Fresh from our "You big dummy" file, Alyssa Newcomb of ABC News is reporting that LaDondrell Montgomery, a man sentenced to life in prison for a conviction for armed robbery, had his sentence overturned thanks to his attorney's discovery that he was in jail at the time of the crime.
Brace yourself: Montgomery was in and out of jail so much that he actually forgot he was in jail at the time of the crime for which he was charged, convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Montgomery's father says that some in his neighborhood had vendettas against his son and testified against him. Newcomb writes:
"My son had previously been in and out of incarceration before and had trouble remembering the dates," said Larry Montgomery, LaDondrell's elderly father.
LaDondrell Montgomery insisted throughout the trial that he was not the man in the surveillance footage that was used to convict him and sentence him to life in prison. Montgomery's life sentence was thrown out after his attorney, Ronald Ray, scoured his rap sheet and realized he had been in jail at the time on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge and hadn't been released until nine hours after the crime. State District Judge Mark Kent Ellis chided Ray and Assistant Harris County District Attorney Alison Baimbridge for being "spectacularly incompetent," according to the Houston Chronicle.
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Can't even feel sorry for this Negro. You're facing life and you can't even remember if you were actually free at the time of the crime they are accusing you of? Yes the D.A. and the police force proved to be incompetent (surprise), but if you're in and out of jail so much that you can't even account for your own whereabouts when your life is on the line, there's not much I can say in your defense.
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