Kenneth Robert Elliott

Kenneth Elliott

I am disappointed that Mr. Hamdi would post this when he knows exactly what happened. The truck parked a mile away from his house ALSO happened to contain parole paperwork with HIS NAME ON IT since he had only recently been released from is last prison commitment and a jacket. When he got arrested the SECOND time, the police found a large number of pictures of him wearing the jacket found in the truck. The trial judge did not allow us to put on. Evidence that the owner of the truck was in legal trouble, but we did get in evidence that the truck was not registered to Chuckie. He did pay for a fingerprint expert, and I, in turn, retained an expert. Mr. Hamdi never saw the expert because he was in custody when that person was retained. The expert found more evidence that implicated the defendant so, of course, that evidence was not presented at trial. It is true that he paid for two cases. THat is because he was charged with two separate cases. Ultimately the trial judge consolidated those cases over my objection. Despite his record and the evidence, I obtained a plea bargain offer of 5 years, and I strongly encouraged Mr. Hamdi to accept that offer. He steadfastly refused despite the fact that I warned him over and over that after trial he would get more time in custody. He asked if he could be a snitch but the prosecution was not interested in working with him. But it is true that after trial he got 14 years. However, as you can see, that was because he refused to accept my advice