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Motion allowed in Anderson case: Details behind charges to be revealed

February 23, 2007
By Stephen D. Price

February 23, 2007 By Stephen D. Price FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU Print Email to a friend Subscribe

PANAMA CITY- A judge in the Martin Lee Anderson case allowed a motion requested by defense attorneys that will require the prosecution to detail what the eight defendants did to be charged.

"I think it would be fair to tell each defendant what fact led to the charges against them," said Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet in a pre-trial hearing Thursday. "They have a right to know what you think each of them did."

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Anderson died Jan. 6, 2006, a day after he was hit, kicked and kneed by guards at the Bay County juvenile boot camp. The incident was captured on a surveillance video.

Seven drill instructors and a nurse are charged with felony aggravated manslaughter of a child in Anderson's death.

Charged in November were Henry Dickens, Charles Enfinger, Patrick Garrett, Raymond Hauck, Charles Helms Jr., Henry McFadden Jr., Kristin Schmidt and Joseph Walsh II.

Defense attorney Bob Sombathy argued he needed clarity on why each defendant was charged.

"We have different defendants doing different things," said Sombathy, who represents Garrett.

Prosecutor Mike Sinacore responded, "Everybody knows what happened."

An initial autopsy concluded Anderson died from natural causes associated with the sickle-cell trait, but another autopsy, requested by State Attorney Mark Ober, a special investigator in the case, said the teen died from suffocation by drill instructors at the boot camp, who forced ammonia tablets into his nose while covering his mouth.

Schmidt, a nurse seen on the video who stood by and watched what happened to Anderson, sat in the front row during Thursday's hearing.

Though she would not comment on the case, she admitted the past year has been difficult and said, "All I can tell you is God is in control."

Contact Stephen D. Price of the Florida Capital Bureau at (850) 671-6548 or sprice@tallahassee.com.

 

 

 

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