Bama Basketball Shooting Latest: Defense Requests New Round Of Subpoenas

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Defense attorneys for capital murder suspect and former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles have requested a new round of subpoenas be issued ahead of the next hearing in the Jamea Harris murder case on May 24.

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According to court documents filed Saturday and obtained by Patch, the Turner Law Group is requesting subpoenas be issued for Cedric Johnson, who shot capital murder suspect Michael Davis twice during the altercation on Grace Street the morning of Jan. 15 that resulted in the death of the 23-year-old mother.

As Patch has previously reported, the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney's Office issued a subpoena for Johnson earlier this week, as he is expected to be the prosecution's star witness.

The Turner Law Group, however, previously had a subpoena issued for Johnson ahead of the preliminary hearing in March, but failed in their attempts to serve him and get him under oath in court.

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The latest filing by the Tuscaloosa law firm also seeks subpoenas for Asia Humphrey, who was in the back seat of Harris's Jeep during the shooting, and two others, along with bystander Eileen Carbin.

As Patch previously reported, Humphrey was subpoenaed by the defense for the preliminary hearing and testified under oath. A junior at the University of Alabama who is related to Harris, Humphrey provided little to no sworn testimony to date that has corroborated supposed facts of the case provided by Johnson to investigators in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

The fourth individual — Shu'Bonte Greene — is shown at multiple points on security camera video interacting with Johnson in the moments prior to the shooting. Greene, who was driving a red Chevy Impala the morning of the shooting, was served a subpoena ahead of the preliminary hearing but didn't show up to court.

According to Jefferson County jail records, Greene is currently behind bars with his bond denied for first degree receiving stolen property and failure to appear in court. Jail records show this offense originated in Pelham.

Investigators have argued that Davis, using a gun legally owned by Miles, fired the fatal shot that killed Harris. Both men were charged with capital murder roughly 15 hours after the shooting and have been in jail ever since, both denied bond.

Many questions have been raised in the months that followed, particularly relating to who was acting in self-defense during the shooting.

The defense teams for both suspects have argued at every turn that their clients were the victims the morning of Jan. 15, while investigators and prosecutors have argued that it was an act of pre-meditated violence not just on the part of Davis, but also by Miles, who has been accused of providing his gun to be knowingly used in the commission of a violent crime.

Click here to read the in-depth, second-by-second account of the fatal shooting published by Tuscaloosa Patch in March.

While the May 24 hearing for Miles and Davis will see Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pruet consider bond for the two men, it will also be a hearing that covers all other motions filed by the defense.

This includes the motion by defense attorney Mary Turner for certain discovery documents. During this part of the hearing, Judge Pruet will also determine if the defense has been provided all of the discovery documents to which they are entitled.

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