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We, therefore, remand for the trial court to make the correction in the written sentence. Moreover, Torres elaborates no arguments suggesting that the recharge, as a whole, was an incorrect statement of the law or that it would mislead a jury of ordinary intelligence. 584, 587 (6) (666 SE2d 674) (2008). PHIPPS, Senior Appellate Judge. The jurors made reference to an 18page document, and the reason they did was because I told them during the [full jury] charge, this is going to take awhile, this things 18 pages long, but their question was more specifically targeted at definition of the crimes, which is what they asked for and thats what they got, so I dont think Im required to give them more than what they asked for, but if they had asked for what youre asking for, I certainly wouldve given it to them. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The attack, prosecuted under the state's Street Gang Terrorism law, came several weeks after a white supremacist killed nine black worshipers at a South Carolina church, sparking a backlash against public displays of the Confederate battle flag. Making a lesser penalty applicable to offenses committed prior to the enactment of the legislation creating the lesser penalty is contrary to the judicial interpretation of the laws of this State under which the penalty for a criminal offense relates only to those offenses committed when and after such legislation becomes effective. Torres must satisfy both prongs of the Strickland test, and if he is unable to satisfy one, we need not examine the other. In order to establish that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective, Torres must show that his attorney's performance was deficient and that he was prejudiced by the deficient performance. After Torres and Nortons sentencing, Douglasville police defended their delayed response in a statement saying that Because of the seriousness of this case to our community, we wanted to get this case right the first time. The disruption of the birthday party took place less than a month after white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine African-Americans at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina. Id. At some point, Norton and Torres confronted a black family that was throwing an 8-year-olds birthday party in the front yard of their home. We likewise find that Torress threat to shoot the victims in this case suggested the death of the victims, and his five-year felony sentence would be lawful even under the current version of the statute. 0000018120 00000 n We affirm Torres' judgment and sentence without further comment but remand for correction of a scrivener's error. The investigation included a review of thousands of Facebook pages that identified members of the Respect the Flag as white supremacists who discussed attending Ku Klux Klan rallies, joining a skinhead group and made derogatory remarks about black people, Fortner said. That is not him. Torres asserts, without any citation to authority, that threatening to shoot an individual does not constitute a threat suggesting the death of the threatened victims. 2. Jose Ismael Torres and Kayla Rae Norton during their July 2015 antagonizing of black Douglas County locals. In addition, even assuming that the new statutory language applied at the time of Torress sentencing in 2017, that language also authorizes a five-year sentence under the circumstances presented in this case. SPLC attorneys also brought witnesses to the prosecutor and have been representing some of the people at the party., The SPLC report included details most media sources omitted, including the exact threats and epithets Respect The Flag members allegedly shouted at party-goers. Alford, 46, and other victims sat in the jury box on Monday through much of the sentencing hearing. The Georgia group called itself Respect the Flag, and prior to the attack was seen driving in a convoy of trucks flying rebel flags, shouting threats at black people, authorities said. 0000006358 00000 n Magazines, Or create a free account to access more articles, Georgia Pair Sentenced to Prison for Perpetrating Hate Crime at Black Child's Birthday Party. Join Facebook to connect with Jose Ismael Torres and others you may know. Stay up-to-date with how the law affects your life. Court of Appeals of Georgia.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png. 584, 587(6), 666 S.E.2d 674 (2008). I accept responsibility for what I did, but that was not me. WSB-TVs coverage also quoted Norton as saying, The worst decision Ive ever made in my life was to not walk away when I had the chance. /ID [] Kayla Rae Norton, 25, and Jose Ismael Torres, 26, were convicted this month of violating the state's street-gang terrorism law and have been held without bond as they await sentencing. He noted that the pair would both have been aware of white supremacist Dylann Roofs attack on a predominantly black Charleston church that left nine dead less than a month before. Torres appeals following the The majority of police officers visible in the initial birthday-party cellphone video were white. Jose Ismael Torres, 26, and Kayla Rae Norton, 25, were part of a group of 15 people who disrupted the 8-year-olds party in Douglasville in July 2015, less than a month after white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine African-Americans at a 310, 311 (3) (306 SE2d 313) (1983) (citations and punctuation omitted). Despite the multiple 911 calls inspired by Respect The Flags actions, when Douglasville police arrived at the childs birthday party they did not make any arrests. Advertisement. