A Miami woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a former assistant state attorney and others in the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office of intimidating her into testifying during the resentencing of a convicted gang leader.
Tricia Geter Pinder, a key witness in the case against her former boyfriend Corey Smith, alleges prosecutors lied to her and caused years of emotional distress. Smith, once the leader of the “John Does” gang, had his original death sentence overturned and was resentenced in 2024 to 30 years in prison.
According to the lawsuit, former assistant state attorney Michael Von Zamft and others pressured Geter Pinder to testify during the resentencing process. The complaint claims prosecutors threatened that convicted killers could target her and warned she could face jail or prosecution if she refused to cooperate…