someone with filthy hands themselves should not have the right to have so much influence over a decision

Rickey Stokes

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Posted by: RStokes
Date: Apr 16 2015 3:05 PM

HENRY COUNTY:   Last week Twentieth Judicial Court Judge Larry Anderson denied youthful offender status to 20 year old Judson Buchanan in Henry County. Judge Anderson said the denial was based on the testimony of Rehobeth High School Principal Bobby Boyd and Houston County High School Principal Derrick Morris.

Buchanan graduated from Rehobeth School in 2012.  He is currently in college with a 3.8 GPA and inducted in the Honor Society.

Morris had violated Federal Law in that he wrote a letter of objection to Buchanan’s youthful offender. Morris letter disclosed confidential educational records. That violation has subjected the Houston County Schools to being in jeopardy of the federal funds.

Morris letter prompted a continuance to this past week of the youthful offender hearing.

POINT:   Derrick Morris was a Middle School Principal at Rehobeth. Buchanan was in the middle school from 2005 through 2008. Morris quit Rehobeth Middle School and went to Geneva County School System from 2012 to 2013. In 2013 he was hired by Houston County as Principal in Columbia. Morris has not seen or been involved with Judson Buchanan since he left Middle School in 2008.

Morris testified that in 2010, while Judson Buchanan was in the 11^th grade, he went to alternative school for fighting in the parking lot with his brother. Morris testified that in 2010, Buchanan went to alternative school for talking back to a teacher in the lunchroom.

WAIT:   Morris testified to Buchanan’s HIGH SCHOOL records. But, Morris was not involved with Buchanan at that time. Buchanan was in High School and Morris was still at the Middle School.

POINT:  This past weekend I was with a graduate of Rehobeth High School. He graduated in 2014. He stated that he got in school suspension for leaving the lunchroom without permission. The facts were, he was about to vomit and ran out to the bathroom where he did vomit. When he returned he told the teacher. The teacher told him they were writing a referral because he could had vomited in the lunchroom. The teacher said that was why they had janitors.

Rehobeth High School Principal Bobby Boyd was Assistant Principal when Buchanan was in High School. Boyd had not seen Buchanan since he graduated in 2012.

Boyd told District Attorney Doug Valeska that “if you held a gun to my head”, then he would say he objected to Buchanan being granted youthful offender status.

Out of Buchanan’s 12 years in school, the only two incidents which could come up with are the two above named. Boyd did testify that he knew the victim for at least the past 10 years. While there was no testimony, the victim’s sister works in the Administration of the Houston County School System.

Except in Houston and Henry County, a person is considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. However in Houston and Henry County you are guilty until proven innocent.

In the school system, common sense is not a pre-requisite to being in charge. Parents have been charged with making a terrorist threat because they “questioned” a teacher. While I understand there has to be respect, just because they are a teacher does not make them correct. And Valeska has not gotten convictions on the Making A Terrorist Threats because a teacher was questioned by a parent!!!

Often times those in the school system blow things out of proportion.

A student was walking across from Rehobeth Middle School after school. She pulled out her cell phone to call her parents. The student was in the unmonitored school cross walk. Morris was on school grounds and saw the cell phone when she was in the road. Morris chased her down at the store across the road demanding she give him her cell phone and attempted in school suspension for the phone. Morris’ stupid actions did not fly.

So to hold Buchanan in 2015 for a incident in 2010, and one where there is a one size fits all and teachers are always right, is wrong.

The defendants are suppose to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Not the case on Buchanan and Battles. They are having to prove themselves innocent.

While the victim was injured, the prosecution by Valeska for two offenses carrying a range of punishment of a minimum of 10 years to life is wrong. Then for Battles to also be in Federal Court facing some 80 months in Federal Prison in addition to the two Valeska offenses of ten years to life.

WRONG! Just plain WRONG!

The following is written by a “female” Rehobeth High School Graduate on FACEBOOK:

In tears I'm so angry. Disgusted with Bobby Boyd, and thanking the Lord for his sake and mine that I'm no longer under his authority. I can say with sincere honesty that i'm a different person that I was during my time at Rehobeth. College, work, family, responsibilities, and God CHANGE people. How dare you condemn someone for their harmless actions in high school? How dare you determine whether someone is worthy of a YO status from a VICE principal's testimony from over three years ago? I am not and would never attempt to justify these boy's actions, but someone with filthy hands themselves should not have the right to have so much influence over a decision that could now potentially affect the rest of Judson's life

Section 13A-6-81

School employee engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student under the age of 19 years.

(a) A person commits the crime of a school employee engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student under the age of 19 years if he or she is a school employee and engages in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student, regardless of whether the student is male or female. Consent is not a defense to a charge under this section.

(b) As used in this section, sex act means sexual intercourse with any penetration, however slight; emission is not required.

(c) As used in this section, deviant sexual intercourse means any act of sexual gratification between persons not married to each other involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another.

(d) The crime of a school employee engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student is a Class B felony.

(Act 2010-497, p. 766, §1.)

 

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