Snapshot Device Helps Clear Father in Baby’s Death
Jul 01, 2013OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Defense attorney Michael Cheselka, Jr. presented evidence from the Progressive Casualty Insurance Company's Snapshot device to win a not guilty verdict. Michael Beard, facing 15 years to life in prison ... , was acquitted of murder, felonious assault and child endangering charges by a Cuyahoga County jury that deliberated for just one hour after hearing four days of testimony. Michael Beard, 28, was found not guilty by a jury on Monday in a Cuyahoga County courtroom. Prosecutors had maintained that Beard suffocated baby Lynniah Beard at 4:45 a.m. May 8, 2011, at her West 122nd Street home, where Lynniah's mother was sleeping. But defense attorney Michael Cheselka, Jr. presented evidence from the Progressive Casualty Insurance Company's Snapshot device in Beard's car that showed Beard had turned off the car at 4:44 a.m. and turned it back on three minutes later. The information was able to prove that Beard wasn’t in the house long enough to kill his daughter. “He said, I can prove to you I was not there long enough to do what they’re accusing me of doing,” said the Michael Cheselka, Jr. - Portions reprinted from cleveland.com and fox8.com
