Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Prelude to Trial: Mardis & D.A. Skirmish

The defense and prosecution are furiously firing a flurry of responses at each other as the October 30 trial of Todd Mardis approaches.  Mardis was indicted for aggravated domestic violence for allegedly beating his wife. 

The nutshell version is Todd Mardis is trying go suppress video footage from his home security camera and body cams worn by police officers during their interviews of his wife.  He argues his wife was under the influence of pain killers and under no condition to give permission to seize the home security camera and its hard drive.  The District Attorney filed motions to exclude family pictures and any evidence of Mardis allegedly suffering from a diminished mental capacity. October 19, 2023 post covering the motions to suppress and change venue. 

The filings are posted below.  


18 comments:

Anonymous said...

The lowest of the low... beats his wife and then says she was too fucked up on pain meds (as a result of her ass whoopin' by him) to be in her right mind.

Anonymous said...

I would think with all of the broken bones this lady had and the very obvious other injuries that "video" of the incident would be a moo point

Anonymous said...

Grabbing at straws.....Collette is known for that....hopefully it won't work in this case!!!

Anonymous said...

He has done enough time. Let him and his family reunite. Plea a suspended sentence.

Anonymous said...

Psychopath

Anonymous said...

Arrogance got Mardis where he is. It is the great equalizer.

Anonymous said...

So he beat her near death but because she was on painkillers (as a direct result of the beat down he administered) the factual unbiased video evidence to show that he perpetrated the aforementioned beat down should be excluded so he can avoid conviction?

Our laws/lawyers are wild.

Anonymous said...

Any idea which ADA will handle ?

Anonymous said...

I am definitely not one that understands all the legal mubo/ jumbo but I do know right from wrong. Everyone KNOWS what he did. His family, their friends, staff at the hospitals, law enforcement etc. Nothing will ever change that. He almost killed his wife. Then he left her without getting her medical treatment…. What a low down piece of s**t

Plan B said...

If they doesn’t work, he could always blame the steroids.

Anonymous said...

“Too drunk to give consent” has been played before without much success. He should have gone with “I whipped her ass so bad she didn’t know where she was at” defense. Good luck in getting police body cam footage barred.

Anonymous said...

Change the venue to Madison County! Mardis accept you made another poor decision but this time it will cost you!!

Anonymous said...

Ms. Lemon is a tough prosecutor who is not known for "pleading them out." Let's hope she takes no prisoners here.

Anonymous said...

Well, 4:50, Your Miss Lemon has agreed to allow a plea. Good call.

Anonymous said...

FYI 4:50 ADA Mary Jane Lemon is only tough on cases she herself deems relevant. Embezzlement from a private company is not one of them no matter what evidence is presented. Keep an eye on your bookkeeper my fellow businessmen. You will not get justice from Rankin County therefore I will never spend another dime there but may use the bathroom if absolutely necessary.

Chad Manly said...

Why don’t you wimps use your real name instead of posting anonymously like cowards?

Anonymous said...

@10:31

First of all, I would be hard pressed to believe that "chad manly" was your real name.

Second of all, who (in their right mind) would invite retribution from this lunatic?

Nada damn thing wimpy about staying on the other side of the road from crazy people.

Anonymous said...

10:31

Maybe before you go before the judge as a character witness for your buddy go by the gym pump some iron so you can be all swollen for the judge. I’m sure he would be impressed


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