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. The incident came just days after a massacre at a Charleston church, where nine African-Americans were killed. State v. Grube, 293 Ga. 257, 260 (2) (744 SE2d 1) (2013). /Names << /Dests 29 0 R>> 0 % Stewart v. State, 246 Ga. 70, 72 (2) (268 SE2d 906) (1980); accord Poole, 326 Ga. App. 0000005931 00000 n Torres also claims in a one-paragraph argument that his five-year sentence on the terroristic threats count is void because Count 4 only charged a misdemeanor, not a felony. I forgive you. In addition, even assuming that the new statutory language applied at the time of Torres's sentencing in 2017, that language also authorizes a five-year sentence under the circumstances presented in this case. stream The two were found guilty in February of street-gang terrorism for their roles in the pickup truck convoy, and on Monday McClain threw the book at them. Torres asserts, without any citation to authority, that threatening to shoot an individual does not constitute a threat suggesting the death of the threatened victims. WhenKayla Norton broke down in court on Monday, Melissa Alford felt a twinge of sympathy. The punishment currently prescribed for a terroristic threats conviction reads as follows: OCGA 16-11-37(d)(1). The two are the last of 15 people charged in the confrontation at the 8-year-olds party, which took place in Douglasville in July 2015. Barnes v. State, 305 Ga. 18, 23(3), 823 S.E.2d 302 (2019) (citation and punctuation omitted). 45 20 Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. See id. 149. 210, 213 (2) (699 SE2d 392) (2010) (indictment survived general demurrer because it both tracked the language of the statute and described the acts constituting the offense sufficiently to put the defendant on notice of the offense with which he was charged). Torres could not admit the conduct alleged in Count 4 and still be innocent of making terroristic threats. Torres and Norton have three children together, although they are not married. %PDF-1.4 The video posted above showed police officers holding back the mostly black party guests while the parade of Confederate flag trucks drove past. There is no hate crime law; Torres and Kayla Norton were convicted under the Street Gang Terrorism Act. /Linearized 1 The trial court brought the jury into the courtroom and addressed its questions. A metro Atlanta couple will be spending years behind prison bars after they were convicted of yelling racial slurs at a group of people celebrating a child's birthday party. See Maynard v. State, 355 Ga. App. "1 Poole, 326 Ga. App. Web3/16/2023 6534034 chavarria jose 3/16/2023 6538208 diaz henry 3/16/2023 6516693 divine mark 3/16/2023 6538167 geghamyan hovhannes 3/16/2023 6540374 gonzalez luis Please try again. The record here shows that while the jury was deliberating, the jurors sent the following note to the trial court: "Your Honor, We would like the definitions of the charges (18 pg document)[.] Here, the jury asked for a charge upon a specific point [- the definitions of the offenses -] and the jury was charged upon that point. Id. License our industry-leading legal content to extend your thought leadership and build your brand. But if youre driving around waving Confederate flags and using the N-word everywhere you go, then theres only one way to interpret that.. Dozier v. State, 306 Ga. 29, 32(3), 829 S.E.2d 131 (2019) (citation and punctuation omitted). Jose Ismael Torres was arrested Monday by Altamonte Springs police in a Volusia County hotel room. Alfords sympathy evaporated. At the time, Douglasville police said in an emailed statement that Officers on scene were given conflicting statements as to what led up to the confrontation. Levi Bush, a Respect The Flag member who drove one of the pickup trucks, initially blamed party-goers for instigating the encounter. About Us| In addition, at no point did the jurors ask for additional instructions either during or after the recharge. [4] 3. After the jurors returned to deliberate, the trial court asked counsel whether counsel had any concerns or objections. The two sentenced Monday, Jose Torres and Kayla Norton, who authorities said yelled racist slurs and threatened the birthday revelers with a shotgun, were the last of the group to be sentenced. After frantic 911 calls, Douglasville police arrived and forced Torres, Norton and their group to leave. See id. Here, Count 4 alleged that Torres "threaten[ed] to shoot" the victims attending the party. Instead, the trial judge inadvertently applied it to the drug trafficking charge pursuant to section 893.135(1), Florida Statutes (2015). at 247(2), 756 S.E.2d 322 (citation and punctuation omitted). >> Judgment affirmed. Poole v. State, 326 Ga.App. Receive free daily summaries of new opinions from Torres appeals following the denial of his motion for a new trial. Id. I am not a mean spirited person and Im sorry for your family that it had to come this far.. See id. Case No. Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. They wept in a Douglas County courtroom as a judge imposed their punishments: Torres, 26, convicted of aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and a violating street-gang statute, received 13 years in prison and another seven on probation; Norton, 25, convicted of making terroristic threats and violating the gang law, will serve 6 years in prison and nine on probation. At the conclusion of the recharge, the trial court stated, "I think I've answered your questions. Addressing several of the victims who had come to court to witness the sentencing, Norton expressed remorse, saying: I do accept responsibility for what Ive done. Victims react as the sentences are read. q /Info 43 0 R [w]ith the purpose of terrorizing another[,] or . I think the tears were mainly because they got caught, Alford said. 565, 569(1)(b), 845 S.E.2d 305 (2020) (citation and punctuation omitted). WebView the profiles of people named Jose Ismael Torres. Look at Facebook, and Facebook looks back at you (Getty), After Torres and Norton were convicted, the Douglas County District Attorneys office said on its Facebook page that Following a review of over 10,000 pages of Facebook documents, law enforcement was able to locate numerous posts and messages indicating that members of the group were white supremacists who discussed attending KKK rallies, joining Skinheads Nation, and making numerous derogatory remarks about African Americans as a whole.. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. I suppose Confederate flags can be interpreted different ways and in different context. Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. 621, 627 (2) (760 SE2d 630) (2014) (counsels performance cannot be deemed deficient for failing to file a general demurrer that would have been unsuccessful). Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. /H [ 831 681 ] TORRES v. THE STATE. We conclude that the trial court did not err in denying Torress motion for a new trial on this ground. 0000017752 00000 n 5D164395 Decided: February 02, 2018 At least two witnesses to the confrontation recorded the incident on their cellphone cameras and posted the footage online. Two years ago, Jose Ismael Torres was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Superior Court Judge William McClain sentenced Torres and Kayla Rae Norton, right, to lengthy prison terms Monday for their role in the disruption of a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs and armed threats. /E 46291 The trial court recharged those definitions and repeatedly ensured that the jurors understood the recharge. Here, Torres failed to establish deficient performance. I forgive all of you, Bryant said as Norton and Torres wept. >> He called their actions a hate crime and sentenced Torres to 20 years, with 13 to serve, and Norton to 13 years, six to serve. X ! 0000001815 00000 n 0-5 year associate attorney needed for a civil litigation firm in the Buckheadarea. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. Each attorney is granted unlimited access to high quality, on-demand premium content from well-respected faculty in the legal industry along with administrative access to easily manage CLE for the entire team. But Alford wasnt so sure. << WebIn the Court of Appeals of Georgia A21A1148. We disagree. at 395 (2). Torres first asserts that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to completely answer a question posed by the deliberating jury. FindLaw.com Free, trusted legal information for consumers and legal professionals, SuperLawyers.com Directory of U.S. attorneys with the exclusive Super Lawyers rating, Abogado.com The #1 Spanish-language legal website for consumers, LawInfo.com Nationwide attorney directory and legal consumer resources. PHIPPS, Senior Appellate Judge. According to court testimony, Kayla Rae Norton, 25, and Jose Ismael Torres, 26, were acting as part of a group that called themselves Respect the Flag. On July 24 Terms of Service. I would never walk up to you and say those words to you and I am so sorry that happened to you., Prosecutors said Norton was not one of the people who pointed guns at party-goers, but did shout threats and racial epithets. endobj Torres next asserts that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to file a general demurrer to the terroristic threats count of his indictment. On Monday morning, judge William McClain sentenced Torres to 20 years in jail, with a mandatory minimum of 13 years. Torres and Norton were sentenced on one count each of making terroristic threats and violating Georgias street gang act; Torres was also convicted of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He asserts that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by failing to completely answer a question posed by the deliberating jury, and (2) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to make a general demurrer to the terroristic threats count in the indictment. 0000027840 00000 n Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687(III), 104 S.Ct. Jose Ismael Torres, 26, and Kayla Rae Norton, 25, (pictured above) were first arrested and convicted earlier in the month under a street gang terrorism law for the 2015 incident. We likewise find that Torres's threat to shoot the victims in this case suggested the death of the victims, and his five-year felony sentence would be lawful even under the current version of the statute. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687 (III). 