A Lee County judge has denied a second request for youthful offender status by one of the four former Auburn University football players accused of robbery during a March home invasion.
Lee County Circuit Court Judge Chris Hughes denied a motion by Shaun Kitchens to reconsider the 19-year-old’s application for youthful offender status late last week.
If granted, youthful offender status would have sealed court records and proceedings and possibly resulted in a lesser sentence.
Kitchens’ attorney, Harold Morris, had no comment regarding his client’s plans after the denial, though he did say Kitchens would not enter a plea at this time.
Morris filed the motion July 1 after Hughes initially denied the protection to the former Tiger in June. Dakota Mosley, 19, and Antonio Goodwin, 20, were also denied youthful offender status. Former player Michael McNeil, 22, is ineligible for youthful offender status.
Goodwin’s attorney, Lauryn Lauderdale, said she would not file a motion for reconsideration.
The three requested youthful offender at their arraignments instead of entering pleas. McNeil pleaded not guilty.
Kitchens, McNeil, Mosley and Goodwin were indicted by a Lee County grand jury in May on multiple counts of first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and third-degree theft of property in connection an alleged home invasion in March.
Mosley also faces an additional misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to hinder business.
The four are scheduled to go to trial during the three-week circuit court criminal session beginning Oct. 31.
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