06-12-2012, 02:56 PM
June 12.
this murder was so horrific i hope they get true LWOP. despite their youth.
sister and brother tried together, separate juries.
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OCALA --
A jury has found 16-year-old Amber Wright guilty of first degree murder for her part in a brutal killing last year in Marion County.
Wright broke down as the verdict was read. She will be sentenced at a later date.
During closing arguments, Assistant State Attorney Amy Berndt said Wright was guilty of murder because she lured 15-year-old Seath Jackson to a home where he was beaten and shot, and then burned in a fire pit by her brother and two young men.
Wright's attorney, Junior Barrett, argued the girl's confession to her part in the crime was not given freely, because a detective did not include her mother, and she read quickly through her Miranda rights, telling her "you need to sign this form here" rather than asking her if she understood what the rights meant.
The verdict interrupted the testimony of Wright's brother, 17-year-old Kyle Hooper, is also facing first-degree murder charges.
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Amber Wright and her brother Kyle Hooper
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Assistant State Attorney Amy Berndt delivers closing arguments in an Ocala courtroom Tuesday in the first-degree murder case of Amber Wright during Day 5 of the trial of Wright and Kyle Hooper, her brother. The siblings - and three others - are accused of murdering 15-year-old Seath Jackson in Summerfield last year.
this murder was so horrific i hope they get true LWOP. despite their youth.
sister and brother tried together, separate juries.
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News13
OCALA --
A jury has found 16-year-old Amber Wright guilty of first degree murder for her part in a brutal killing last year in Marion County.
Wright broke down as the verdict was read. She will be sentenced at a later date.
During closing arguments, Assistant State Attorney Amy Berndt said Wright was guilty of murder because she lured 15-year-old Seath Jackson to a home where he was beaten and shot, and then burned in a fire pit by her brother and two young men.
Wright's attorney, Junior Barrett, argued the girl's confession to her part in the crime was not given freely, because a detective did not include her mother, and she read quickly through her Miranda rights, telling her "you need to sign this form here" rather than asking her if she understood what the rights meant.
The verdict interrupted the testimony of Wright's brother, 17-year-old Kyle Hooper, is also facing first-degree murder charges.
Amber Wright and her brother Kyle Hooper
Ocala Star-Banner
Assistant State Attorney Amy Berndt delivers closing arguments in an Ocala courtroom Tuesday in the first-degree murder case of Amber Wright during Day 5 of the trial of Wright and Kyle Hooper, her brother. The siblings - and three others - are accused of murdering 15-year-old Seath Jackson in Summerfield last year.