Bob Motta on Sarah Grace Patrick Case: Why Did the Prosecution Need 7 More Months? | Defense Attorney Analysis
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🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down the Sarah Grace Patrick trial delay and the questions surrounding the prosecution's "mountains of evidence" claim.
Sarah Grace Patrick was 16 years old when her mother Kristin Brock and stepfather James Brock were found shot to death in their Carroll County, Georgia home on February 20th, 2025. Their young daughter discovered the bodies. Sarah called 911. She was arrested five months later and charged as an adult with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault.
At the time of her arrest, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office told the press they had "mountains of evidence" against her. But when the January 5th, 2026 trial date arrived, the prosecution wasn't ready to proceed. They told Judge Dustin Hightower they needed time to review a defense neuropsychologist's evaluation and possibly hire their own expert. The trial was pushed to August 3rd, 2026.
Bob Motta examines what this delay tells us about the state's confidence in their case. He addresses the double standard of the defense's continuance motion being denied while the prosecution gets seven months. He breaks down what it means when prosecutors signal they need to rebut a defense expert before even seeing the final report.
We also dig into what evidence has actually been disclosed — and what hasn't. No murder weapon. No forensics made public. Claims about disabled cameras that remain unproven. And social media activity being treated like a smoking gun.
Is this a case built on substance or press conference soundbites? Bob Motta gives his assessment and explains what both sides need to do before August.
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| 0:29.8 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:38.3 | The murder trial of Sarah Grace Patrick scheduled to begin now. |
| 0:43.9 | Well, it's not happening. |
| 0:45.4 | The case has now been pushed to August 3rd, a seven-month delay after prosecutors told Judge |
| 0:51.0 | Dustin Hightower they would need time to review a defense neuropsychologist |
| 0:55.9 | evaluation and potentially hire their own expert to rebut it. Sarah Grace Patrick is 17 years old. |
| 1:03.8 | She's charged as an adult with two counts of murder. And the shooting deaths of her mother, |
| 1:09.1 | Christine Brock and stepfather James Brock, |
| 1:11.4 | the couple was found shot in their bed in Carroll County, Georgia, in February 20th, the |
| 1:15.6 | 20th, 2025. Their young daughter discovered the bodies. She was five. Sarah, the older sister, |
| 1:22.0 | now being charged with the murders, called 911. Five months later, she was arrested. After the |
| 1:27.1 | sheriff's office announced they had |
| 1:28.6 | mountains of evidence, as they like to say, against her. But no murder weapon has been produced, |
| 1:34.4 | no forensic evidence has been publicly disclosed, no firearm was found at the scene, and the |
| 1:38.1 | defense's earlier motion for continuance, citing incomplete discovery was denied. Yet when the state needed more time they got seven months |
| 1:46.3 | joining me now to break it all down and what this delay means and what questions remain |
| 1:50.4 | unanswered is defense attorney bob moda bob yeah this is a crazy case umy were both on |
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