An Overview of the Mock Trial Case
Statement of Facts
On November 20, 2003, the body of a homeless woman, later identified as that of Terese Jameson, the mother of 15-year-old Mickey Jameson and a former employee of Silver Streak Cafe in downtown Jeffers, was discovered by Detective Ray Taylor in a trash dumpster in the alley behind the cafe. A piece of paving stone, stained with Jameson's blood, was found with the body; fingerprints on the stone belonged to the cafe's owner, Sandy Townsend. Sandy has been charged with second degree murder in Jameson's death.
According to Mickey Jameson and Chris Long, an employee of the homeless shelter where the Jamesons had stayed briefly, Townsend had fired Terese Jameson when she confronted her with suspicion that horse meat was being used in the Silver Streak's famous half-pound all-beef burgers. On the morning of the death, according to Mickey, Jameson went to the cafe intending to tell Townsend that unless she rehired her, she would report her to the Jeffers health authorities.
The only other person in the Silver Streak Cafe that morning was Pat Gonzales, a meat delivery driver, who says that he did not witness any altercation between Townsend and Jameson, but that he did later observe a group of teenagers around the dumpster in the alley where his delivery truck was parked. Gene Wade believes that her son, Stephen "Big Dog" Wade, who is in a local gang that has a reputation for preying on the homeless and is who is currently missing, may be involved in the murder.
On November 20, 2003, the body of a homeless woman, later identified as that of Terese Jameson, the mother of 15-year-old Mickey Jameson and a former employee of Silver Streak Cafe in downtown Jeffers, was discovered by Detective Ray Taylor in a trash dumpster in the alley behind the cafe. A piece of paving stone, stained with Jameson's blood, was found with the body; fingerprints on the stone belonged to the cafe's owner, Sandy Townsend. Sandy has been charged with second degree murder in Jameson's death.
According to Mickey Jameson and Chris Long, an employee of the homeless shelter where the Jamesons had stayed briefly, Townsend had fired Terese Jameson when she confronted her with suspicion that horse meat was being used in the Silver Streak's famous half-pound all-beef burgers. On the morning of the death, according to Mickey, Jameson went to the cafe intending to tell Townsend that unless she rehired her, she would report her to the Jeffers health authorities.
The only other person in the Silver Streak Cafe that morning was Pat Gonzales, a meat delivery driver, who says that he did not witness any altercation between Townsend and Jameson, but that he did later observe a group of teenagers around the dumpster in the alley where his delivery truck was parked. Gene Wade believes that her son, Stephen "Big Dog" Wade, who is in a local gang that has a reputation for preying on the homeless and is who is currently missing, may be involved in the murder.
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