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- December 6, 2018
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During a post-disposition status hearing, a defense attorney testified that he didn’t know an inmate who was allegedly present at a 2010 shooting.
In 2012, a jury convicted Rickey Pharr of first-degree murder, among other charges, for shooting 31-year-old Angelo Jones after a dice game on the 5300 block of Dix Street, NE.
Angelo Jones
An inmate told a judge Dec. 3 that he saw the decedent reach into his waistband while arguing with a group of people prior to the shooting. The inmate said he attempted to reach Pharr’s previous attorney, Larry Kupers, about Pharr’s innocence.
Kupers, who took the stand on Dec. 4, said the inmate never contacted him. Kupers added that if someone had approached him regarding Pharr’s innocence he would have taken their claim seriously.
Pharr, the decedent and a group of individuals were gambling on the night of the murder, according to court documents. A witness told police that after the group finished gambling Pharr, 34, approached Jones and said he was armed. The same witness reported hearing gunshots and subsequently observed Jones lying on the ground.
It is not clear if the inmate is the witness referenced in the documents.
The hearing is scheduled to continue on Dec. 14.
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