A very important person has been missing from a 33-year-old man’s attempted murder trial this week in Hamilton County Criminal Court – the alleged victim.
Prosecutors told Kadarius Johnson they planned to call him to the witness stand this week because he gave information to the police that led to the arrest of Osei Sorrell on Sept. 23, 2015.
“I personally served Kadarius Johnson with a subpoena on Aug. 10, 2017, at the Hamilton County Probation Office,” an investigator for state prosecutors wrote Tuesday, referencing the court document that requires someone to report to court as a witness.
But come Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., when Sorrell’s trial began, Johnson was nowhere to be found. Prosecutors promptly sought a warrant for his capture. And though they reached him on the phone Wednesday, Johnson refused to come in, forcing prosecutors to continue Sorrell’s trial without the main victim and witness present.
Osei Hakeem Oba SorrellJohnson’s absence has had a mild effect.