{"id":61850,"date":"2023-04-11T08:52:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T12:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/oklahoma-man-convicted-of-murder-for-fatal-stabbing-could-get-another-trial-after-misconduct-by-prosecutors-61850"},"modified":"2023-04-11T08:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T12:52:41","slug":"oklahoma-man-convicted-of-murder-for-fatal-stabbing-could-get-another-trial-after-misconduct-by-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/oklahoma-man-convicted-of-murder-for-fatal-stabbing-could-get-another-trial-after-misconduct-by-prosecutors-61850","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma man, convicted of murder for fatal stabbing, could get another trial after misconduct by prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>An Oklahoma man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted of murder<\/a> for stabbing another man to death in 2018 could get a new trial after the district attorney acknowledged two of his former prosecutors watched jurors deliberate via a video feed into the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Kraft, 34, of Choteau, Oklahoma, was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder in July 2022, and the jury recommended a life prison sentence. But Kraft&#8217;s attorney has filed a motion for a mistrial after District Attorney Matt Ballard acknowledged two of the prosecutors on the case, Isaac Shields and George Gibbs, Jr., watched jurors deliberate.<\/p>\n<p>A status hearing in the case was held on Monday, but the judge has yet to rule on the mistrial motion.<\/p>\n<p>Kraft&#8217;s attorney, M.J. Denman, Jr., said it&#8217;s a miscarriage of justice that the two prosecutors illegally observed jury deliberations and gave the prosecution an advantage that he was not afforded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/active-shooter-university-oklahoma-campus-university-officials-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA OFFICIALS ISSUE &#8216;ALL CLEAR&#8217; AFTER ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s like playing cards and not realizing you have a mirror behind you where they can see your hand,&#8221; Denman said in a telephone interview after Monday&#8217;s hearing. &#8220;I just would never expect two people whose job is supposed to be to enforce the law to break the law. They are supposed to have a higher standard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both Shields and Gibbs resigned from the Rogers County District Attorney&#8217;s Office after the incident. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation launched a probe into the matter, and former Attorney General John O&#8217;Connor appointed another prosecutor, Brian Hermanson, to consider whether charges should be filed against the two prosecutors. Hermanson didn&#8217;t respond Monday to a message seeking comment on the status of his investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Ballard said that while he&#8217;s disappointed in the actions of his former prosecutors, he said their viewing of the jury deliberations did not affect the outcome of the trial, and that the jury&#8217;s verdict should stand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/3-arrested-connection-deadly-okc-biker-gang-shootout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>3 ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH DEADLY OKC BIKER GANG SHOOTOUT<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a very unfortunate situation, and I absolutely do not condone the actions of either of these former prosecutors,&#8221; Ballard said, &#8220;but one of the positive aspects is that we\u2019ve been able to determine through our investigation as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/finance\/investigations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSBI\u2019s investigation<\/a> that it appears there was never any contact with any of the jurors and that it was limited to observing through video screens the deliberations themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Listening to or observing a jury while they are deliberating, or even attempting to do so, is a felony under Oklahoma law, punishable by up to two years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney for Shields said neither he nor Gibbs meant to do anything illegal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was no intent whatsoever from either prosecutor to do anything improper nor to do anything that would influence the jury or undermine the integrity of the trial,&#8221; said attorney Sheila Naifeh. &#8220;It is with great regret that this has become a focal point <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of this trial<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oklahoma-man-convicted-murder-fatal-stabbing-trial-after-misconduct-prosecutor\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oklahoma-man-convicted-murder-fatal-stabbing-trial-after-misconduct-prosecutor <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oklahoma man convicted of murder for stabbing another man to death in 2018 could get a new trial after the district attorney acknowledged two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-61850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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