MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A judge on Thursday held a no-show witness in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena to testify at a capital murder trial in June.
Mobile County prosecutors have said that Jamia Zabri Campbell’s failure to testify was one factor leading charges to be dismissed against Julian Demond Woods, who was accused of gunning down two people in the parking lot of the Main Street Food Mart in Prichard on June 1, 2022.
Mobile County Circuit Judge Vicki Davis held a contempt hearing over two days, July 13 and July 23. The judge ordered Campbell to appear both days. Davis reset the first hearing to give Campbell’s attorney additional time to reach her…