Deal Rejected For "Hiccup Girl"! The Trial On!

Murder trial for Jennifer Mee, the former internet celebrity.

The deal to get out of the iron college after 15 years is rejected by the court. I guess its jury selection for Jennifer Mee, the 22-year old woman who is accused in the murder of Shannon Griffin. I guess she's going to gamble on the trial that may send her to the iron college for the rest of her life.

I've taken interest in this one. The young woman was a former internet celebrity. She became a focal point of news sensation for the uncontrollable hiccups. A young woman who had the nation aid her in her crisis of unstoppable hiccups. After a few months of therapy, she was "cured" of them.

Shannon Griffin was murdered by two men. Jennifer Mee is accused of luring Griffin to his death.

During the downtime of her internet celebrity, she ran with a dope boy name Lamont Newtown. She would often runaway from her family to live with him. He would keep his "down ass bitch" in line by telling her things that makes her self-esteem feel good. One thing was to help him make money. She would tell fiends that her boy sells dope.

Her boyfriend Newtown and LaRon Raiford would eventually shoot and killed a man. Who would of thought that Mee met this guy on the social networks.

Life In the iron college for Laron Raiford.

Shannon Griffin was the victim in an apparent robbery gone wrong.  Griffin met her on the social networks and wanted to get with her. He was a survivor of Hurricane Katrina and wanted to start a new life in Florida. He meets her and hangs with her.

His family expressed some sort of concern about her. Maybe it was her demeanor or the fact that she carried celebrity or one of the same. It was the fact that the family didn't trust her.

It's was proven right when they've found out that the young man was killed and the girl was no where to be found. After all they've left together, how the hell could she not know?

Mee denies that she "set up" Griffin. But the prosecutors are saying otherwise. They've painted the woman as a cold, manipulative and heartless individual who felt that "being a thug" was the only way to survive.

Mee wanted to be a product of the hood. I guess it caught up with her.
The Associated Press reports that after a day of questioning dozens of people, prosecutors and attorneys for Jennifer Mee selected a jury of 12, plus four alternates. Pinellas County Judge Nancy Moate Ley told potential jurors that the trial would probably wrap up by the end of the week, and opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Mee is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Shannon Griffin, a 22-year-old Wal-Mart worker. Prosecutors say Mee lured Griffin to a St. Petersburg home under the pretense of buying marijuana — but instead, two of Mee's friends robbed him at gunpoint. Griffin struggled with the suspects and was shot several times.

Trial for Mee's former boyfriend Lamont Newton.

Detectives said Mee accepted a friend request from Griffin on a social networking website five or six days before the robbery, but it was unclear if Griffin had recognized her as the "hiccup girl."

Mee's co-defendant, LaRon Raiford, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in August. Lamont Newton, the other co-defendant who was also Mee's boyfriend at the time of the crime, has not yet gone to trial.

At issue is whether Mee is a bystander or the person who planned the robbery — prosecutors say she played an active role in planning the robbery, which led to Griffin's death. Under Florida law, people can be convicted of murder if they commit a serious felony crime — such as robbery — and someone was killed as a result.

John Trevena, Mee's attorney, said his client suffered from Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that can cause involuntary movements and speech problems. He said that the hiccups were one symptom of Tourette's and that he will mention that during the trial.

"It won't be used as a direct cause for what occurred but it might help explain her errors in judgment and her often thoughtless response to law enforcement," said Trevena, who said that Mee did not participate in the robbery.

He added that his client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and that he plans to explain that to the jury as well.

Trevena said Mee has been in Pinallas lock up pending trial since her October 2010 arrest — much of that time in isolation because detention deputies say she is a high profile inmate.

Mee has experienced periodic bouts of hiccups while in jail, said Trevena, and she is being treated with a drug called thorazine, which treats psychotic disorders.

"It controls the hiccups," he said.

Mee wore a teal dress and her long, dark hair loose during the first day of the trial. She looked sadly at the potential jurors when the charge against her was read by the judge.

Mee is not facing the death penalty. If convicted, she will face life in the iron college without the possibility of parole.

We here at Journal de la Reyna want a fair trial. We believe that Mee is innocent until proven guilty.

I wonder if Keith Urban is watching this?