... COVER STORY
As an Assistant Public Defender / Felony Trial Attorney , my influence goes beyond mere protecting rights to life changing event
Mr . Speer ’ s girlfriend accused him of threatening her with a butcher knife all night , while not letting her leave the house or call for help creating State of Florida v . Speer . Mr . Speer could not afford a private attorney so Regina was appointed to defend him . The State offered him 30 years prison to resolve the case . Mr . Speer had gone to prison and was facing a mandatory life sentence if found guilty as a prison release re-offender . Prison release re-offender requires the Court to sentence a person to the maximum under law . He was terrified of the thought of going to trial . Regina was able to get a video that showed the alleged victim and Mr . Speer shopping at a convenient store during the “ so-called ” kidnapping . Regina also acquired a copy of an injunction hearing transcript in which the alleged victim testified that she received a call from the daughter ’ s father threatening to keep the daughter from her unless she get Mr . Speer out of the house . The trial was two days long and the alleged victim and another witness testified . Mr . Speer did not . The jury found Mr . Speer not guilty in less than 10 minutes .
Front Cover Feature Regina Nunnally Attorney REGINA at Law NUNNALLY , Justice LIVES for the A People LIFE DEDICATED TO THE Daytona SERVICE Beach , Florida OF OTHERS June 2015
JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE
STATE V . CHANCE :
A young man had been institutionalized for mental health issues for most of his childhood . When he aged out , he was released and moved to Bunnell , Florida to live with his father whom he met for the first . Mr . Chance was accused of three counts lewd lascivious battery on this man ’ s stepsister creating State of Florida v . Chance . The stepsister ’ s story conflicted with other testimony she gave to several people and Regina pointed that out to the jury . She argued that since Mr . Chance was causing the father and step-mom to have conflict , the alleged victim ’ s inconsistent statements were untrustworthy . However , the jury found Mr . Chance guilty as charged .
Once a person is found guilty the next stage is sentencing . A sentencing hearing is just as important and it ’ s an opportunity to present mitigating circumstances . The Court was sympathetic to Mr . Chance ’ s situation . Regina made the Court aware of his background , family life , and mental health history . The Court was at wits end but due to the nature of the charge and guilty verdicts for three sex offenses , it sentenced him to 25 years in prison . The State was asking for 45 years prison . Mr . Chance was only 19 years old at the time . Regina cried . She cried not because of the guilty verdict and not because of the sentence . She saw Mr . Chance ’ s mother hug him for the last time before he was taken to jail . This does not normally happen but the judge presiding over the trial , Richard O . Watson , allowed it . Mr . Chance never had a real “ chance ” in life . He was locked up for most of his life as a child . He had a few months of freedom just to find himself again locked up for 25 years . This is Regina ’ s burden . She ’ s an intercessor and often their only hope .
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