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Alabama teen laughs in court as he is sentenced to 65 years for murder! Lakeith Smith turned down 25-year plea deal claiming he had ‘No time for this’ even at sentencing

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>&grave;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;When I called the case earlier you said you ain’t got time for this&comma; so I didn’t know if you had time for this now&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Judge Sibley Reynolds to Lakeith Smith <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">The teen turned down 25-year prison offer&comma; laughed in court as he was sentenced to serve 65 consecutive years in a murder case<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Lakeith Smith&comma; 19&comma; smiled and laughed during his sentencing hearing on Thursday&comma; in Elmore County&comma; Ala&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">The court&comma; including judge Reynolds&comma; overheard Smith saying &&num;8220&semi;I don’t have time for this&&num;8221&semi; as he was waiting for his case to be called<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Smith  and three other defendants S Jhavarske Jackson&comma; 23&comma; Jadarien Hardy&comma; 22 and La’Anthony Washington&comma; 22&comma; all of Montgomery&comma; Alabama&comma; were charged with felony murder in connection to the state&&num;8217&semi;s accomplice liability law<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">The four were charged in the death of their accomplice A&&num;8217&semi;Donte Washington&comma; fatally shot by police during a break and entry<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">The five men broke into two homes in Millbrook&comma; Ala&period;&comma; in Feb 2015&comma; before washington&comma; then 16&comma; was shot as he pointed his gun at an officer during the ensuing police chase<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Smith and the three other defendants were charged with felony murder in connection to the state&&num;8217&semi;s accomplice liability law&comma; but the unrepentant Smith was the only one not to plead guilt&comma; turnig <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">down a plea deal which offered 25 years jail time<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">His co-defendants Jadarien Hardy&comma; Jhavarske Jackson and Le’Anthony Washington have all pled guilty in this case &&num;8211&semi; Jackson was sentenced to 28 years in prison&comma; while Hardy and Washington will be sentenced at a later date<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Jackson&comma; Hardy and Washington have further scheduled trials for different crimes that include murder&comma; first-degree robbery and second-degree kidnapping<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<aside id&equals;"ra-left">&NewLine;<section class&equals;"ra-meta"><&sol;section>&NewLine;<&sol;aside>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-291396" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Lakeith-Smith-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Lakeith Smith 1" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"666" &sol;>&&num;8216&semi;I ain&&num;8217&semi;t sorry&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; convict Lakeith Smith smiled and laughed during his sentencing hearing on Thursday&period; He is going away for 65 years on charges of accomplice murder<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>An Alabama teen who had turned down a 25-year sentence in a plea deal laughed and smiled in court on Thursday as he was sentenced to 65 years in prison for felony murder&comma; armed burglary&comma; second-degree theft&comma; and third-degree theft&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The presiding judge&comma; Sibley Reynolds&comma; noted that Smith had shown no remorse for his actions during the entire trial process and took no opportunity to apologize&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Judge Reynolds even overheard the defendant saying &&num;8220&semi;I don’t have time for this&&num;8221&semi; as he was waiting for his case to be called&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wect&period;com&sol;story&sol;37892195&sol;teen-laughs-before-judge-hands-down-65-year-prison-sentence" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">according to WECT<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;You got plenty of time for this&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Judge Sibley Reynolds would later tell Smith as he sentenced him to consecutive terms in an Elmore County courtroom&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;When I called the case earlier you said you ain’t got time for this&comma; so I didn’t know if you had time for this now&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At that point Smith laughed&comma; according to the station&comma; and said he did not know the judge had heard him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;You just don&&num;8217&semi;t get it do you&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Judge Reynolds said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;He hasn&&num;8217&semi;t said I&&num;8217&semi;m sorry yet&period; He hasn&&num;8217&semi;t acknowledged to this court that he shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have done&comma; shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have come around&comma; in fact&comma; his attitude toward this court and life&comma; in general&comma; has been sour&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Judge Reynolds then handed down a 30-year sentence for felony murder&comma; a 15-year sentence for burglary and two 10-year sentences for the two theft convictions&period; Reynolds then ordered the sentences to be served consecutively&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-291397" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Lakeith-Smith-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Lakeith Smith 3&period;jpg" width&equals;"701" height&equals;"395" &sol;>Psychopath&colon; Judge Reynolds overheard Smith say&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I don’t have time for this&&num;8221&semi; while waiting to be called and&period; Confronted by the judge about his comments&period; Smith smiled and laughed during his sentencing hearing on Thursday&period;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Smith was one of four suspects charged in the death of accomplice A&&num;8217&semi;Donte Washington&comma; who was fatally shot by police&period; All four were charged with felony murder in connection to the state&&num;8217&semi;s accomplice liability law&comma; according to WECT&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The five suspects had broken into two homes in Millbrook on Feb 23&comma; 2015&comma; reports the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;montgomeryadvertiser&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;05&sol;montgomery-teen-convicted-accomplice-law-killing-turns-down-25-year-plea-offer-gets-65-instead&sol;489033002&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Montgomery Advertiser<&sol;a>&comma;  When Millbrook police officers responded to a call of a burglary in progress&comma; one of the co-defendants began shooting at an officer as he entered the home&period; Testimony brought out that several of the co-defendants fired at the officer&period; The suspects left the home and ran into the backyard&comma; still firing at the officer&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A’Donte Washington&comma; 16&comma; ran out of the backyard through a gate in the privacy fence&period; Police officer body camera footage played in court during Smith’s trial showed Washington armed with a 38 cal&period; revolver and running toward and pointing the gun at an officer&comma;  who then fired his sidearm four times&comma; striking and killing Washington&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;For the trial&comma; 19-year-old Smith was the only one not to plead guilty&comma; turning down an offer of 25 years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t think Mr&period; Smith will be smiling long when he gets to prison&comma;&&num;8221&semi; chief assistant district attorney C&period;J&period; Robinson told local media&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;We are very pleased with this sentence&period; Because the sentences are consecutive&comma; it will be a long time before he comes up for even the possibility for parole&comma; at least 20 to 25 years&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-291395" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Lakeith-Smith-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Lakeith Smith 2" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"652" &sol;>Business as usual&colon; Smith laughs during one of his previous court appearances<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Smith was given 30 years for felony murder&comma; 15 years for burglary&comma; and two 10-year terms for theft&comma; according to the newspaper&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His grandfather asked the judge to show some leniency&period; &&num;8220&semi;Give him a chance to tell you he&&num;8217&semi;s sorry&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said to the judge&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wect&period;com&sol;story&sol;37892195&sol;teen-laughs-before-judge-hands-down-65-year-prison-sentence" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">according to WECT<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;He’s had every opportunity&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the judge responded&period; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve asked two or three times today&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Are you sorry&quest;” the grandfather asked Smith&comma; according to the station&period; The teen said he was sorry for what he did and for his &&num;8220&semi;homeboy&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a reference to Washington&comma; according to the station&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Smith’s co-defendants Jhavarske Jackson&comma; 23&comma; Jadarien Hardy&comma; 22 and La’Anthony Washington&comma; 22&comma; all of Montgomery&comma; Alabama&comma; entered guilty pleas on charges of felony murder&comma; burglary and theft in this case&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jackson was sentenced to 28 years in prison&period; Hardy is scheduled for sentencing in May&comma; while Washington is awaiting a new sentencing date&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The three other defendants still have scheduled trials for other crimes in Montgomery that reportedly occurred before they arrived in Elmore County&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jackson and Hardy are charged with murder in Montgomery County and Washington is charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree kidnapping&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;

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