With Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes' status conference coming up on 12/21/07 @ 8:30 AM, I thought I'd compile a list of motions that have been filed by all sides... to which we should finally get some answers:
Motions filed by/for Joseph Kerekes:
Motion for Enlargement of Time (basically to extend the trial date)
Motion to Compel Comm's response to Def's Request/Bill of Particulars & Rule filed. (The defense basically wants to know why the Commonwealth Attorneys Office hasn't turned over all of the Bill of Particulars).
Motions filed by/for Harlow Cuadra:
Initial Pretrial Motions filed. (These are requests to have more time to file pre-trial motions and postpone the March trial date.)
Motions filed by/for the Commonwealth Attorneys Office:
Notice of Comm's Intention to Seek Evidence of Other Crimes of the Def under Rule 404b filed (the district attorney’s office wants to be able to tell jurors about Cuadra and Kerekes’ alleged attempts to provide false alibis to deflect blame in the case).
The prosecution also wants to be able to present evidence about Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes’ business dealings during their trial. “Specifically, the evidence of the defendants’ male escort and pornography business clearly shows and demonstrates that both defendants viewed Cobra Video, the company owned by the victim, as their main rival and their whole object was to form a plan to rub out Bryan Kocis and secure the services of Sean Lockhart, the star of Cobra Video.”
They also want to prevent Cuadra and Kerekes’ attorneys from telling jurors about Kocis’ 2001 arrest for having sex with a 15-year-old boy he met online.
And finally... the prosecutors want the judge to postpone all matters in the Kocis homicide case until attorneys from outside the public defender’s office are appointed to represent Harlow Cuadra.
