State vs. Abayomi Aipete
Continuous Sex Abuse of a Child under 14
Lead: Shanna Gosey
2nd Chair: Deborah Bankhead
DA Investigator: Barry Maxwell
DA Victim Advocate: Audri Graham
Investigating Agency: Grand Prairie Police Department
The defendant continually sexually abused the victim in this case from the time they were six to eight years old. Medical evidence corroborated the victim’s statements. The defendant absconded but was apprehended trying to cross the border into Canada after learning of a police investigation.
GUILTY and sentenced to LIFE in prison without the possibility of parole.
State vs. Desmond Gregoire
Capital Murder
Prosecutor: Chelsea McHenry
DA Investigators: Martin Bosse, John Valdez
DA Victim Advocate: Sandra Walker
Investigating Agency: Dallas Police Department
The defendant went to a 7-11 where the victim was to get back his bag of marijuana that had been taken from him a few days prior. He proceeded to shoot the victim as he ran away and took a bag from the victim as he lay on the ground. The charged co-defendant drove him to the offense location and drove him away after the shooting took place.
GUILTY plea and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
State vs. Raymond Garner
Murder
Lead: Emily Antram
2nd Chair: Leah Dintino
DA Investigator: John Schingle
DA Legal Assistant: Regina Taylor
DA Victim Advocate: Melinda Shelton
Investigating Agency: Dallas Police Department
On December 8, 2024, Chonseya Robinson was out with her dear friend and trail-ride sister, Shelina Alexander, and Shelina’s boyfriend, the defendant. At the end of the evening, Shelina planned to spend the night with the defendant and Chonseya would drive home to Forth Worth, but an argument caused Shelina to have second thoughts about spending the night. When Shelina changed her mind again, she drove back to the defendant’s apartment where another argument occurred in the parking lot. With Shelina on the driver’s side of the car, the defendant pulled out a gun and shot eight times in the direction of Shelina and the car, killing Chonseya, who was in the passenger seat. The defendant then fled in his car, never returning to his apartment or job.
GUILTY on Manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
State vs. Jadariuce Ladalle Devoils
Aggravated Assault wit ha Deadly Weapon
Lead: Ashley Sako
2nd Chair: Taylor Cowin
DA Investigator: Jesse Cantu
Investigating Agency: Dallas Police Department
The victim unknowingly gave the defendant a counterfeit $20 bill to buy a drink and a cigarette at a food mart. When the defendant was told that the money was counterfeit, he told the clerk he was going to kill the man who gave him the money. The defendant then went back to the victim, shot him nine times and then ran.
A jury found the defendant guilty, and the judge sentenced him to 10 years and 6 months in prison. The victim was in prison and was in a six-month program to be released on parole. The judge added six months to the sentence to compensate for the victim having to restart his program.
GUILTY and sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison.
State vs. Mauricio Mireles
Intoxication Manslaughter
Prosecutor: Andrew James
DA Investigator: Eric Knight
DA Paralegal: Maria Cantrell
Investigating Agency: Dallas Police Department
On October 21, 2023, Robert Charles Bailey was walking along the sidewalk next to Bishop Lynch High School around 1:55 am. The defendant was driving east on Ferguson Road in his Lexus sedan and as the road curved slightly north, he continued straight, off the road, up the curb, striking Mr. Bailey and sending him into the air and to his death. The defendant then crashed through a telephone pole, knocking out power to the area. The crash was captured on video from the Bishop Lynch Parking lot.
When police arrived, the defendant was sitting on the curb, a few feet away from Mr. Bailey’s dead body. When asked what happened, the defendant said he was drunk driving. The defendant was cooperative with the investigation, consented to giving a blood specimen and his Blood Alcohol Content was 0.116 about two hours after the crash.
The defendant had no criminal history and no bond violations. He pleaded guilty and true to the deadly weapon allegation. The jurors saw the crash video, some of the police bodycam videos, heard from several officers who investigated the case, and from three members of the Bailey family -- including his widow and mother of his 12-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter. The defense called a probation officer, pre-trial bond supervision, the defendant’s father, a close friend of the defendant, and the defendant also testified. We asked the jury to sentence him to at least 10 years in prison. The defense asked for probation. After deliberating for an hour and 20 minutes, the jury sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
GUILTY and sentenced to 10 years in prison + deadly weapon finding.
