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Judge denies Yusuf Bey IV’s request to be his own lawyer

maryfricker — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:52:45 +0000

A Superior Court judge denied Yusuf Bey IV's request Tuesday to represent himself against real estate fraud charges, saying Bey IV could not be trusted with special privileges after allegations he tried to have witnesses in an unrelated triple-murder case killed.

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Chauncey Bailey trial date remains in limbo

maryfricker — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:07:33 +0000

A Superior Court judge on Monday gave lawyers for accused triple killers Yusuf Bey IV and Antoine Mackey two weeks to submit papers for a long-delayed change-of-venue motion or he would drop the matter and schedule the case for trial.

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Hearing postponed for former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader

maryfricker — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:08:52 +0000

A hearing to determine whether former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV should be limited in his efforts to serve as his own attorney in a real estate fraud case was postponed Friday because the judge wasn't ready to proceed.

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Bakery leader’s lawyer smuggled witness hit list from jail, court records say

maryfricker — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:30:17 +0000

Yusuf Bey IV's longtime lawyer, Lorna Patton Brown, smuggled a hit list out of jail in March that named witnesses her client wanted killed to prevent their testimony in his upcoming trial on charges of ordering journalist Chauncey Bailey and two others killed in 2007, according to court papers filed Tuesday.

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Judge dismisses most of Longmire’s lawsuit

maryfricker — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:42:49 +0000

A federal judge has dismissed most of a civil-rights lawsuit filed by the former Oakland homicide detective who led the highly criticized investigation of journalist Chauncey Bailey's 2007 slaying.

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Bey IV tries to move murder trial out of Alameda County

maryfricker — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:09:33 +0000

Accused triple killer Yusuf Bey IV is as legally entitled to have his murder trial moved out of Alameda County as former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle was in successfully moving his murder trial, Bey IV's lawyer said Monday. Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson set arguments in the matter for the week of July 19, saying he expected them to take several days.

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Bakery leader wants access to unmonitored phone calls in jail, prosecutors contend

maryfricker — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:42:17 +0000

Yusuf Bey IV wants to serve as his own attorney in a real estate fraud case — a move that could allow him to make unmonitored telephone calls from jail as he is being investigated on suspicion of ordering the deaths of witnesses in his upcoming triple murder trial. At a hearing Wednesday, the prosecutor in the real estate case said he would seek to limit Bey IV's communications and appoint a private investigator to make calls for him.

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Judge postpones sentencing of Bakery member in torture kidnap case

maryfricker — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:45:25 +0000

The sentencing of a follower of the defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery convicted in April of kidnapping and torture charges was postponed Friday so prosecutors can respond to a claim that Richard Lewis is entitled to a new trial. Superior Court Judge Thomas Reardon set Lewis' sentencing for July 16.

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Yusuf Bey IV likely seeking venue change in Bailey trial

maryfricker — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:07:26 +0000

Former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV and co-defendant Antoine Mackey will likely seek a change of venue next month for their upcoming triple murder trial, lawyers in the case said Monday. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson set a hearing on the matter for June 21 during a brief hearing.

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Judging criminals is civic responsibility, jury forewoman in bakery trial says

maryfricker — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:29:56 +0000

By Thomas Peele, The Chauncey Bailey Project When the Rev. Karen Stokes was called to jury duty and found herself being screened for a long and complex trial involving a member of the former Your Black Muslim Bakery, her first thought was, “I can get out of this.” Alameda County Superior Court Judge Thomas Reardon said the [...]

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