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The Case of Sidney Holmes
📻 Episode #367
🎙️ Hosted by Guest Host Lauren Bright Pacheco
📅 Jun 15, 2023
About This Episode
On June 19, 1988, 20-year-old Vincent Wright and 17-year-old Anissia Johnson were robbed at gunpoint by two men outside of a convenience store in Fort Lauderdale, FL. A third perpetrator also drove up to the scene in a brown car and instructed the gunmen to steal Wright’s car, which they did. 22-year-old Sidney Holmes came…
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The Case
On June 19, 1988, 20-year-old Vincent Wright and 17-year-old Anissia Johnson were robbed at gunpoint by two men outside of a convenience store in Fort Lauderdale, FL. A third perpetrator also drove up to the scene in a brown car and instructed the gunmen to steal Wright’s car, which they did. 22-year-old Sidney Holmes came under police suspicion when they discovered that he drove a similar car to that of the third perpetrator – which happened to be one of the most popular cars at the time. Sidney was placed in multiple lineups, but the circumstances in which he was identified were entirely flawed. He also had a solid alibi. Nevertheless, Sidney was sentenced to 400 years in prison for a crime in which no one was injured, and that he did not commit. The two other perpetrators were never apprehended. Lauren Bright Pacheco talks to Sidney Holmes and Brandon Scheck, Sidney's attorney.
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00:04:35“Speaker 1: as a previous prior offender, yes, ma'am. All right, And Speaker 1: so Brandon, can you just take me to the time Speaker 1: and the place that we're talking about. This happened in Speaker 1: Fort Lauderdale, But give me an idea of what the Speaker 1: scene was in nineteen eighty eight when the crime occurred.”
00:19:02“Speaker 1: So a little over six months later, on April twenty fourth, Speaker 1: nineteen eighty nine, your trial began. Your defense attorney was Speaker 1: Mitchell Pole, and the prosecutor was Peter Magrino, So Brandon, Speaker 1: what did the prosecution present. Speaker 4: So essentially it's the identification of Sydney by one of”
00:32:53“Speaker 3: Well, I don't know, I can't even know what to say. Speaker 3: I was in tears, you know it. It was kind Speaker 3: of a bittersweet because you know, my father wasn't there. Speaker 3: You know, he died four years ago, so other than that,”
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