Declarations The man accused in the murders of the Spa of Atlanta made after the arrest can be used in the trial, the judge’s rules

Atlanta – A judge on Monday rejected a lawyer at a man accused of Kill In Atlanta Massage Business to prevent a jury from listening to the statements he made after his arrest.

The main judge of the Superior Court of Fulton County, Ural Glanville, made his ruling at the end of a motion hearing for Robert Aaron Long, who Face the death penalty In March 2021, murders in Atlanta. Long is already fulfilling life imprisonment without the possibility of probation to kill four people in a massage business in the Cherokee suburbs for a few hours before.

Long’s lawyers were trying to prevent prosecutors from using the police made to the police after being arrested later that night. The judge said that these statements, as well as statements of his statement of guilt in Cherokee County, can be used at the trial, although he said he would consider defense objections to parts of the statements.

Long, 25, killed four people In Youngs Asian Massage in Cherokee County on March 16, 2021: Xiaojie “Emily” Tan, 49; Daoyou Feng, 44; Delaina Yaun, 33; and Paul Michels, 54. The authorities say Then he led to about 30 miles (48 kilometers) to the south to Atlanta, where he killed three women: Suncha Kim, 69; Soon Chung Park, 74; And Hyun Jung Grant, 51 – in Gold Spa and then crossed the street and killed Yong Ae Yue63, in Aromatherapy Spa.

Two of Cherokee County and all Atlanta victims victims were Women of Asian ancestry. Prosecutors in Fulton County seek the death penalty and a I hate the improvement of the hate crimes sentence In the murders of Atlanta. Prosecutors in Cherokee County did not look for the death penalty, and for a long time they declared themselves guilty there only a few months after the murders.

Daran Burns, a Cherokee County defense lawyer, said he was appointed to represent Long shortly after Long’s arrest in Crisp County. He said he immediately sent a text message to the Cherokee County Sheriff to say that he had been appointed and wanted to be present for any interview that the police did with a long time. He said that the Cherokee County District Attorney at that time, Shannon Wallace, called him and seemed to question the validity of his appointment.

Burns said it was clear for his conversation with Wallace that the researchers were talking long or point to start talking to him. According to the Testimony of the Court, the agents of the Clerokee and Atlanta County Law interviewed for a long time several hours after their arrest.

“What I saw how a problem was that this case was starting without Mr. Long having representation,” Burns testified.

Jerilyn Bell, a lawyer for a long time in Fulton County, said there was time for Burns to drive Crisp count before the investigators began interviewing long hours after her arrest, but that Burns did not even try because Wallace had led him to believe that he was questioning was imminent or had already begun. That effectively violated Long to a lawyer under the sixth amendment, Bell argued.

Prosecutor Kevin Armstrong argued that it was his understanding of Burns’s testimony that Wallace did not believe that Burns had been appropriately designated and that for a long time he had not requested a designated lawyer or showed that he needed it. Long’s statements were “voluntary and intelligent,” said Armstrong.

The murders caused outrage and fear Among the Asian Americans, who already faced hostility linked to the Coronavirus pandemic. Many were particularly upset when the authorities suggested that Long’s crimes were not racially motivated and, on the other hand, they arose from a sex addiction, which is not recognized as an official disorder.

Long told the researchers that he fought with pornography and sex and believed he was an addict. When he saw porn or participated in sexual acts in massage businesses, he felt a tremendous guilt, Wallace said during the Long Judgment in Cherokee County.

The charges against Long in Fulton County include murder, aggravated assault and domestic terrorism. A test date has not been established. Glanville scheduled on Monday the next audiences at the case of end of April.