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Venue change granted in Julian's manslaughter trialTuesday, March 25, 2008
In a brief appearance Monday before Circuit Judge Benjamin Lewis, Steven R. Julian, 46, of Altenburg, Mo., entered a plea of not guilty and his attorney, Stephen Wilson, filed a motion for a change of venue stating that he and prosecutors had agreed to send the case to Callaway County. Callaway County is just north of the state capitol of Jefferson City. There is a prison in Fulton, Mo., the county seat, as well as prisons in Audrain County to the north and two prisons, as well as the headquarters of the prison system, in Cole County to the south. A coroner's inquest held Feb. 26 determined that Julian was not justified in using deadly force when he attempted on Feb. 14 to apprehend parole absconder Zachary C. Snyder. Swingle charged Julian with involuntary manslaughter, a Class D felony, on Feb. 27. If convicted, Julian faces up to four years in state prison. Julian is currently free after posting $1,000 cash as a percentage of his $10,000 bond. He is on administrative leave and was required to turn in his firearm certification card after the shooting, standard policy for the corrections department. Julian is a fugitive apprehension officer. After Lewis accepted the not guilty plea and the motion for a change of venue, Swingle said he is certain that Julian will take the case to trial rather than accept a plea agreement. Swingle also said he allowed Julian and Wilson to select the county for a change of venue. "I told the defense that I would accept whatever county they decided to try it in, and they picked that one," Swingle said. The number of people in the county who are employed by the corrections department won't be an issue in the case, Swingle said, adding that he has conducted trials in the county before and expects no difficulties finding a fair jury. According to testimony at the inquest and sworn statements from investigators filed with the charges, Julian on Feb. 14 went to an apartment complex in the 2800 block of Themis Street on a tip that he would find Snyder, wanted on a fugitive warrant for violating his supervised probation since his release from the Department of Corrections after serving a sentence for possession of a controlled substance and stealing a motor vehicle in 2003. Julian was alone when he attempted to arrest Snyder. Julian pulled his gun as he approached Snyder and shot him in the back, according to testimony at the inquest. Wilson, Julian's attorney, declined to comment after the court hearing Monday. The location of the trial is immaterial to the case, Swingle said. "I think the facts of this case speak for themselves," he said. "It won't matter who the 12 jurors are." 335-6611, extension 126 Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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This newspaper is so biased it's pathetic. The article makes it sound like Julian got out of the car shooting. I don't blame them one bit for the change of venue. At least there will be the posibility of fairness.
The Southeast Missourian has previously done a pretty good job of reporting the facts on this case, but this article certainly does not contain enough detail to give anyone a very clear picture of what happened. From reading this, it would appear as tough Julian just got out of his car and shot the victim for no apparent reason. While many will have read previous articles and know what happened, some won’t and will get the wrong impression of what happened.
I'm not quite sure it gives the wrong impression.
The facts are that an agent shot an unarmed parole absconder in the back. The victim had never been convicted of a violent crime and had not physically harmed the agent. The victim was unarmed.
How many ways can you spin that?
For those of you worried about readers who are just now becoming aware of this story, I've put it all out there so you can put your worried minds to rest that they aren't getting the facts.
New readers, say hello to the facts as written below:
Steven R. Julian, an agent with the Missouri Department of Corrections, shot and killed a 23-year-old parole absconder during an arrest attempt on Valentine's Day of '08.
According to testimony from eye witnesses, police testimony, and that of the coroner, Julian shot the young man in the BACK.
Snyder was unarmed. Snyder is not a violent offender and has never been convicted of a violent crime. The 23-year-old male had not physically harmed the agent.
*Update*
A coroner's inquest found Steven R. Julian guilty of unjustified homocide by felony.
*Update*
Steven R. Julian is charged with involuntary manslaughter which carries a maximum penalty of up to 4 years in prison.
*Update*
Steven R. Julian pleads not guilty.
- Side Note - Steven say hello to the higher end of the maximum penalty for your charge :)
Justsomeone,
Your bias is obvious and your recitation of the facts are not complete. A significant amount of detail is missing which was included in previous articles. I have repeatedly said that I in no way defend Steve Julian's actions and that I accept the judgment of the Police and Prosecutor's Office. I personally think Julian's actions were improper from the minute he got out of his vehicle, but I believe a more detailed description of the events is needed in this story to give readers who are not familiar with it a clearer picture of what happened.
Let's hear the missing details that have spawned your moans.
Justsomeone,
Things mentioned previously included his failure to wait for backup, violation of the firearms policy of “The Fugitive Apprehension Unit”, failure to use a “Stun Gun” as opposed to his service weapon, did he attempt to handcuff the victim, witness observations, path of the bullet, and was he fleeing or attacking when he was shot and so on.
“Julian was alone when he attempted to arrest Snyder. Julian pulled his gun as he approached Snyder and shot him in the back”, just does not seem to provide sufficient detail to give someone who is unfamiliar with this case an idea of the actions or inactions of Julian or the victim.
one guy shot another guy in the back late one night .
this is what happened , this is what it is ...