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). . (citation and punctuation omitted). Georgia residents Jose Ismael Torres and Kayla Rae Norton were sentenced to lengthy prison terms February 26 for their participation in a two-day-long series of hate crimes that terrorized minorities throughout Douglas and Paulding counties in July 2015, one month after white supremacist (and Confederate battle flag admirer) Dylann Roof murdered nine African-American churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, in hopes of starting a race war. If that trigger would have gone off there would have been dead bodies all over that yard, Alford said. On Monday, Superior Court Judge William McClain, who described the pairs actions as being motivated by racial hatred, sentenced Torres to 20 years, with 13 to serve in prison, and Norton to 15, with six to serve. TermsPrivacyDisclaimerCookiesDo Not Sell My Information, Begin typing to search, use arrow keys to navigate, use enter to select, Stay up-to-date with FindLaw's newsletter for legal professionals. Hyesha Bryant, who was with her 3 children at the party, accepted the apology. Torres, 26, and Norton, 25, have three children between them. Norton, the mother of three children younger than 9, was facing so much prison time that her children would be different people when their mother got out. Prosecutors said that the group threatened black motorists and walked up to one of their cars with a gun. 565, 569 (1) (b) (845 SE2d 305) (2020) (citation and punctuation omitted). Learn more about FindLaws newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. It is within the courts discretion to recharge the jury in full or only upon the point or points requested. (WXIA), More people plead guilty to the crime and are serving lighter sentences. OCGA 16-11-37 (d) (1). This claim lacks merit. Torress counsel stated: As I understood the question, they were asking about the 18page document. trailer Jose Angel Fuentes Gago . (Getty). Manner v. State, 302 Ga. 877, 881(II), 808 S.E.2d 681 (2017). Torres appeals following the Torres's counsel stated: Torres argues on appeal that the jurors' note requested a complete recharge of all the jury instructions and not simply a recharge of the definitions of the offenses. Local police came under fire on the day of the attack for choosing not to arrest any of the aggressors. According to court testimony, Kayla Rae Norton, 25, and Jose Ismael Torres, 26, were acting as part of a group that called themselves Respect the Flag. On July 24 and 25, 2015, the group rode through Douglaston, Georgia, in pickup trucks that were flying American, military and Confederate flags. /O 47 /S 495 A man and a woman were sentenced Monday to 13 and six years in prison, respectively, for joining a group of Confederate flag supporters who in 2015 drove around a small Georgia community threatening people, including a gathering of African-Americans celebrating a young boy's birthday. What America's Richest Ski Town's Handling of COVID-19 Shows. Gain access to some of the most knowledgeable and experienced attorneys with our 2 bundle options! WebGet free access to the complete judgment in Torres v. State on CaseMine. (citation and punctuation omitted). They even threatened to kill children at the party. A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. Jose Ismael Torres and Kayla Rae Norton Douglas County Sheriff's Office The Georgia group called itself Respect the Flag, and prior to the attack was seen driving in a Despite her earlier social-media attempts to cover up her actions and those of other Respect The Flag members during their two-day spree culminating at the birthday party, Norton told party-goers, according to Fox 5 Atlanta, that What happened to you was horrible. Id. You may return and deliberate. The jurors did not request additional charges or state that they needed any additional information. . ? The court responded: I respectfully disagree, and I told yall ahead of time what I was going to do, and there was no issue, and this is sort of an afterthefact objection, as far as thats concerned. Phipps, Senior Appellate Judge. TORRES v. The STATE. Copyright 2023 ALM Global, LLC. He asserts that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by failing to completely answer a question posed by the deliberating jury, and (2) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to make a general demurrer to the terroristic threats count in the indictment. When Will South Carolina Take Down the Confederate Flag? I would never allow someone to be prosecuted for exercising his or her First Amendment right to fly whatever flag they choose, regardless of anyones personal feelings about it, Fortner wrote. To meet the second prong, there must be a reasonable probability that, absent counsel's errors, the outcome of the trial would have been different. The trial court brought the jury into the courtroom and addressed its questions. Copyright 2023, Thomson Reuters. That October, after a grand jury handed down indictments, the SPLC took partial credit for this, noting that it turned over videos and other evidence to Douglasville District Attorney Brian K. Fortner. 0000013636 00000 n A jury found Jose Ismael Torres guilty of making terroristic threats, criminal street gang activity, and three counts of aggravated assault. We disagree. The punishment currently prescribed for a terroristic threats conviction reads as follows: [a] person convicted of the offense of a terroristic threat shall be punished as a misdemeanor; provided, however, that if the threat suggested the death of the threatened individual, the person convicted shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both. The yard was full of friends and family when Torres and their crew began hurling racial slurs at the party goers and threatening them. Two others had earlier pleaded guilty to similar charges and received lesser sentences. 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