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A couple of legal issues were raised in the preliminary hearing for Dr. Smith that bear a little examination. Smith’s lawyer argued that, first, the murder couldn’t be be felony murder because the alleged hit-man was killed in self-defense, and, second, couldn’t be felony murder because there was no underlying felony– the purported underlying [...]  It seems that Dr. Smith made a secret video (12 minutes long!) of his meeting with a potential hit man. The Greenwood Commonwealth story about the preliminary hearing starts off: Dr. Arnold Smith wanted proof that Lee Abraham was dead from the man whom he allegedly hired to try to kill the Greenwood attorney. “You’ve [...] The Greenwood Commonwealth reports An arrest affidavit states [Dr. Albert] Smith and Cordarious Robinson conspired from about Nov. 1, 2011, to April 27, 2012, to commit murder by agreeing “to search for, solicit and hire person or persons to kill Lee Abraham.” The record — filed in Leflore County Circuit Court this week — provides [...] My father’s funeral will be Tuesday, May 15th at the First Presbyterian Church in Oxford. There will be a visitation at Coleman’s Funeral Home on Highway 7 North on Monday from 4:00-6:00. My family is asking that, in lieu of flowers, folks can contribute to a memorial fund in honor of T.H. Freeland, III [...] Here’s a weird lede from todays Greenwood Commonwealth: The surviving alleged assassin in the shootout at Greenwood attorney Lee Abraham’s office offered a “shout out” on Facebook after being released on house arrest Wednesday. I’m not sure how this works. One alleged co-felon is being held without bond on capital murder charge, for another [...] My sister, Lee Freeland Hancock, posted this on Facebook a few hours ago My daddy just left us. Thomas Henry Freeland III, grand old man of our family, curmudgeon, country lawyer & father of two more, daddy of four kids, lifelong porsche driver, quail hunter, mash drinker and courthouse storyteller, and, to our knowledge, [...] Dr. Smith will have a preliminary hearing on May 16th at 9:00 AM. The prosecution will have to show that it has probably cause to prosecute Dr. Smith on the murder-for-hire scheme. Meanwhile, Congressman Thompson asks for a federal investigation into the Greenwood murder for hire case: U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, [...] There’s a long account of Dr. Smith’s adventures in Greenwood leading up to the arrest last weekend in this morning’s Greenwood Commonwealth titled, “Medical Genius or Deranged Killer?” It starts by describing his medical career, noting that, in 2009, the Mississippi legislature passed a resolution that honored Smith’s “charitable and compassionate medical service to his [...]
Update: Police in Greenwood are saying that this arrest is in connection with another murder for hire scheme involving Dr. Smith. The Greenwood Commonwealth has changed the story about the arrest, saying that the police chief said it is “unrelated” to the Saturday incident, but that the arrestee was arrested with regard [...] The Greenwood Commonwealth is continuing its fascinating coverage of the incident in Lee Abraham’s law office with two stories about the fold. First, Paul Muller has been released on bond. There’s a possibility he should have been released, period: law enforcement can’t seem to come up with the arrest warrant and supporting affidavit charging [...] |
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