Guilty
Great job by the prosecution making sure the jurors understood EXACTLY what this asshole was being charged and tried for:
- A Cook County jury on Friday evening convicted a homeless man who’d defended himself against first-degree murder and aggravated battery charges in the slaying of an off-duty Chicago police officer.
Prosecutors alleged that Jovan Battle, 32, pointed the gunman to a car on March 23, leading him to open fire and fatally shooting Officer John Rivera and wounding one of three friends with him.
“But for this guy, this wouldn’t happen,” Assistant State’s Attorney Patrick Morley told jurors earlier Friday in closing arguments. “ … He’s the glue that made it all happen.”
Jurors took little more than two hours before finding Battle guilty on all counts: first-degree murder, aggravated battery, and three counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm. He faces a sentence of up to 150 years in prison.
And he better be serving all 150 years.
Labels: good news, officer down
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
78 Comments:
AMEN. RIP PO RIVERA
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I testified in a murder case a couple years ago working with Assistant States Attorney Pat Morley. Great guy. Former C.P.D. Good job Pat.
Too bad we don’t have a death penalty.
God Bless All these Families Pray for Healing
Patrick Morley was former CPD. We were sergeants together in 009 back in the 90's. A great policeman who worked his way through law school without having a "spot". Great job Pat!
Like I said, Guilty and life in prison! Hey Battle, “You Big
Dummie” like Fred Sanford would say!
A man who defends himself has a fool for a client
Any repercussions for the judge who gave this animal probation/ electronic monitoring after he had committed a domestic plus home invasion? And had a history of violent behavior. IMO that judge is just as much fault for the officers death by not doing his job right and letting loose this criminal on the streets.
I speak for most in demanding capital punishment be restored to Illinois. The electric chair at Tamms.
I am glad the jury did its duty and convicted the scum.
Thank you.
What did the shooter get? What was he charged with? Homeless guy gets 150 years and he only pointed his finger, I would expect double death plenty at least.
Wow a community member actually tried and convicted in crook county? Amazing! Sure this isn't Lake county?
He'll get the minimum, serve 1/2, clog up the courts with appeals, and get free everything the rest of his life.
At least the conviction sends a strong message to others.
RIP Officer sp tragic
Ten years with time served out in 2024.
Asked judge to not sentence him to 100 years. Gets his wish judge hands down 125 year sentence. I know wishfulol thinking.
He will get a new trial as it will be argued that he did not have competent counsel
Pat should be given an award like an honorable mention.
Phil Cline gave ASA Mike Smith (Smitty) an honorable for prosecuting a Cop killer some years back.
So what happened to the other two mutts? I live out of town and can't aways read the Trip.
By the way, have you noticed Google makes it hard to find you? I used to have Safari wish went right to you, but now Safari goes straight to Google, and they don't seem to want to make it easy for readers to find you. I could be wrong but that is sure what I've noticed in the last week. Keep up the good work SCC/
Hopefully we'll have a real SAO again soon. Boxxofroxx was extolling her own virtues at the disgustingly biased and run cook county dem slating party yesterday so she's going to have to be extracted like a rotten tooth. Precky won't be able to match Conway's commercials though, try as she might. Digging up the laquan footage as we speak i'm sure.
Thanks to that FELONY CONVICTED ASSHOLE FORMER GOVERNOR GEORGE RYAN,HE stopped Capital Punishment in Illinois, The Liberal Jagoff. Rot in Hell RYAN, you LIBERAL Piece of SHIT !!!!!
Nice!
OT:On this date 1991 CHA Police Officer Jimmie Lamar Haynes died of his wounds by a snipers bullet while on patrol at the Robert Taylor Homes the day before .The Force may be gone but you are still remembered ! Rest in Peace Brother !!!
I'm still laughing over his explanation that his "GD" tattoo stood for "Growth and Development".
Kimesha foxx will be in her 4th term and will have the case re-examined for the 3rd time. Governor Manila obama will commute the sentence.
Meanwhile police will be responding to calls in armored personal carriers with only non lethal lasers.
America
Now send him to HELL
The fucked up thing is... he prolly had a better chance at defending himself than going with a public defender. Either way, he should not had been allowed to defend himself. See the argument of Ted Bundy trial in the 80s as to why.
God bless the family of John Rivera.
A shithead who sold rap CDs and mooched cigarettes downtown. Nothing more, good riddance.
"Battle, who is being held without bond, raised his middle finger to prosecutors and the courtroom gallery full of the victims’ supporters as sheriff’s deputies escorted him to a lockup.
“See you later,” he said. "F-- y’all, too.”"
The pro se etiquette teacher might not have the winning record of a top criminal defense attorney but he sure has the demeanor of one. Nice attitude convict!
Start naming the judges who let criminals out so they can commit more crimes. Kinder, gentler bail and probation is getting good people killed.
Fool for a client. Will do better in retrial. Yes th3re will be a retrial on appeal. Don't count the chickens just yet.
The spin doctor failed in front of the jury:
"He said “GD” stands for “Growth and Development,” and that it is an organization, not a gang"
However, if this ass brain ever gets out of jail he can work for city hall. A talent for distortion in that magnitude could come in handy.
