Jimmy Snuka’s Preliminary Trial Begins Today
Today WWE Hall of Fame Inductee Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka will begin his preliminary hearing. This hearing will decide whether the charges against him, for the 1983 murder case involving the death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino, will go to trial.
Manuel Gomez Jr of The Morning Call has published a detailed article about today’s hearing and what can be expected. You can read the full article by clicking HERE.
Below are some details coming out of the article:
- Snuka’s lawyer Robert J. Kirwan II is arguing that Snuka has a right to defend himself in a preliminary trial.
- Prosecutors filed a motion last month seeking to bypass the hearing because there has already been a thorough grand jury probe. Chief Deputy District Attorney Charles Gallagher said, “A preliminary hearing in this case would squander judicial resources.”
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- Kirwan is saying that the finding of the grand jury probe are a, “biased and rose-colored version of the facts.”
- The grand jury determined that Snuka repeatedly assaulted Argentino in the former George Washington Motor Lodge in Whitehall, NY. He then left her in bed to die.
- Snuka, who is recovering from stomach cancer surgery, is expected to attend today’s hearing.
- Snuka was in a wheelchair and on a feeding tube when he initially was booked at the county jail.
- On Snuka’s current condition and how he will appear in court Kirwan had the following to say, “He’s still recovering, but he’s getting stronger. I anticipate he will be there and he will be able to walk. He’s strong enough that he can walk.”
- In Chief Deputy District Attorney Charles Gallagher’s argument in the Snuka case he wrote, “Simply put, to require lengthy, complex testimony from an investigating grand jury to be repeated, for the sole purpose of establishing probable cause a second time, could be considered not only a waste of scarce grand jury and judicial time, but also a repetitious, costly, and superfluous layer of delay before trial.”
- Kirwan has responded with the following, “It is my job that due process is followed. The preliminary hearing is there for a purpose.”
