A judge is currently taking into consideration whether former Harvard student Brittany J. Smith can legally be tried for her involvement in the May 2009 Kirkland shooting, despite the non-prosecution agreement she signed in July 2009.
Smith was indicted on six counts—including accessory after the fact of murder, illegal possession of a firearm, and willfully deceptive a grand jury in March 2010. Prosecutors claimed that she had lied to investigators, thereby violating the terms of the non-prosecution agreement they had made with her in replace for her cooperation against the three other defendants in the case.
However, Smith’s attorney has argued that the state does not have grounds to revoke its agreement, and Smith should not be allowed to stand trial. With Smith’s trial date set to begin in less than a month, the question of whether she can be prosecuted in this case has still not been settled by a judge.
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Smith was indicted on six counts—including accessory after the fact of murder, illegal possession of a firearm, and willfully deceptive a grand jury in March 2010. Prosecutors claimed that she had lied to investigators, thereby violating the terms of the non-prosecution agreement they had made with her in replace for her cooperation against the three other defendants in the case.
However, Smith’s attorney has argued that the state does not have grounds to revoke its agreement, and Smith should not be allowed to stand trial. With Smith’s trial date set to begin in less than a month, the question of whether she can be prosecuted in this case has still not been settled by a judge.
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