Tiana Notice murder trial

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Homicide Victim's Father Breaks Down On The Witness Stand

By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, [email protected]
The Hartford Courant
4:59 p.m. EDT, October 19, 2011

NEW BRITAIN—
Alvin Notice broke down on the witness stand Wednesday as he was ask to identify a photo of his daughter as she lay dead.

"That's Tiana," he said, his voice cracking.

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Notice testified during the trial of his daughter's ex-boyfriend, James Carter Jr. Carter is accused of fatally stabbing the 25-year-old outside her Plainville apartment on Valentine's Day, 2009. Carter, 31, is being tried on charges of murder and criminal violation of a restraining order in Superior Court in New Britain.

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Notice's testimony lasted about 20 minutes. His brief display of emotion contrasted the tone of his earlier testimony about the video camera he had installed in his daughter's apartment. He explained how he installed the camera, and how it worked.

He installed the security camera a week before his daughter died, Notice testified. A deputy superintendent of state prisons in Massachusetts, he had installed two similar systems in the past, he said.

Notice installed the camera inside the apartment and aimed it out a window that faces the parking lot, he said.

The camera captured Notice fleeing her attacker and recorded her screams as she was being stabbed. The jury saw the tape — and still frames that showed the attacker leaving the scene — on Tuesday. The jury also heard a 911 tape in which Notice says her ex-boyfriend had stabbed her.

Also Wednesday, Christine Roy, a forensic science examiner at the state forensic laboratory, testified that blood found on Carter's jeans belonged to Tiana Notice.

Specifically, she said, the DNA was "consistent with Miss Notice being the source," she said.

Such a DNA profile would be found in no more than one in 7 billion people, she testified.


I am posting this because I had posted an article a while back about her Dad helping domestic violence victims. This man has volunteered his time, money and expertise to install security systems for domestic violence victims. Instead of being bitter about losing his daughter he is trying to protect others from that pain.

Big up Mr. Notice. you really are making a difference. My you find some comfort in knowing how proud your daughter would be.

[jamaica_dreamin]

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If I ever have a lot of $$$ his organization (I can not recall the name) is one I would love to help.

[jamaica_dreamin]

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Carter Said He Stabbed Tiana Notice, Defendant's Brother Testifies

By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, [email protected]
The Hartford Courant
8:31 p.m. EDT, October 18, 2011

NEW BRITAIN — —
James Carter Jr. and his brother Brandon are close.

They've gone out together. They used to text back and forth. And they've always lived together, even after they moved out of their parents' house.

But on Tuesday, during Carter's murder trial in Superior Court, Brandon testified against his older brother.

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Besides murder, James Carter Jr. is charged with violating a restraining order that was meant to protect his ex-girlfriend, Tiana Notice. She was fatally stabbed on Valentine's Day, 2009.

When prosecutor Paul Rotiroti asked Brandon Carter about a phone call he received that night, he testified that his older brother had called him.

"He, uh, he basically told me that he stabbed Tiana a few times," Brandon Carter said.

He also testified that he and his older brother are close.

"We have a great relationship," he told Rotiroti. "We're really tight."

When Rotiroti asked Brandon Carter to point out the defendant for the court, James Carter Jr. nodded slightly.

Later, when the jury was out of the courtroom, the defendant began crying, and Judge Frank M. D'Addabbo Jr. called for a recess. A judicial marshal led Carter from the courtroom.

Nikia Fulton, who was Brandon's girlfriend when Notice was killed, also testified about the phone call from Carter. She was right next to Brandon, she said, and she could hear what Carter was saying.

She and Brandon Carter testified that James Carter Jr. drove them that evening in his PT Cruiser to buy Valentine's Day gifts for the men's parents. They delivered them to the parents' Windsor home and left, they said. A PT Cruiser was later seen leaving the homicide scene outside Notice's Plainville apartment, according to testimony.

