Jamie Satterfield:

Why are there 9 separate rape charges? That's the ? Judge explains each refers to different methods of penetration

If they are at the rape counts that could mean they've reached decision on facilitation of murder counts

There's oral, vaginal and anal penetration charged 3 ways: with weapon, coercion and causing serious bodily injury

Learned who foreperson is - it's an older black woman who was nodding in agreement during Lavit's closing argument

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There was a "not guilty" but don't panic... there is also a string of "GUILTY's"

Christian/Newsom: Verdict read in Vanessa Coleman retrial

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Jamie Satterfield:

Facilitation felony murder - not guilty

Guilty facilitation of rape

Guilty facilitation of kidnapping

First not guilty was involving Chris. They're loading her up guilty on all facilitation of murder charges involving Channon

Guilty of felony murder on Channon

Not guilty on facilitation of rape anal, vaginal rapes

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Sentencing will be "Done by letter"

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Coleman guilty of 13 counts, not guilty of 4 counts

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Jamie Satterfield:

Those rape counts would have merged so no big impact sentencing wise

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Jury convicts Vanessa Coleman in kidnapping, murder of Channon Christian
By News Sentinel staff
Posted November 20, 2012 at 1:12 p.m., updated November 20, 2012 at 5:12 p.m.

KNOXVILLE — A Jackson, Tenn., jury reached a compromise verdict today in the re-trial of torture-slaying suspect Vanessa Coleman.

The jury convicted the Kentucky woman on charges of facilitation of the felony murder of Channon Christian, 21. They found her guilty, however, of lesser facilitation charges related to the kidnapping and rape of Christian.

For instance, Coleman was charged in Knox County Criminal Court with facilitation of especially aggravated kidnapping. The jury, however, found her guilty of the lesser charge of aggravated kidnapping.

The jury also declined to convict her of facilitation of aggravated rape and instead found her guilty of the lesser charge of facilitation of rape.

In all, the panel, which deliberated over two days, convicted her of 13 of the 17 facilitation counts she faced, and some of those guilty verdicts were for lesser-included offenses.

The panel was brought in from Madison County, Tenn., because of heavy local publicity.

The jury acquitted her outright of facilitation of felony murder in the kidnapping of Christian’s boyfriend, Christopher Newsom.

After the first trial in May 2010, Coleman received a 53-year sentence.

Prosecutors estimate the most she could face at sentencing would be 40 years.

...more at link
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/nov/2 ... econd-day/

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Vanessa Coleman found guilty of facilitating murder of Channon Christian
5:39 PM, Nov 20, 2012

Jurors have found Vanessa Coleman guilty on several counts of the facilitation to commit the first degree murder of Channon Christian. She was also found guilty of facilitation to commit second degree murder.

Coleman was charged with facilitating the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Channon Christian. Christian and her boyfriend, Chris Newsom, were killed in 2007. Coleman was previously found not guilty for crimes connected to Newsom, so she cannot be retried on those counts.

The counts and verdict:

• Count 8. Not guilty of facilitation to commit first degree murder of Channon Christian in the Perpetration of Kidnapping Chris Newsom
  
• Count 12. Guilty of facilitation to commit first degree murder of Channon Christian in the Perpetration of Rape of Channon Christian
  
• Count 16. Guilty of facilitation to commit first degree murder of Channon Christian in the Perpetration of Theft of Channon Christian
  
• Count 18. Guilty of facilitation to commit second degree murder
  
• Count 23. Guilty of facilitation to commit aggravated kidnapping
  
• Count 24. Guilty of facilitation to commit aggravated kidnapping
  
• Counts 25, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38. Guilty of facilitation to commit rape
  
• Counts 42, 44. Not guilty of facilitation to commit aggravated rape of Channon Christian by anal penetration, vaginal penetration
  
• Count 46. Guilty of facilitation to commit theft in an amount of $500 or less

...more at link
http://www.wbir.com/news/article/242312 ... -Christian

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Vanessa Coleman found guilty in 13 of 17 counts in Christian-Newsom case
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 6:53 AM

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Jurors delivered a guilty verdict on 13 of 17 counts Tuesday in the retrial against defendant Vanessa Coleman.

Jurors were tasked with deciding her guilt on 17 charges that she facilitated and participated in the torture, rape and murder of 21-year-old Channon Christian.

They found Coleman guilty on 13 charges and not guilty on 4 charges.

She was found guilty on charges of facilitating first-degree murder, second-degree murder, theft, rape, kidnapping, and theft.

Coleman was not found guilty on Count 7, a charge of facilitating first-degree murder, and Counts 42, 43, and 44, three charges of facilitating aggravated rape.

Christian's parents, Gary and Deena, said after the rulings that they were satisfied with the results.


...more at link
http://www.wate.com/story/20148545/vane ... ewsom-case

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Vanessa Coleman found guilty
Posted: Fri 5:48 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Updated: Tue 5:13 PM, Nov 20, 2012

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The jury has convicted Vanessa Coleman on 13 of 17 counts in the murder of Channon Christian. Those charges included facilitation to commit first degree murder, and facilitation to commit second degree murder. Just like the first trial in 2007, Coleman was found not guilty for crimes connected to Channon's boyfriend, Christopher Newsom.

...more at link
http://www.local8now.com/news/headlines ... 30981.html

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Guilty again: New trial, similar outcome for Coleman in slaying
By Jamie Satterfield
Posted November 21, 2012 at 4 a.m.

A Jackson, Tenn., jury on Tuesday reached what most observers believe was a compromise verdict in the retrial of torture-slaying suspect Vanessa Coleman.

The jury convicted Coleman of facilitation of the felony murder of Channon Christian, 21, in a January 2007 torture-slaying but found her guilty of lesser charges in connection with the kidnapping and repeated rapes of Christian prior to her suffocation inside a trash can inside a Chipman Street house.

That means Coleman will face far less time than the 53 years in prison to which she was sentenced after her May 2010 trial.

The jury, made up of five black women, one black man, two white women and four white men, spent roughly nine hours deliberating over two days before reaching a verdict. The only question they posed during that time was about the various rape counts.

....more at link
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/nov/2 ... me-for-in/

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February sentencing date discussed for Vanessa Coleman
Posted: Nov 30, 2012 5:22 AM

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The judge who presided over the retrial of Vanessa Coleman in the Christian-Newsom murder case says he would like to schedule her sentencing date in February.

...more at link
http://www.wate.com/story/20217311/febr ... sa-coleman

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Coleman sentencing date set; penalty ranges lower after retrial
By Jamie Satterfield
Posted November 28, 2012 at 7:12 p.m.

A judge has set a proposed sentencing date of Feb. 1 in the retrial of torture-slaying suspect Vanessa Coleman.

In a letter filed this week in Knox County Criminal Court, Senior Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood is asking prosecutors Leland Price and TaKisha Fitzgerald and defense attorney Ted Lavit to check their respective calendars for availability to argue Coleman's fate on that date.

...more at link
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/nov/2 ... ar_cache=1

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