Fulton County Superior Court

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Date: 4/8/2024 5:28 PM
Che Alexander, Clerk

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

STATE OF GEORGIA )
)
vs. ) INDICTMENT NO.
) 22SC183572
KAHLIEFF ADAMS, et al, )
)
Defendants. )
__________________________________________)

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REGARDING LENGTH OF TRIAL

The above-styled case is before the Court on Defendant Deamonte Kendrick’s (“Defendant”)

March 19, 2024, Motion to Limit Witnesses Due to Undue Delay, Waste of Time, and/or Needless

Presentation of Cumulative Evidence, Defendant’s March 22, 2024, Amended Motion to Limit

Witnesses Due to Undue Delay, Waste of Time, and/or Needless Presentation of Cumulative

Evidence, and the State of Georgia’s April 1, 2024, Response to Defendant Deamonte Kendrick’s

Motion to Limit Witnesses. The Court heard argument on this issue on April 2, 2024, at which counsel

for the State and counsel for all defendants were present.

Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 24-6-611, it is the Court’s responsibility to exercise reasonable control

over the mode and order of interrogating witnesses and presenting evidence so as to, inter alia, avoid

the needless consumption of time. With that in mind, the Court provides the below summary of the

timeline of events that already have taken place in the trial of this case:

- April/May 2022: Pleas and arraignments begin;

- Summer/Fall 2022: Continuation of pleas and arraignments; bond hearings; scheduling

conferences and other administrative matters;

- December 15, 2022: Pre-Trial Motions hearings begin;

- January 4, 2023: Jury selection begins;

 - November 1, 2023: Petit Jury is seated;

- November 27, 2023: Opening Statements begin.

The Court notes that the trial itself has been proceeding for over four (4) months already, but only

fifty-six (56) of the purported two-hundred and ten (210) witnesses1 for the State have been called to

the stand so far. The Court furthers notes that the examinations of witnesses are frequently interrupted

by the objections of counsel for both sides, and that these objections are made to the attempts by both

sides to introduce evidence that allegedly has not been disclosed in discovery. Additionally, the Court

notes that it has paused the proceedings multiple times to provide the parties with the opportunity to

review such evidence and argue for or against its admission, which has taken up much of the Court’s

trial time. The Court finds that these interruptions and protracted pauses greatly impact the

effectiveness of the jury, as the jury must be removed from the courtroom so that the Court can address

these issues properly, often for extracted periods of time.

Due to the already lengthy nature of this trial, and in an effort to streamline the process moving

forward, the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. Counsel is to be present in court and ready to proceed at 8:45 AM on Mondays,

Thursdays, and Fridays for the duration of the trial of this case. 2 The Court reserves

the right to change this schedule as necessary.

2. Evidence is to be timely disclosed if it is not already in discovery. 3 Any purported

evidence not timely disclosed or already in discovery is subject to exclusion within

the Court’s discretion.4 The Court also may exercise its discretion to dismiss the jury

1
A copy of the most recent witness list as provided by representatives for the State of Georgia is attached to this
order as Exhibit “A”.
2
For those Fridays on which the Court has scheduled Veterans’ Court, counsel is to be present in court and ready to
proceed at 1:00 PM.
3
By “timely disclosed”, the Court means that the intended recipient(s) are provided evidence with enough time to
review it thoroughly and prepare to argue on its admission or exclusion.
4
See O.C.G.A. § 17-16-6; Muse v. State, 316 Ga 630 (2023) (trial court acted within its discretion in not excluding
 for the day to hear argument on the admission of any such evidence that has been

untimely disclosed.

3. All evidence offered by any counsel should be submitted to the Court in physical form

(e.g., hard copy for documents and images, USB drives or CDs for video and audio

exhibits) and marked as appropriate at the time of its admission for it to properly be

made part of the record. For evidence that has been admitted already but has not been

submitted to the Court in physical form yet, counsel is directed to provide physical

copies to the Court’s official Court Reporter, Ms. Kristina Weaver, within seven (7)

days of the entry of this Order.

4. Counsel is directed to provide a list of all proposed witnesses, the acts to which each

witness is testifying, and the exhibits that the parties will seek to admit for each

witness to the Court and all interested parties every other Friday by no later than 5:00

PM EDT.

5. Counsel is to copy the Court on all communications between the parties and to

immediately apprise the Court of any issues that arise from said communications.

Counsel is directed to copy the Court’s official Court Reporter, Ms. Kristina Weaver,

and the Court’s Staff Attorney, Mr. Wesley Kerns, on these communications, as well.

testimony of witness due to State's failure to make timely disclosure of witness pursuant to its statutory discovery
obligations in murder prosecution, where State only discovered witness shortly before trial, defendant was afforded
the opportunity to interview witness before witness was called to testify, and court required State to provide defense
counsel with a printout of witness's criminal history, which the State did, as a condition for having witness testify);
Keller v. State, 308 Ga 492 (2020) (trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding testimony of defense medical
expert regarding murder defendant's alleged post-traumatic stress disorder, where defense counsel acknowledged
that she knew about expert three days earlier but did not provide his name to the State or file a witness list until the
day that she called expert as witness, and where the State had no opportunity to review expert's proposed testimony
or to prepare for cross-examination).
6. Court will be held on Saturdays and Sundays as necessary and within the Court’s

discretion. The Court will advise all interested parties of the dates and times for such

scheduling necessities as it finds appropriate and within the normal course of business.

