~20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
2nd Re-trial began on 10/3/22 & ended on 10/21/22. Jury: 6 women & 6 men. Jurors were sequestered during deliberations. After ~18 hours of deliberations verdict was 4 for Guilty & 8 not guilty. Judge Kelli Johnson declared (another) mistrial.
3rd Re-trial began on 5/2/23 with jury selection & will take about 3-4 weeks. Jury Selection Day 1 (5/1/23): 35 prospect jurors to return.
Trial set to begin on 6/5/23.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 10/26/22 (2nd trial) thru 5/1/23 reference post #352 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-18
5/2/23 Tuesday, Jury Section Day 1: The arduous selection process started Monday for his third Harris County trial with jurors in the 178th District Court being asked whether they recognized the defendant or his parents. A third of the prospective jurors called to court in the Armstrong capital murder case said they were familiar with the accusation that he killed his parents. Judge Kelli Johnson polled the 74 Harris County residents about their whether they felt they could remain impartial. This is a question these jurors & dozens of others will have to answer in the coming weeks. Two dozen of the jurors in the pool were aware of the case, with some having read headlines as recently as Friday about Armstrong Jr.’s looming trial.
Thirty-five jurors were ultimately asked to return later in the week for further questioning. The rest were excused. Jury selection, which will include weeks of individual interviews, is expected to last through May. Testimony is expected to begin 6/5/23, the judge said.
A flurry of court filings last week that pitted the prosecutors against Armstrong Jr.’s defense. One pleading from defense attorney Rick DeToto asked for more time to investigate reports that a Harris County prosecutor had a romantic relationship with a juror during the second trial. A later filing from DeToto clarified that the prosecutor in question was not one of the attorneys assigned to the case. By then, one of the prosecutors, John Jordan, fired back to question DeToto’s character & shed light on the dating relationship. The juror was an alternate who had no say in the deliberation, he said, and the prosecutor had nothing to do with Armstrong Jr.’s case. Jordan also asked the judge to keep court filings private until she could approve them, but Johnson denied the motion & others asking for more time.
For more info see post #353 (article) here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-18
Jury selection continues on Wednesday, 5/3/23.
 
  • #357
  • #358
Thursday, May 4th:
*Jury Selection continues (Day 3) (@ 9am CT) – TX – Antonio & Dawn Armstrong (both 42) (July 29, 2016, Houston) – *Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong, Jr. (16 @ time of crime/17/now 23) arrested (7/29/16), charged (8/1/16) & arraigned (7/26/17) with capital murder. Plead not guilty. $200K bond. Out on bond 4/12/17.
Trial started on 4/2/19 & ended on 4/26/19. Jury: 7 women & 5 men on jury with 1 woman alternate (Juror #12 excused 4/5/19). 4/26/19: after ~20 hours of deliberations verdict was 8 Guilty & 4 Not guilty. Judge declares mistrial.
2nd Re-trial began on 10/3/22 & ended on 10/21/22. Jury: 6 women & 6 men. Jurors were sequestered during deliberations. After ~18 hours of deliberations verdict was 4 for Guilty & 8 not guilty. Judge Kelli Johnson declared (another) mistrial.
3rd Re-trial began on 5/2/23 with jury selection & will take about 3-4 weeks. Final jury selection on 5/31/23.
Jury Selection Day 1 (5/1/23): 35 prospect jurors to return. Jury Selection Day 2 (5/2/23): 8 of the 35 prospect jurors back. 2 were dismissed & 6 potential juros to come back for final jury selection on 5/31/23.
Trial set to begin on 6/5/23.
Court info from 12/11/19 thru 10/26/22 (2nd trial) thru 5/1/23, Jury Selection Day 1 (5/2/23) reference post #356 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-18
5/3/23 Wednesday, Jury Section Day 2: Eight potential jurors were questioned one-on-one by prosecutors & the defense. They are eight of the 35 people picked from Monday's initial panel of 74 potential jurors. Two of the eight potential jurors were dismissed, leaving six people to come back on final jury selection day, set for May 31. The trial is set to start June 5, Day three of jury selection resumes Wednesday. It's expected to last another three weeks.
For more info see post #357 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...l-2016-mistrial-retrial-1-6-20.313665/page-18
Jury selection continues on Thursday, 5/4/23.
 
  • #359
abc13.com

'He killed his parents': Potential juror dismissed during day 4 of AJ Armstrong jury selection

On the fourth day of jury selection for AJ Armstrong's trial, five potential jurors made it through to the final round, but four were excused. Here's what some of them had to say on the case.
abc13.com abc13.com

May 5, 2023

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Five potential jurors in the A.J. Armstrong capital murder case made it through to the final round of jury selection after one-on-one questioning from prosecutors and Armstrong's attorneys, which lasted anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes each.

Four other men and women were excused from serving on the jury.

Of the five people who could still be selected were: two attorneys; two men who work in oil and gas; and a woman who is in the process of trying to open a cat café.
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There are 13 men and women left to question from Monday's initial big group panel. Next week, another round of potential jurors will be asked to report to the 178th District Court, and the process will start again. The final jury selection is set for May 31. Armstrong's third capital murder trial is set to start on June 5.
 
  • #360
Settings:
Date Court Post Jdgm Docket Type Reason/ Appearance Court Results/ Setting Type Defendant Future Date Comments Attorney Appearance Indicator
5/05/2023 09:00 AM 178 Trial Docket
Jury Trial
Data Not Entered Voir Dire CONT To Be Set

5/04/2023 09:00 AM 178 Trial Docket
Jury Trial
Continued N/A Present 5/5/2023 VD CONT Present




Next/Last Setting Date 5/5/2023

link: Office of Harris County District Clerk - Marilyn Burgess | Search Our Records
 
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