Attorneys For Darius Miles Request New Bond Hearing

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Defense attorneys for former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles are requesting a new bond hearing after their client and his childhood friend Michael Davis were denied bond in the capital murder case following the Jan. 15 shooting death of Jamea Harris.

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As Patch previously reported, Miles and Davis were both arrested in the early morning hours after a shootout on Grace Street left the 23-year-old mother dead and Davis hit twice by gunfire. While Davis is accused of pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting, Miles is accused of knowingly providing the gun.

Security camera footage recently viewed by Patch alleges to show Davis run up to the side of the Jeep after it is seen without its lights on, pulling up behind Alabama forward Brandon Miller's Dodge Charger on Grace Street just before 1:45 a.m.

This comes after the Jeep appears to circle the block, while the group consisting of Miles, Davis and others break up an unrelated fight near CVS.

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Once alongside the Jeep, Davis and the driver — Cedric Johnson — exchange gunfire, before Harris is struck and killed instantly.

The evidence against Miles in this case hinges on his legally owned .40 caliber handgun being used in the shooting, along with his text message to Miller asking him to bring him his gun in the minutes ahead of the shooting and supposedly lying to investigators during the initial 911 call regarding how Davis had been shot.

Mary Turner, of the Turner Law Group, is representing Miles and has argued extensively that her client feared for his safety and that of others after claiming to see a handgun passed to Johnson in the back seat during the verbal altercation on The Strip.

According to Miles, this prompted him to text Miller and ask for his gun. In a podcast interview with David Miles, his father, he said Darius Miles began carrying a handgun after he had a gun pulled on him during his time in Alabama.

After their arrests, Miles and Davis were subsequently denied bond by District Court Judge Joanne Jannik and indicted on the capital murder charges.

The Turner Law Group represents Miles and is requesting a new bond hearing for their client, citing the terms and conditions that would be honored by Miles if he were granted bond. This includes the fact he has no prior criminal record, is not a believed to be a flight risk and would submit to monitoring by Tuscaloosa Community Corrections.

Miles, wh0 has family living in the surrounding county, would also be subject to a curfew.

It is unclear at this time when a circuit court judge could rule on granting a new hearing.

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