7. The Court will use its contempt powers to enforce the above requirements.

8. The Court retains its right to modify this Order and/or deviate from these requirements as

it deems necessary.

SO ORDERED this the 5th day of April, 2024.

_________________________________________
Honorable Ural Glanville, Chief Judge
Superior Court of Fulton County
Atlanta Judicial Circuit
EXHIBIT “A”

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 Redacted Witness List 04/08/2024

M. Belknap, Atlanta PD Investigator

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M. Rosser
PD Sob
SeAN

Captain R. Pettis
Officer W. Clarke
Sgt. J. Heeb
Lt. Jiminez
A. Phillips, Lay Witness
Officer A. Skeete
Officer Monheim
. Officer C. Collins
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. Mary Clear, GBI

. Officer M. Kandakai
. Sgt. C. Maldanado
. J. Macensak, Lay Witness
. Sgt. C. Ross
. Officer Cornelius
. Officer D. Evans
. D. Hutchins, Lay Witness
. M. Stevens
. S. Lenahan
. Officer Stancil
. P. Chepaitis
. Officer Applewaite
. Officer Hawkins
. GBI Garcia
. Inv. S. McKessey
. Ofc. D. Thomas
. S. Latners, Atlanta PD Custodian of Records
. Ofc. R. Henry
. Mary Carr, GBI
. C. May, Lay Witness
. EDC Richard Randolph, Fulton County DA
. Officer C. Cogdell
. Officer Raymond
. Trontavious Stephens, Co-defendant
. H. Dixon, Lay Witness
. Officer Reid
. Officer Floyd
. Officer Fikes
40. Brittany Scott, GBI
41. T. Hill, Lay Witness
(Inv M. Belknap)
42. Capt. D. Paige, Fulton County SO
43. Officer E. Roberson-El
44. Officer A.C. Booker-Higgins
45. Officer A. Matthews
46. M. Cisneras, Lay Witness
47. Officer G. Pfeiffer
48. Eduardo Nava- Flores
49. Officer A. Black
50. V. Velazquez, former Atlanta PD Investigator
51. Officer A.B. Calhoun
52: L. Pass, Lay Witness
53. Det. S. Benton
(S. Latners, Atlanta PD Custodian of Records)

