Daily Crime and Justice | True Crime, Trial Coverage, and Murder Cases16 Sep

He Didn't Ask a Single Question on Day One of His Own Capital Trial, and the Question a Hawaii Judge Refused to Ask His Jury

Tomasz Kosowski, representing himself in a capital murder trial in Pinellas County, Florida, gave no opening statement and cross-examined none of the state's witnesses on the first day. Assistant State Attorney Alexandra Spadaro told Judge Joseph Bulone that attorney Steven Cozzi, 41, was killed in his firm's bathroom and moved out by wagon — that "his coffin was a dumpster" and his remains lie in the Collier County landfill, where a three-day search found nothing. Kosowski has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent; he has dismissed four sets of attorneys, waived a jury for both phases, and withdrawn his prior counsel's suppression motions and death-penalty challenges. Also: in Honolulu, Judge Paul Wong recalled the jurors who convicted Dr. Gerhardt Konig of attempted manslaughter, but limited questioning to whether any had outside contact during deliberations — declining to ask whether the panel was ever unanimous on intent to kill, despite a sworn affidavit from the foreperson saying it was not. Nine jurors answered no; three more are questioned September 18. And disqualification motions are pending in Idaho, where Bryan Kohberger seeks to withdraw his guilty plea, and in Florida, where Rashaun Jones has filed a fourth.

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A Capital Trial Begins With No Lawyer and No Jury, Barry Morphew's Bond Goes to $10 Million Cash, and What Was in Matthew Exton's Pockets

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11 Sep 22min

Four Clancy Jurors Have Now Spoken and They Don't Agree, Patrick Clancy's Lawyer Says Enough Is Enough, and a Two-Year-Old in Illinois

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An Attorney Convicted of Attempted Murder at a Restaurant Opening, Kimberly Sullivan Rejects Two Plea Deals, Mackenzie Shirilla's Last Door

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