Later, a rapt jury watched a video clip that showed Notice's last movements before she died. Public defender Christopher Eddy had argued that the tape was inflammatory, but he was overruled.

The 10-minute tape showed Notice, 25, getting out of her car and walking toward her apartment door. She suddenly begins screaming and running, with someone in pursuit. The screaming continues for some time. A figure moves past the camera, leaving the scene.

Rotiroti, with help from inspector James Hankard, later showed the jury 13 still pictures that were taken from the tape. They depicted a person with close-cropped hair. At the time, Carter had very short hair.

"It's a better view of a person fleeing the scene," Rotiroti said when opposing Eddy's objection to the pictures.

The jury also saw autopsy photos. Notice had been stabbed on her chest — where the fatal wound was — and on her left arm and right shoulder, Dr. Wayne Carver, the state's chief medical examiner testified. The wound to one of her fingers was so severe a piece of her finger was missing.

In all, there were "18 separate injuries from a knife," Carver said.

The first person on the stand Tuesday was James Carter Sr., whose testimony could help his son, even though he was testifying for the state. Although he didn't elaborate, the senior Carter said his son had three sessions with a psychiatrist before he and Notice broke up.

His son's defense is that he was experiencing an extreme emotional disturbance the night of the stabbing



At least the accused killers brother is doing the right thing. I can not begin to imagine how hard it must be for him and his family.

[jamaica_dreamin]

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RIP Tiana. You were beautiful.

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A photo of Mr. Notice


( CLOE POISSON / HARTFORD COURANT / November 25, 2010 )
vin Notice (right) talks to his partner Chris Louma (visible on TV screen) on his cell phone as Louma adjusts a video camera they installed on the corner of the home of a domestic violence victim. Notice formed a non-profit called the Tiana Angelique Notice Foundation in honor of his daughter who was killed in a domestic violence dispute last year. The foundation will provide and install video cameras on the homes of domestic violence victims so they can prove to police when their former partners violate restraining orders against them.

The foundation is named after his beautiful daughter.

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'I Don't Regret What I Did,' Murder Defendant Said In Letter



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By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, [email protected]
The Hartford Courant
7:30 p.m. EDT, October 21, 2011

NEW BRITAIN— — Months after James Carter was charged with fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend, Tiana Notice, he wrote, "I don't regret what I did," according to a letter read at his murder trial Friday.

A clerk read the letter, written while Carter was in prison, to the Superior Court jury, which later heard a second letter from Carter. Carter unleashed anger toward Notice in both letters, which were sprinkled with expletives.

Both letters were seized by correction officers; Carter had been in jail since his Feb. 15, 2009, arrest, a few hours after the Valentine's Day killing.

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The state rested its case after the letters were read. No testimony is planned for Monday. The defense is expected to begin presenting its case Tuesday.

In the first letter, dated June 3, 2009, and addressed to a James Johnson, Carter says, "If you try to [expletive] me over, it's going to take a Navy Seal to stop me. ... I don't regret what I did because that [censored] was out for blood."

Carter also said Notice and the police should have left him alone. "Now look what happened," he wrote.

He also wrote that his lawyer will argue that he was suffering from "extreme emotional distress that Tiana caused."

In the second letter, to James Carter Sr., his father, he blames Notice for running up bills.

"I'm glad that [censored] is dead," he wrote in the letter, dated June 7, 2011. "I hope her [censored] is burning in hell with a pitchfork as big as Texas in it."

He also expressed anger at Notice's family.

"Tiana and her family are in my way and must be taught a lesson," he wrote. "People die because they don't know when to back down."

After the jury left for the weekend, Judge Frank M. D'Addabbo Jr. lifted a suicide watch on Carter as Carter had requested. Another judge had ordered the watch during Carter's 2009 arraignment.

Public Defender Christopher Eddy is expected to argue that Carter experienced an "extreme emotional disturbance" at the time of the stabbing. His father testified this week that his son had three sessions with a psychiatrist.