Groot has already taken a cue from Jovan Battle to issue this statement:
"Insofar as GD (Gangster Disciples) is a self development & educational 501(c)(3) organization, I now inform all in Chicago that property tax increase is clarified to mean that collected taxes are everyone's property - yours, mine, all of ours- and the increase is a gain to the value delivered to everyone's shared property which is a beautiful and crime free Chicago. When your tax bill as a homeowner personally goes higher and higher, just know this is a win for all of us collectivly in beautiful and crime free Chicago. Wilmette will however choose how Chicago shall spend all the collected tax money. I hope I did not say that out loud"
Breaking news... Kwame Raoul will file a petition to the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn the jury's findings. This is case of 'reverse Jason Van Dyke' in technical legalese exclaims Raoul.
Restorative Justice must prevail!
One less Homeless person in Chicago now. The officers family and loved ones can now begin to Heal. May G-d be with you.
Great job by ASA Morley. After 40 or 50 years in jail the idiot will wish he got the death penalty
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Patrick Morley was former CPD. We were sergeants together in 009 back in the 90's. A great policeman who worked his way through law school without having a "spot". Great job Pat!
8/17/2019 12:52:00 AM
I’m surprised Kim fixx hasn’t pushed him out yet
Bring back public hangings. Cop killers should get the death penalty period.
With all the talk of "hate crimes" etc,. I am very, very serious that the killing, wounding of, or even pointing a weapon at any officer (including K9's) should be a hate crime. (These bastards seem to have no fear, no God, no conscience.)
You people do a thankless job, are hung out to dry by the media, judges, politicians, rev-runds, etc. These people should be charged with negligence in their jobs. Their deliberate bashing of an honorable profession is, to me, sickening!
Too, if that old law from that old "useless book" was adhered to, "Thou shall not kill," you wouldn't need the 40000 other laws on the books. Really simple.
NOT ILLINOIS. NOT LAW.
Nothing more than a KmmmFxxxUp 2020 campaign spectacle.
Plenty more of this sort of prosecution showboating to come.
A Cook County conviction and an Illinois incarceration is a holiday for the violent feral.
This should have been be a death penalty case, not a promise of meals, housing and healthcare for this nonsense of a 150 year sentence recommendation.
Bring back the electric chair
ot, how does this one get a foid card and ccl with this attitude?
Houpe followed the man as he got into a car and began to drive away, then turned to her sister and demanded, “Mickey, give me my s---,” prosecutors said.
Houpe’s sister allegedly handed her a pink CPX-1 handgun manufactured by SCCY Firearms, which calls itself the “King of Concealed Carry” on its website. Police said Friday that Houpe had a valid FOID card and a license to carry a concealed gun.
did the other beauty have a foid/ccl as well crimesha?
is a pink gun considered a lady's gun?
that asswipe reporter commenting on a website was way out of line. should the question be how the shooter got the ccl instead?
Jurors recently in Cook County sent a clear and loud message that it is NOT OKAY to murder Chicago Police Officers.
Kim Foxx and Mayor Lightfoot were quick to hold a press conference and remark: "Lets not send mixed messages here! Don't be hasty now. We all need to work to be congruent and send the same clear and steady signal..."
Good job jurors. Fuck you Kim and Lori.
The ACLU 'Innocence Project' pussy hat wearing liberals are going to swoop in fast to craft an appeal on behalf of Battle I bet. Poor man was too mentally ill to rightly defend himself and this is a miscarriage of justice etc. Jury was racist and the judge took a bribe and the media tainted the case for the jury pool blah blah blah
RIP brother great job by Patrick finally competence in that office!
Jovan had himself a fool for a client.
@8/17/2019 12:52:00 AM
Decent guy. Good for him:
http://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/patrick-morley
" Patrick Morley is a prosecutor for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, where he is assigned to the Cold Case Homicide Unit. He has been a prosecutor since 2000, and has also worked in the Complex Narcotics Litigation Unit, Narcotics Special Prosecutions, Felony Trial Division, Homicide/Sex Unit, and Felony Review. He was a Chicago Police Officer and Sergeant for 7 years (1993-2000) and currently is an adjunct instructor for Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety where he teaches upper-level police management around the United States for their School of Police Staff and Command as well as their Executive Management Program. He is an instructor for North East Multi-Regional Training (NEMRT), teaching more than 200 seminars to Chicago area police officers on legal and investigative-related matters. Morley previously taught at the University of Illinois-Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Harold Washington College, Calumet College, and at the Chicago Police Academy. A seasoned writer, Morley has published Report Writing for the Criminal Justice Professional: Learn to Write and Interpret Police Reports (2008 Kaplan Publishing), and Beyond No Comment: Speaking to the Media as a Police Officer (2009 Kaplan Press). "
Jovan Battle lost the battle uh? Got convicted?
Don Quixote fought the windmill and lost that joust eh? Shocking!
Pat Morley is a great attorney
I work in 018, I Stay away from it When I'm off.
