Former DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy In Court On Murder Charges
By David Simpson
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
August 22, 2008
In a courtroom where Derrick Yancey often escorted shackled prisoners, it was Yancey who was shown to the defense table Thursday by his former colleagues in the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. Yancey, wearing a pinstriped suit and no handcuffs, made his first court appearance on murder charges for a 45-minute hearing on which judge will preside at his trial. He walked past 25 relatives and friends of his slain wife, Linda Yancey, without looking at them.
Linda Yancey, a 44-year-old juvenile intake officer for the Sheriff’s Office, and day laborer Marcial Cax Puluc, about 20, were found fatally shot in the Yanceys’ home near Stone Mountain June 9, 2008. Deputy Derrick Yancey told police that Cax Puluc killed his wife in an armed robbery attempt, forcing Yancey to shoot him.
HOWEVER, authorities said last week that lab tests showed that Derrick Yancey shot both victims. The district attorney’s office wants Superior Court Judge Anne Workman and all the county’s judges to disqualify themselves from the case because Yancey worked in their courtrooms.
Yancey, 49, resigned from the Sheriff’s Office last week. Don Geary, a chief assistant district attorney, said the public could mistrust rulings if they come from a judge who had worked with Yancey. “People will scream, ‘Home cooked. Look what he got. Nobody else is going to get that, he’s a deputy,’” Geary said.
Defense lawyer Keith Adams opposed the request, saying it would delay consideration of his request for Yancey’s release on bond. “If you’re in jail one day or six months, it’s a long time to be in jail,” Adams said. (it's a long time to burn in hell too, Deputy Yancey...)
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