The state has called more than 30 witnesses since testimony started Oct. 13. They included a forensic examiner who testified that a blood stain on Carter's jeans contained Notice's DNA. Another key witness was Carter's brother, who testified that Carter called him the night of the crime and said he had stabbed Notice.

Prosecutor Paul Rotiroti also offered the jury about 80 exhibits, including a 911 tape in which Notice says her ex-boyfriend just stabbed her. In addition, the jury saw surveillance video of a screaming Notice fleeing her attacker outside her Plainville apartment. Thirteen still photos pulled from the video showed that the person had short, cropped hair, the way Carter wore it at the time.

In ruling against Eddy's motion to acquit Carter, the judge said Friday there is "sufficient evidence for a jury to reasonably find a verdict of guilty."

[Skelly]

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This creature is sick! Death too good for him. Him need fi get stab an dress up then stab again everyday fi di ress a him pathetic life!

[jamaica_dreamin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This creature is sick! Death too good for him. Him need fi get stab an dress up then stab again everyday fi di ress a him pathetic life! </div></div>

I have to agree as it was absolutely premeditated (calling locksmiths to try to get into her apartment) And, he shows no remorse.

[jamaica_dreamin]

Tianna's killer convicted


Jury Finds Carter Guilty Of Murder
Convicted Of Killing Ex-Girlfriend Tiana Notice


By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, [email protected]
The Hartford Courant
4:11 p.m. EDT, November 1, 2011

NEW BRITAIN—
James Carter Jr. was found guilty of murder Tuesday by a jury in Superior Court in New Britain.

Jurors reached their verdict on the second full day of deliberations. Carter killed his ex-girlfriend, Tiana Notice, on Valentine's Day 2009 in Plainville.


Prosecutor Paul Rotiroti urged jurors to find Carter guilty, arguing Carter's actions that day were part of a well-designed plan that showed intent and premeditation. Carter picked up a kitchen knife, drove to Notice's apartment and called a locksmith to open her door, he said.

He was also found guilty of violating a restraining order.

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y soo manee oomen luv fi tekk upp dangerous men

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body">y soo manee oomen luv fi tekk upp dangerous men </div></div>

Sad, but true.

From what I have read this young lady had everything going for her. Very sad!

[Suesumba]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body">y soo manee oomen luv fi tekk upp dangerous men </div></div>

it's always the woman's fault eh blu? what is it about a man who only feel empowered by wreaking havoc on someone he's supposed to love? when women meet these men, they're not exactly brandishing knives, they're usually charming and progress to their evil ways.

[SandiF]

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My thoughts as well Sue.

Tiana Notice is without fault... When she met this monster she had no idea that he would kill her. Stop blaming the victim and the stupid broad sweeping.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SueSumba</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body">y soo manee oomen luv fi tekk upp dangerous men </div></div>

it's always the woman's fault eh blu? what is it about a man who only feel empowered by wreaking havoc on someone he's supposed to love? when women meet these men, they're not exactly brandishing knives, they're usually charming and progress to their evil ways. </div></div>

[Jazz]

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So so sad

She did all the right things when she found out he was potentially dangerous... she left him, she filed a restraining order... she was staying away from him... the system is what failed her - that and a deranged psychopath who did not know how to take NO for an answer.

Blu really? *smh*

[jamaica_dreamin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jazz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So so sad

She did all the right things when she found out he was potentially dangerous... she left him, she filed a restraining order... she was staying away from him... the system is what failed her - that and a deranged psychopath who did not know how to take NO for an answer.

Blu really? *smh* </div></div>

I did not mean to blame the victim. I was simply agreeing that a lot of women go for the bad boys. Yes, she did try to do all of the right things to protect herself.

The thing that gets me is Mr. Carter's lack of remorse. He wrote something to the effect of &quot;Tianna's family is lucky that I did not make it a closed casket&quot;.