Thank God the jurors saw threw this mutt. The lives of police officers will continue to be in danger until we get a pro police administration. A police commander was executed in full uniform in the middle of the day in downtown Chicago and the pimp mayor and no balls Superintendent paid a lot of lip service but never once attempted to clean up the trash in downtown Chicago. Fuck these demorats. ♠️
Excellent job by ASA Pat Morley. He is a class act !!
150 years is not enough.
Rest in peace Officer!
now comes the appeal and retrial,?, for want of competent counsel?, so the murderer gets another bite at the apple, hope we all live long enough to see the eventual outcome
its nice that he represented himself...saved tax payers a small fortune for his legal defense. wish more would follow
PO John Rivera was only 23... Convict Battle is 32 as of now. What did the convict do with the extra 9 years of his life thus far besides do crime and get others killed?
Growth and Development...
Yup! I always think GD when I am seeking an organization to help with adult literacy and basic computer skills and teaching kids how to craft a resume and good work ethics and learning basic automotive repair. Total Growth and Development organization doing good for Chicago and beyond!
Pat Quinn, not George Ryan, abolished the death penalty.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Patrick Morley was former CPD. We were sergeants together in 009 back in the 90's. A great policeman who worked his way through law school without having a "spot". Great job Pat!
8/17/2019 12:52:00 AM
I’m surprised Kim fixx hasn’t pushed him out yet
8/17/2019 11:01:00 AM
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She may have been smart enough to keep him in long enough to get a cop killer convicted?
FINALLY !!!!!
If I recall, acting pro se automatically waives any possibility of appeal on the grounds of inadequate defense.
Kwame Raoul introduced the abolition of the death penalty in a lame duck session. Quinn the lying piece of shit signed it into law. Ryan commuted all the death penalty sentences and even freed Aaron Patterson shortly before he himself was indicted. Someone remind me why any decent person lives in this state again?
Also ASA Morley had some partners: Andy Varga, Nina Ricci, and Sarah Karr. All the prosecutors did a great job on this case. Did anyone catch Kim Foxx' press conference after this tremendous win? I didn't see it covered anywhere.
Jovan Battle wanted a speedy trial... He got it. He also got a very speedy verdict of GUILTY AS ALL SIN!
More then he bargained for speed wise I am sure. 150 years sentence will be a good duration for Growth and Development to occur for speed loving convict Jovan Battle. Don't slow down now Battle!
Time marches on (it grows and also develops).
Need the death penalty back!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
now comes the appeal and retrial,?, for want of competent counsel?, so the murderer gets another bite at the apple, hope we all live long enough to see the eventual outcome
8/17/2019 03:10:00 PM
By that time Kimmy can represent him....
Jury took 2 hours to convict.
I bet that 1 of those hours was the County supplied lunch.
Jovan had himself a fool for a client.
And an idiot for an attorney.
He can't use the 'incompetent counsel' on appeal because he was offered the services of an attorney which he rejected.
as far as kim foxx pushing out the great pat morely there is a reason. chicago patronage outfits still need to push out occasional product. 90 % of patronage employees are useless taxeaters wether a garbage man or attorney in the sao. as my first big time city boss told me a lifetime ago, kid we keep those guys around because somebody has to do the work! as he giggled and left for his three hour lunch at mary simsons on the west side. so kim knows or was told by moms mabley prickwanker that out of the 100,000 s of cases at the sao that once in awhile she might have to prosecute one or two. affirmative action scholorship, carbondale third chair juvvy bimbo aint about none of that. therefore mr morely should always be tolerated at the bureau of truth as they need him more than he needs them.
We need a Death Penalty in Illinois!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Pat Morley is a great attorney
8/17/2019 01:37:00 PM
Yes Pat Morley did a great job; but Nina Ricci and Andy Varga were the lead ASA’s on this case with ASA Sarah Karr and ASA Pat Morley lending their expertise to the prosecution. We must give the proper credit to all involved.
Good Job Pat, 93-D all the way.
Just a rumor mr battle was receiving legal advise from kimmie.
Great job. Pat Morley is a stand up guy. You get no BS from him, he handles your case fairly and expects you to do the same. Nice to see a good guy win one.
Class 93-D? Still a bunch of rookies.
Well there is 1 thing he did get, a speedy trial and a GUILTY judgement!! Sorry asshole, better luck next time.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Just a rumor mr battle was receiving legal advise from kimmie.
8/18/2019 06:16:00 AM
Hope it wasn’t a rumor, but true. If he took her advice it’s not wonder he was convicted in 2 hours
Three of four ASA’s on the case where from the gang unit now called Complex Homicide because Kim thins it sounds better. Only unit with real prosecutors.
Question: Had Kimmy Foxx ever conducted a criminal case ?????
Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
now comes the appeal and retrial,?, for want of competent counsel?, so the murderer gets another bite at the apple, hope we all live long enough to see the eventual outcome
8/17/2019 03:10:00 PM
He can't use the 'incompetent counsel' on appeal because he was offered the services of an attorney which he rejected.
Won't be homeless now, shit bird.
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