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Jury Trial Set for Taylor Zion on July 8; Court Will Not Accept Pleas Without Good Cause
Summary
The court set a jury trial for Taylor Zion on July 8 and stated it would not accept plea bargains in the case without good cause after defense declined the state’s offer.
Presiding judge Stephanie Boyd scheduled a jury trial for Taylor Zion on July 8 and told counsel the court would not accept plea bargain agreements in that case without good cause.
Counsel reported that the state made an offer which the defendant declined; defense counsel estimated a trial lasting multiple days. The court directed the clerk to set a jury-trial date and ordered that if counsel signs a reset form the defendant would be excused from court that day. Judge Boyd stated on the record that without good cause she would not accept any plea bargain in the matter and that, if counsel wished to change that, the parties should make the showing in court.
The transcript records scheduling detail only: counsel estimated the trial length (two to three days), and the court set a July 8 trial date and reiterated constraints on plea acceptance. No substantive motion practice or plea acceptance occurred on the record for Zion in this excerpt.
