Mar 20, 2014

Elmy Workman sentencing postponed again.


This is the case Allison Jackson threw a legal "monkey wrench" in her own words on the day of sentencing. And once again Ms. Jackson prevailed. Court again in 2 weeks. All parties will be back in court on April 3rd at a special set time of 3 p.m.

Judge Feeney presiding in Courtroom1. Jason Sheets (instead of Luke Brownfield just today) for the People. Neal Sanders for the defendant, Elmy Workman. Allison Jackson, for the victim, Angela Pitts who she is representing pro-bono in this case.

This is a comment sent to me by Verda Pitts prior to court today:

I saw that you had written a small piece mentioning my sisters court appearance last week.  My sister Angel was stabbed by Elmy Workman who is being represented by Neal Sanders.  My family recently obtained Mrs. Allison Jackson to represent  Angel in this case.  Today in court tensions will be high as Mrs. Jackson plans to address  the court about the 'pre-sentencing report' she obtained at last weeks court appointment. The Distract Attorney's office wanted to agree to a plea deal (AGAINST MY SISTSERS WISHES) offered by Neal and Elmy. According to the plea deal Elmy would be pealing to assault resulting in GBI.(She stabbed her with a knife-it should be 'assault with a deadly weapon) She is offering to serve a mere 40 days in jail and comply with probation for three years in Humboldt County. This is appalling and like so many other cases locally and nationally alike, this case is not being heard by the public. We have court this afternoon at three o clock ( I believe in court room one)   My family would appreciate your presence in the court room, and would like to thank you again for writing about this case in the first place.  Please email me back if you have any questions. We feel like this story is one the public would find interesting, there is a very deep story here with much more than meets the eye.  This was in fact an attempt at a murder even though it will never and has never been called or tried as so. Thank you for your time.
   Sincerely,

       Verda W. N. Pitts

Another follow-up comment:

 My sister was left with multiple broken ribs and a lacerated liver. She was in ICU for 4 days. She also had a young nursing baby at the time who was also deprived of her mother during this time as a result of Elmy's actions. This was a very serious crime that could have ended much more devastating. I am thankful every day that this is not a murder case and that my sister didn't lose her life that day. I do however feel extremely passionate about this since it in fact almost was a murder case.  In my first email to you I said "According to the plea deal Elmy would be pealing to assault resulting in GBI.(She stabbed her with a knife-it should be 'assault with a deadly weapon) "  I should have said that since she stabbed her with a knife it should be assault with a deadly weapon resulting in G B I. Just to be specific.

Background info: Neal Sanders  represents Elmy Workman. Luke Brownfield prosecuting for the people. Workman  was supposed to be sentenced last week. The case had a plea bargain negotiated. Allison Jackson showed upto to representing the victim and the victim's family in this case. The family is objecting to the plea bargain and had previously not seen the pre-sentencing report until Ms. Jackson requested it last week. Ms. Jackson has sent a letter; a victim's statement to the Court. 

Today's court proceeding:

I will have a statement from Ms. Jackson about today's court proceedings and the other attorney's if possible.Basically, Elmy Workman's plea deal would have included no jail time, instead probation. Ms. Jackson provided case law and challenged that. Judge Feeney requested a supplementl report from Probation before he makes a decision. Ms. Jackson also had sent the court a victim impact statement.

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