Andreana Kavadas, et al v. Raymond Martinez, et al MER-L-1004-15 Kavadas v. Martinez challenges the automatic suspension of driver’s licenses for nonpayment of child support without a reasonably recent hearing to determine if a default was willful. It does not challenge the ability of a court to suspend a license where there has been a recent … Read more
This case arises out of the slaying in 1993 of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Chris Byers, Steve Branch, and James Michael Moore disappeared around 6: 30 p.m. on May 5th. Their bodies were found the next day submerged in a drainage ditch in Robin Hood Hills, a wooded area near their homes, with that … Read more
Jessie’s (June 3, 1993) statement (with audio – load and follow along): https://www.dpdlaw.com/jessie-misskelley-jr-confession/ Jessie’s (June 3, 1993) statement after the time discrepancies in his original statement were found to be too severe to justify the issuance of a warrant: https://www.dpdlaw.com/jessieclarificationstatement/ Sheriff’s (February 1994) officers’ report of alleged statements Jessie made: https://www.dpdlaw.com/jessiejailstatement/ Jessie’s (February 1994) statement: https://www.dpdlaw.com/jessiepostconvictionstatement/ … Read more
MISSKELLEY STATEMENT 1994 JESSIE MISSKELLEY STATEMENT 1994 [Note: This is a transcription of the taped second statement of Jessie Misskelley, Jr. regarding the murder of Chris Byers, Steve Branch and Michael Moore] STATEMENT OF JESSIE MISSKELLEY, JR. FEBRUARY 17, 1994 DAVIS: I’ve turned the other recorder on for the purposes of this tape. We are at the … Read more
Text of Statements made by Jessie Misskelley to Sheriff’s Officers (Official Jail Incident Report) Note: This is far from being a transcript; it is the recollection of law enforcement officers of a conversation they allege occurred with Jessie. On the afternoon of Feb. 4th 1994, Deputy James Lindsey and myself were transporting Jessie Miskelley to the Arkansas … Read more