Thursday, March 1, 2012
A defense expert said mental illness and an on-again, off-again affair were a fatal combination.
The defense team in the Hemy Neuman murder trial offered jurors more detailed testimony about what they portrayed as a delusional mind made more dangerous by an on-again, off-again affair with the victim’s wife. "Mr. Neuman is not criminally responsible for the death of Rusty Sneiderman," testified Adriana Flores, a forensic psychologist who was the sole witness on Thursday. "At the time of the shooting, Mr. Neuman did not have the mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong." Neuman has pleaded not guilty by reason on insanity in the killing of Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman, who was gunned down in Nov. 2010 after dropping his child off at a Dunwoody daycare center. Flores testified that Neuman wore a disguise, threw the murder …
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The defense called Neuman's sister and two mental health experts as they began to lay out their case.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The defense team began to lay out its case today in the Hemy Neuman homicide trial. For the first time, the defense made plain what it had been hinting at during the first six days of the trial: Their client was manipulated into action by his co-worker, Andrea Sneiderman, the victim’s widow. "Obviously our defense in this case is first of all, Mr. Sneiderman is sick. Second, that he has been manipulated by Andrea Sneiderman," said defense attorney Doug Peters. Neuman has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and his lawyers have said he saw visions of an angel and demon who urged him to kill. Andrea Sneiderman is the widow of Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman who was gunned down on the morning of Nov. 18, 2010 in front of the Dunwoody day …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Prosecutors presented evidence that Neuman and the wife of Russell "Rusty" Snedierman were in frequent contact by phone.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
After six days of testimony, prosecutors rested their case in the murder trial of Hemy Neuman. The state presented more than 141 pieces of evidence and about 80 witnesses and experts in making its case against Neuman, a former GE Energy executive who is accused of gunning down a Dunwoody businessman in front of a Dunwoody day care center in Nov. 2010. The case continues to have an almost soap-opera quality, with allegations from both the prosecution and defense that the Andrea Sneiderman, the widow of 36-year-old Rusty Sneiderman, was having an affair with Neuman, who was her boss. The prosecution rested Tuesday afternoon, after spending much of the day not only tracking Neuman's movements, but also the number of times he exchanged calls …
Monday, February 27, 2012
"I don't think I need to be a suspect."-- Hemy Neuman being questioned by Dunwoody Police.
Monday marked the first day that the jury in the Hemy Nueman trial got to hear from the defendant in the form of a videotaped interview between Neuman and the Dunwoody Police in January 2011. The five hours of questioning were recorded about six weeks after Dunwoody businessman Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman was gunned down in front of the daycare center where he had just dropped off his 2-year-old son. "I did not pull the trigger on the gun that killed Rusty Sneiderman," Neuman told the police more three hours into the interview. Police detectives prodded him, asking why they haven't heard Neuman flatly declare that he didn't do it. Detectives frequently pointed out how nervous Neuman appeared, and made remarks such as, "You're shaking like a…
Friday, February 24, 2012
Review the testimony, including courtroom video.
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Prosecutors said Andrea Sneiderman should not be in the courtroom, and they called witnesses to detail the day of her husband's killing.
Day four of testimony in the Hemy Neuman trial began with a startling development - the victim’s widow, Andrea Sneiderman, was banished from the courthouse unless she is called back to the stand to testify. Both the prosecutor, Don Geary, and defense attorney, Doug Peters , wanted her out and said she was violating the judge’s order to avoid contact with other witnesses in the case. Have you missed a day in the trial? Catch up on this week's testimony, including video. They said that her actions in the courtroom and in the hallways could prejudice the jury. While sitting in the gallery, she has shaken her head from side to side and said "no," and "That's a lie" while witnesses were testifying. She hugged one witness in front of jurors and …
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Prosecutors continued to call witnesses who disputed portions of widow Andrea Neuman's testimony.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Thursday was a half day of court in the trial of Hemy Neuman, who has admitted to gunning down Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman in front of a daycare center in Dunwoody. The most emotional part of the day was when Sneiderman's father, Donald, took the stand while a large photo of his late son was on display. Donald Sneiderman recalled the day that his daughter-in-law, Andrea Sneiderman, called him to say that she was on her way to her child’s daycare and that Rusty had been shot. He also testified that when family and friends were gathered in mourning some days later, Andrea Sneiderman introduced him to Neuman, who was her boss at the time. Much of the testimony has centered on whether the widow and the suspect had been having an affair. Andrea …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The prosecutor sums up his opening argument: "To boil it down to a sentence, the man wanted someone else's wife."
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Prosecutors laid out their argument Tuesday in the trial of Hemy Neuman, depicting him as a calculated killer who was not mentally ill when he shot a man outside a Dunwoody daycare center in 2010. "To boil it down to a sentence, the man wanted someone else's wife," said Assistant District Attorney Don Geary. Neuman has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The victim, Russell 'Rusty' Sneiderman, was gunned down in Nov. 2010 after dropping off his 2-year-old son at daycare. Defense lawyers argued that Neuman was mentally ill and obsessed with Sneiderman's wife, Andrea. The Defense said that Neuman's father, a Holocaust survivor, was emotionally damaged by that experience and that he physically abused Hemy Neuman and his …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Opening arguments will be held Tuesday morning.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thursday morning, jury selection in the trial of Hemy Neuman concluded. After two days of questionning jurors, attorneys cut down jury pool to 16, with 12 jurors and 4 alternates. Neuman is facing murder charges related to the Nov. 18, 2010 killing of Russell 'Rusty' Sneiderman, 36. Sneiderman was gunned down outside of Dunwoody Prep, a preschool, shortly after he dropped off his 2-year-old son. Thursday, as attorneys discussed a motion filed by the defense to supress any discussion of delusional issues, as the defense would not be claiming they played a part in the shooting. Attorneys discussed what psychologists hired by the defense found in their examination of Neuman. Neuman allegedly believed he was the actual father of the …
Jury selection continues from a pool of 45 potential jurors
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
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Kay
8:18 am on Thursday, March 1, 2012
In my opinion she probably did to Neuman the same thing she did to her friend Shayna Citron....and now AS is "just doing what she has to do". She probably WILL do whatever it takes to keep that two million dollars! I think she tried to protect Neuman until she knew the police had figured out he was the shooter. Then she tried to throw him under the bus. It seems she has incriminated herself by … more ›