54. A. Bean
55. D. Quinn
56. A. Bennett
57; Inv. A. Kirkman
58. Officer L. Montgomery- Porter, Crimes Scene Tech
59. D. Dos Reis, Lay Witness
60. Lt. Partrena Baker- Lt. Fulton County DA
61. Lt. R. Hamilton- Lt. Fulton County DA
(EDC R. Randolph, Fulton County DA)
62. T. Kelly, Lay Witness
63. Officer A. Bent, Atlanta PD
(S. Latners, Atlanta PD Custodian of Records)
64. D. Montgomery, Lay Witness
65. D. White, Lay Witness
66. Inv. G. Smith
67. Officer Robertson, Crime Scene Tech
68. Walter Murphy, Co-Defendant
69. Inv. L Gaither
70. Officer T. Finley
(S. Latners, Atlanta PD Custodian of Records)
71. A. Lewis, Lay Witness
72. Sprint Custodian, Custodian of Records
13: T-Mobile, Custodian of Records
74 . P. Jones / D. Walker, Cobb County Data Analyst
75. Det. D. Raissi
76. T. Dennis, former Atlanta PD Investigator
77, Officer C. Swagner
78. Inv. J. Storno
79. C. Lamar, Lay Witness
80. D. Bean, Lay Witness
(S. Latners, Atlanta PD Custodian of Records)
81. Officer C. Hayes
82. Sgt. Z. Murphy
83. Officer C. Butler
(Lt. Volley, Fulton County SO)
84. S. Edmond, Lay Witness
85. Inv. D. Smith
86. H. Parker, Lay Witness
87. D. Wise, Lay Witness
88. R. Hendricks, Lay Witness
89. S. Davis, Lay Witness
90. Officer Stuart, Crime Scene Technician
91. Dr. Michael Heninger 4 Medical Examiner
92. D. Thomas Sr., Lay Witness.
93. Det. J. Thorpe
94. J. Teague, Assisting Detective
95. Texaco Custodian of Record
96. W. Pineda 4 Expert Witness
OF. Infinity Representative
98. I. Singleton / R. Alavor, Lay Witnesses
99. John Paulisick, Expert Witness
100. K. Morton, Lay Witness
101. G. Walker, Lay Witness
102. D. Lamar, Lay Witness
103. B. Williams, Lay Witness
104. K.C., Lay Witness
105. Captain M. Connor
106. Q. Zachery, Lay Witness
107. Antonio Sledge, Co- defendant
(T. Dennis, Former Atlanta PD Investigator
108. M. Sprinkel, Deputy District Attorney
109. J. Berni, Expert Witness
110. F. Reed, Lay Witness
111. Officer Zatha
 Officer Robertson, Crime Scene Tech
112. Officer A. Leduc
113. Officer Sanders, Crime Scene Tech
114. A. Smith, Lay Witness
(CST Sanders)
(T. Dennis, former Atlanta PD Investigator)
115. D. Bell, Lay Witness
116. Officer A. Pitts
117. Officer Turner, Crime Scene Tech
118. N. Battle, Lay Witness
119. Officer Sean Hill
120. L. Jenkins, Crime Scene Tech
(T. Dennis, Former APD Investigator)
121. M. Arnold, Lay Witness
122. Officer C. Munson / Officer J. Dougherty
123. Inv. J. Kilgore
124. Inv. K. Underwood, Atlanta PD
125. K. Craig, Lay Witness
126. M. Cato, Lay Witness
(Inv. G. <Smitty= Smith)
127. M. Smith, Lay Witness
128. R. Ooten or B. Mitchell, Lay Witnesses
129, S. Holmes, Lay Witness
130. Wunnie Lee- Co-Defendant
131; C.W. Russell, Lay Witness
132. J. Hinds, Lay Witness
133. D. Maynard, Lay Witness
134. D. Jenkins, Lay Witness
135. Officer R. Suk
136. Ofc. L. Francis
137. Ofc. V. Greer
138. AT&T- Custodian of Records
139. D. Coppage, Lay Witness
140. T. Stanley, Lay Witness
141. Officer R. Ravilus
142. Officer C. Kornbacker
143. Sgt. J. Henderson
(inv. M. Belknap)
144. Inv. N. Flores, Atlanta PD
145. Officer M. Gordan, Atlanta PD
146. Inv. M. Viverito, Atlanta PD
147. Sgt. R. Bruce, Deputy
148. Deputy Timothy Brown
149. Sgt. M. Jean Pierre, Lead Detective
150. Officer D. Rodgers, Atlanta PD
151. Sgt. E. Brown, Custodian of Records
152. Sgt. W. Johnson, Atlanta PD
(nv. S. McKessey, Atlanta PD)
(Lt. A. Volley, Fulton County SO)
153. R. Bennett, Lay Witness
154. Captain A. Wofford, Custodian of Records
155. Verizon Wireless Custodian of Records
(Inv. M. Viverito, Atlanta PD)
156. Antonio Sumlin, Co-Defendant
157. Officer J. Barnett, Atlanta PD
(CST H. Brown, Crime Scene Tech)
158. F. Whetstone, Lay Witness
159. K. Cheeseboro, Lay Witness
160. Officer Demetrius Johnson
161. S. Davis, Crime Scene Tech
162. R. Cooper-Jackson, Latent Print Examiner
163. Detective Grimsley
164. Custodian of Records, BP
165. Custodian of Records, King Liquor
166. GBI Ryan Bennett
167. Custodian of Records, Fed Ex
168. Detective Bender
169. S. Drinks, Lay Witness
170. L. Ruff, Lay Witness
171, R. Williams, Lay Witness
172. C. Johnson, Lay Witness
173. Officer C. Mercure, Atlanta PD
174. H. Brown, Crime Scene Tech
175. Inv. Hogan, Atlanta PD
176. Aaron Scherrer- Custodian T-3 Company
(Inv. Viverito, Atlanta PD)
177. Inv. K. Leonpacher, Atlanta PD
178. Inv. Starks
179. Sgt. Newman
180. Captain A. Glover
181. Inv. N. Flores
182. Corporal M. Campbell, GSP
183. M. Syass, Lay Witness
184. Inv. David Clickner
185. R. Walters- 911 Custodian of Records, East Point
(Inv. Belknap)
186. A. Green, Crime Scene tech
(J. Berni, Expert Witness)
187. Mark Carter/Brian Ruggirello- Custodian of Records Alamo Rental Car
188. Doug Bailey/Courtney Duck/Charles Floto- Custodian of Records, Ankle
Monitoring
(J. Kilgore, Atlanta PD)
189. M. Tanner, GBI
190. H. Francisco, APD NIBIN
191. Angela North- GBI
192. Alexander Covin, GBI
193. Melissa Sims-Stanley- Medical Examiner
(Inv. M. Viverito)
194. Officer O. Samba
195. Officer J. Cunningham
196. V. Gordon, Lay Witness
197. Det. D. Remec
198. Det. A. Leveester
199. P. Norton, Lay Witness
(nv. Belknap)
200. Morgan Lowry, GBI Tested
201. Sarah Van Holm, GBI
202. Brian Shea, ATF
203. Lt. R. Lattimore, Fulton County SO
204. Sean C. Allen- Forensic Chemist, NMS Labs
205. Inv. A. Fulton County SO
206. Officer C. Tensley, Fulton County SO
207. S. Barnes, Fulton County SO
208. Lt. Harvey or Deputy Samuel, Fulton County SO
209. Lt. Lynch, Fulton County SO