"Limmie Curry threw my brother away like garbage but it is Limmie Curry who is garbage"

Judge Timothy Cissna sentenced Limmie Curry today for the murder of William Reid. The case was proscuted by DDA Kelly Neel and Curry was represented by Public Defender Casey Russo.

William Reid's sister, Marilyn Reid, read a grief stricken statement to Judge Cissna before the sentence was finalized this afternoon. "Limmie Curry threw my brother away like garbage but it is Limmie Curry who is garbage," was towards the end of her statement.

While she read her statement and one from her niece, Curry's stood silently with his attorney. His father and pastor were in the courtroom.

Once court was over, Ms. Reid walked out with Ms. Neel in tears and she hugged Ms. Neel. Victim Witness representative Marybeth Bian and Ms. Neel as well as DA investigators escorted Ms. Reid out of the building. Through victim witness, she said she would speak to the media later but was not ready to say anything at the moment.

Before Ms. Reid spoke, Ms. Neel addressed Judge Cissna explaining the circumstances of the plea deal. "This case has a long road to resolution. This resolution is not what the people prefer. There are evidentiary reasons," said Ms. Neel. I have covered the second Curry trial and his co-defendant's trial in detail so I am not going to include the summary Ms. Neel said in her post.

Ms. Neel reiterated what was testified in Eddie Lee's trial, that case, the circumstances that led to William Reid's death and that Curry had "no prior relationship" with Reid except through Eddie Lee. She brought up Eddie Lee's aqcuittal. "Mr. Lee was cooperative and willing to testify but the People have concerns about his credibility."

Ms. Neel brought up the fact that they could not locate Jessica Lee, Curry's girlfriend for this trial despite spending hours. They could have read her testimony but it would not have been the same as having her in court. Ms. Neel said that Jessica Lee would have testified that Curry admitted to her that he killed Reid.

Ms. Neel said that had this case gone to trial, "What Mr. Curry cannot get past in his trial is a phone call he made to his brother that he brought property in Blue Lake." She said both sides had issues going to trial and with the plea deal, "At least, we can hold one of the people responsible for Mr. Reid's death."

After the victim statements were read, Judge Cissna addressed Ms. Reid, "As you know, this agreement was reached between the defense and the prosecution. I cannot increase the sentence anymore than I can decrease it."

Curry plead to the highest term for the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter which is 11 years. He got an additional year for the special allegation of being armed with a firearm at the time of committing the crime. He is ineligible for probation. He has credit for 1,058 days served in jail and 278 good time credits totalling 2,136 days of credit. Among the fines he had to pay is a $1,000 court fine, $3,600 restitution fine and the court reserved the right to reserve restitution of out of pocket expenses to the victim's family. "Upon release, he will be on parole for 3 years, said Judge Cissna. " He cannot possess a firearm for life.


Some of previous posts:
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2015/03/william-reids-family-allegedly-pissed.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2015/03/plea-deal-in-limmie-curry-case-12-years.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2015/01/eddie-lee-free-man-but-his-former-honey.html
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2014/10/eddie-lee-case-dismissed-judge-feeney.html