Young and his cohorts went on a carjacking and robbery spree in Northeast Jackson back in 2013. Former JPD Chief Lee Vance said Young is an "impact player" among local criminals and that police could tell when he is free by the crime stats.
Ivon Johnson is a former Hinds County Assistant District Attorney. He pleaded guilty in 2016 to accepting bribes from defendants in exchange for favorable treatment.
However, Young claims he was the victim, yes, victim, of extortion by Ivon Johnson. His motion states:
The Petitioner would show that said plea was not voluntarily made by the Petitioner as he had been the victim of extortion by the Assistant District Attorney assigned to the prosecution of his case, namely Ivon Johnson and that said plea was made in fear of retribution from those associated with Ivon Johnson if he did not enter a plea at that time and that he had been deceived and induced to pay the assistant money in exchange for favors.
The Petitioner would show that prior to the entry of his plea of guilty he had contacted agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding his communications with then Assistant District Attorney Ivon Johnson and had provided them with substantial and credible information in regard to their corruption investigation of then Attorney Johnson.
The Petitioner would show that at that time he was advised that agents were not prepared to assist him and reveal the full scope of their investigation and they could not assist in delaying the proceedings against him although he had credible, verified and true information against then ADA Johnson. The Petitioner had no other recourse other than to enter a plea of guilty to prevent exposing to ADA Johnson and his associates that he was cooperating with a law enforcement agency. The Petitioner believed that his life was in danger and he had no other credible option. The Petitioner states that pursuant to MRCrP 15.3 and MSCA 99-39-5(g) he is entitled to have his plea vacated as it was made due to fear and improper inducements and was not made freely and voluntarily.
The Petitioner would show that if this Motion is set for hearing that he will be able to produce various records and individuals with law enforcement who would corroborate the that he was a victim of extortion by the ADA assigned to the prosecution of his case and that the plea made in this case on July 28th, 2015 was not freely and voluntarily made at the time it was given to the court.
The case is assigned to Judge Bill Gowan.
Kingfish note: Hmmm...... extortion? Then how come he got very favorable treatment on his bond? JJ reported back on December 12, 2014:
Hinds County Judge Houston Patton did his job and refused to set bond for Mr. Tommy Young. He sat in jail for over a year and a half. He is scheduled to go to trial on February 2 and is the subject of a three indictments ( see documents posted below). He is represented by Dennis Sweet, IV. Mr. Sweet filed a motion to set bond. Well, the prosecutor agreed to a bond of $120,000 and submitted the requested bond to Judge Bill Gowan. Judge Gowan approved the request. Mr. Young bonded out less than 24 hours later. Earlier post.Young just couldn't help himself and landed back in jail within a few days.
*Judge Gowan meted out the following sentences to the little thug:
Simple Robbery: 15 years in prison.
Simple Carjacking: 15 years in prison.
Gun Armed Carjacking: 15 years in prison
Gun Armed Carjacking: 25 years in prison with ten years suspended.
Gun Armed Robbery: 25 years in prison with ten years suspended.
Gun Armed Robbery: 15 years in prison.
Simple Robbery: 15 years in prison.
Simple Robbery: 15 years in prison.
All sentences are to run concurrently. Judge Gowan also gave Young credit for time served and imposed an additional sentence of supervised probation for five years as well. Judge Gowan remanded four other charges as part of the plea agreement.
17 comments:
The fix is in on this one. Young paid for his light sentence and now that the pay to play has been exposed he’s trying to milk it even more.
and if he gets out, 3-4 days before the next crime spree? dogs like this just need to be put down.
24 hours or less before he'll have a gun in his possession.
The scumbag Ivan Johnson should have received as much time for his abuse of the public trust as Young got for his street crimes, but the A.G's office want R. Shuler Smith so bad that they would make a deal with Manson. Ivan got "favorable treatment" and they're still witch-hunting RSS. Might as well let Young out too.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department under Barack Obama directed the FBI to drop more than 500,000 names of fugitives with outstanding arrest warrants from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich testified Wednesday.
What's your source on that, 12:43? Alex Jones? A subreddit?
Even if it were true, what has that got to do with this bad actor? Has anyone thought to put him in the "general population" at Parchman?
@ 1:45,
That was in USA today as well as several other news outlets over a month ago.
Burke is a liberal troll. Please let him slide.
Somebody put this little shit in the ground and send me my pro-rata bill for my share of the cost. If we don't start burying these little fuckers, we are all doomed.
I see that Tommy is having a stay at South Mississippi Correctional Institute that has a lovely law library and preprinted forms for this kind of stuff. They even have access to westlaw there. Seriously. If you're a lawyer, you pay minimum of $400 per month for that service, and this guy and his like get it for free. At least no lawyer signed that stupid motion.
15 years for all of those charges was a great deal. The court needs to grant his motion, let him go to trial, and sentence him appropriately.
Lock his a$$ up!!!
10:34 - How long have you been roaming around without adult supervision? The guy is currently IN jail.
relax folks. this is is a pro se petition for post conviction relief which is nearly impossible to win . convicts file these all the time. dont buy in to the notion that simply because he files this hes gonna get released.
this petition was drafted and filed by a fellow inmate 'writ writer'. they are inmates who have been through the system so many times they gain a degree of how it works. they set up shop in the prison libraries and file these for a fee.
10:31...if your theory is true, looks like after losing twenty or so of them, the 'writ writer' would get an ass-whuppin'.
to 10:31.... thats not a "theory" . its a fact. you dont know much about what goes on inside of a prison do you. as for 'ass-whuppins', writ writers dont get beaten because on occasion they are able to spring an inmate . i have no sympathy for this little twerp, but thats the reality in the prison system. and reality is something that 90% of the people on this thread have no concept of. people like you cannot strap on the fact that its not a perfect world.
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