The four former members of the Alabama men’s basketball program, including the current Charlotte Hornets Forward Brandon Miller, are on the witness list to test Michael Davis in Tuskalosa, according to the court records.
Former players – Miller, Jayden Bradley and Nick Pringle – as well as alumni manager Cooper Lee can be asked to testify. None of the witness list has been accused of doing wrong in the case. They can be served subponus and then expect that he appears in court. The lawsuit will be chaired by Judge Daniel Pruit in the sixth circuit court of Alabama.
Davis has alleged that Jamia Harris was shot in a change on a bar and restaurant on an area of the restaurant on January 15, 2023. According to the charge sheet, Alabama’s prosecutors allegedly accused Davis with “aid and hatred” by providing weapons. Allegations became capital charges as Harris was shot dead while in a vehicle.
During the February 2023 hearing related to the shooting, a police investigator testified that Miller, then a freshman, had taken the handgun to miles on the night of shooting and Miles had recited Miller and asked him to do so. According to the police, Miller’s car windshield was shot with bullets during the exchange of bullets. He and Bradley, who were also in the scene that night, were not charged.
Miller’s then Attorney, Gym Standridge, said his client “had no knowledge of any intentions to use weapons” and Miller never touched the gun. Standridge retired last year.
22 -year -old Miller was the number 2 pick in the 2023 NBA draft. In January, he faced a season-ending torn ligament in his right wrist.
Prosecutors had earlier refused to carry forward the death sentence in Miles’ case, which is expected to go for a test at the end of this year. On Thursday, Assistant District Attorney Paula Whitley, Tuscalosa County, told ESPN that the death sentence in Davis case has also been removed.
Whitley generally refused to explain the decision in capital matters other than saying that his office would look at several factors, including “to be consistent and try to look at other matters in which death sentence is sought.”
Davis’s Attorney, John Robins, confirmed the death sentence of ESPN. He also stated that ESPN did not surprise any name on the Ellacort website, as a potential witnesses in the case.
Whitley said that a sabpona would be prepared for each possible witness. He refused to reply whether any of the four would be asked to testify, but their identity would be confirmed.
According to the court records, none of the four have been officially served with Sabapona.
Miller’s agents and messages left with Attorney were not returned to ESPN. Also with the University of Arizona, where Bradley now plays. A message left for Lee was not immediately returned. Pringel, who recently moved from South Carolina to Arkansas, refused to comment on Friday through his representative, Donel Bruce.
If a witness is out of the state, there are individual processes to ensure a sabbon, which are usually working with a court in jurisch, the Tuskalosa-based criminal defense counsel said that there is no connection with miles or davis cases.
Bloom told ESPN that the state could tell the potential witnesses three things: stay on the call, when the test starts or do not worry about showing it. That decision is usually not announced or is necessarily reported to defense, the Bloom said.
Bloom said that witnesses are usually expected to appear in the individual until the two sides agree to allow a witness to appear through a distance video. Bloom said the defense lawyer “would almost never agree due to the right to confrontation of the defendant.”
Bloom said witnesses for prosecution are usually expected to be shown in court on the first day of a trial. Prosecutors can keep a witness during the entire trial, but they are not always allowed inside the court.
Bloom said, “You are not allowed to sit in court because a witness is not allowed to hear what other witnesses say.” “Now, there are some exceptions.”
A defendant can always be in court. Also with the primary investigator and the victim’s family representative. Decharla heard, Harris’s mother, is listed as one of the witnesses. Potential experts may also be in the court room for testimony if they require other expert testimony or refutation of testimony.
If a witness is called by defense, the bloom said, the lawyers often ask them to be on a call and will be available within 24 hours – in the part because the prosecutors first present their case. He said that defense lawyers do not want potential witnesses to wait for days.
But if asked to appear, the Bloom said, a witness can wait to see if he needs or not.
“You have to stay there,” Bloom said. “Until they are all around to call you.”
Last month, a wrong death civic suit filed by Hurd in 2023 against Miller, Davis and Miles was settled. As part of the disposal, a trust fund was to be installed for the child of Harris.
Elizabeth Meril of ESPN contributed to this report.
