Lawyers for Leilani Simon, who’s accused of killing her 20-month-old son Quinton Simon, argued the murder charges should be dismissed because the prosecution didn’t provide enough information in the days before Simon’s arraignment.
The defense’s court filings in Chatham County, Georgia, Monday and Wednesday didn’t prevent Thursday’s arraignment, where the 22-year-old mom of three pleaded not guilty to all charges in the 19-count indictment.
The prosecution and defense sparred over bail, but the judge sided with the prosecution and denied bond, saying Simon is considered a flight risk.
On Monday, Simon’s defense team filed a motion to dismiss the most serious three charges — malice murder and two counts of murder — because they’re “imperfect in form and the accused is entitled to more information.”
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Specifically, her defense team argued that the state failed to “allege any manner of death,” according to the filings obtained by Fox News Digital.
According to the indictment, Simon used an unknown object to beat her son, which did “result in serious bodily injury” and “cause Quinton’s death.”
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The fatal Oct. 5 assault caused the toddler “cruel and excessive physical pain,” the indictment alleges.
In a separate court filing Wednesday, the defense said four of the 15 counts of making false statements should also be dismissed, which include three denials that she threw her baby in a dumpster and denying that she used drugs on Oct. 4, a day before the alleged fatal assault.
The defense argued that the allegations of concealing the death of another are already a state crime, which is count four of the indictment, and the fifth amendment protects against self-incrimination.
The judge said she will schedule a motion hearing to discuss this week’s filings but didn’t set a date yet.
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