{"id":55,"date":"2023-01-22T16:39:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T16:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2023-01-22T16:39:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T16:39:43","slug":"darius-miles-hires-turner-law-group-of-tuscaloosa-issues-new-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/2023\/01\/22\/darius-miles-hires-turner-law-group-of-tuscaloosa-issues-new-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Darius Miles Hires Turner Law Group of Tuscaloosa, Issues New Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Alabama men\u2019s basketball player Darius Miles will now be represented by Turner Law Group of Tuscaloosa and says that he was unaware of a statement made on his behalf last Sunday, according to\u00a0 24\/7 Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Miles was one of two men charged with capital murder after a fatal shooting on The Strip on Sunday, and Miles’ previous attorneys at Boles Holmes White LLC released a statement from Miles<\/a> that said Miles was \u201cheartbroken\u201d over the death of Jamea Harris, 23, of Birmingham, Alabama, maintained his innocence and \u201clooked forward to his day in court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turner Law Group issued\u00a0the following statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cDarius, his family, and all of us at Turner Law Group first and foremost want to express our deepest sympathy and condolences to the family and friends of Jamea Jonae Harris,\u201d the new statement said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a tragic and sad situation and our hearts go out to all of those who have been hurt by her death. Darius is distraught over this situation and deeply saddened by the death of Ms. Harris.<\/p>\n

\u201cDarius is also saddened by any negative light shed on the University of Alabama, his coaches, his teammates and his family, all of whom have been positive influences in his life. Darius and his family appreciate all who have shown their concern, offered prayers and tried to help him during this difficult time and asks that all keep Ms. Harris\u2019s loved ones in your prayers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn light of statements made by the media and other people who were not present or otherwise have a personal interest in the outcome of this case that are contrary to the limited evidence previously released by local law enforcement, we encourage everyone to withhold judgment.<\/p>\n

\u201cDarius will be represented by Mary Turner, Kayla Griffin, and Grace Prince of Turner Law Group. As our investigation is ongoing, we will be making no further statements at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Alabama men\u2019s basketball player Darius Miles will now be represented by Turner Law Group of Tuscaloosa and says that he was unaware of a statement made on his behalf last Sunday, according to\u00a0 24\/7 Sports. Miles was one of two men charged with capital murder after a fatal shooting on The Strip on Sunday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[21,19,20],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalchk.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}