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Hello! It has been a little while since we've talked to you guys. This is Megan

and Jack Moore. We have one. We just learned today that Darren

Wint has lost his appeal and he will not get a retrial. Today, because of the circumstances,

we've got a tiny bit of a recap so we can all get our heads around this thing. Jack, the last time we were here was when a Darren Wint's defense team filed the appeal.

December of 2020 or January of 2021. The basis of the appeal is a little complicated legally but it can be boiled down to, basically, Darren Wint's defense attorneys wanted to call an additional witness at the trial.

The way the trial played out is the prosecution goes first, then the defense gets a chance to put on its case and that's when Darren took the stand and, of course, he blames his brothers.

That was his defense. Then the prosecution gets another crack during rebuttal and that's where they put D'Areal Wint on the stand and spent some time basically trying to provide an alibi for him.

That's when we learned that D'Areal was in Gather's burr, according to the evidence that he was buying a pizza of his own with Garnett and having it with his kids.

And also when we learned of the infamous Haters Hate video.

Watch them hate, I say, they give it. I'm so glad to. Every time I hit this street, I bet that freaks go up for it. Yes, yes, you know they go me. He's not more than enough. I see I brought. I give that just the way I put it.

Which was uploaded to YouTube on May 13, 2015, which is when the Sevopolis family and Virigaro were taken hostage on Woodland Drive.

So basically it gave D'Areal an alibi that he was there and everyone remembered him being there.

Exactly. And so then after that happened, the prosecution rests its case. And in that phase of the trial, the defense is also rested its case.

They wanted to call an additional witness, a woman named Akiya Williams, who lived at the house in Gather's burr with Anthony Anderson.

And she would have her testimony, according to the grand jury, may have weakened D'Areal's alibi somewhat because she testified in the grand jury that whenever D'Areal stopped by, he always called her texted.

And the problem is in the call records, there's no evidence. There's nothing. There's no calls or texts on May 13, 2015.

There is some calls and texts on May 19. So the defense was saying, it isn't it more likely that the day D'Areal went to Gather's burr and watched the haters.

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