Feb 22, 2008 2:06 pm US/Eastern
Court To Hear Taped Confession In Homeless Death
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ―
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A court decided it will allow a statement be presented in court which was made by then 18-year old Billy Ammons in the death of Norris Gaynor.
CBS4 News
A Ft. Lauderdale judge ruled on Friday she will allow a taped confession be presented as evidence in the murder of a South Florida homeless man in 2006 by accused 20-year old Billy Ammons.
At issue is whether the statement made by then 18-year old Ammons was properly obtained.
Now 20-years old, Ammons is charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in the attacks on three homeless men in 2006 including Norris Gaynor.
At first denying that he was involved in any of the attacks, Ammons reportedly admitted to detectives that he was there when Gaynor was beaten to death in 2006.
Two other men, 20-year old Brian Hooks and 19-year old Thomas Daugherty, have also been charged in Gaynor's death. They've also been charged with aggravated battery in the videotaped beating of another homeless man, 58-year old Jacques Pierre, who was attacked the Fort Lauderdale campus of Florida Atlantic University.
An attorney for Ammons is trying to prevent a jury from seeing his client's recorded statements by arguing that Ammons was not properly informed of his Miranda rights.
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