Ruthless Pre-Sentencing Memorandum for Kouri Richins

Added: 2026-05-14

[00:00:00]than the Moscow mule. And then she's staying in the room now. We know the TV is up. She's in the room for a significant period of time and telling the boys to get away, not coming into the room. She never slept in the room because when she finally went to address the son's concerns, he pretended to be asleep. Hello, my true crime lovelies.

[00:00:20]How are you? I hope you are well. If not, I hope you're on your way to getting there. It's been a long time since you and I have sat down together and I've turned 55 since then. I'm usually not a tell people it's my birthday kind of girl. Thank you for all the well wishes for those of you guys who send me emails and notes. Um I'm that's usually not my vibe, but at 55 I'm like I don't care anymore. I am I've lived probably more than half my life, right? I have less life left and so I'm I'm you know running out of um it's too early in the video to say it but use your imagination. I'm fresh out.

[00:00:57]I'm fresh out of the fs. Right. Okay.

[00:00:59]Anyway, let's get into Corey Richens. It is the day of reckoning for her. She Today is the day they warned her she would ru honey and Bloodworth has written the most beautiful pre-sentencing statement and so I wanted to read it and I wanted to give it the flare that I imagine him having. And so, thank you for joining me on this uh on this little journey on this little on this little middle finger professional FU uh to Miss Corey Darden Richens. I hope they make her change her name. Mr. Bworth didn't mention it, but you and I, we know. So, sentencing state sentencing memorandum. On Valentine's Day 2022, Corey Darden Richens tried and failed to murder her husband and the father of her three young children, Eric Richens. Over the next 17 days, she did not think, "What have I done?" Rather, she thought, "How can I do better?" And then she murdered Eric in the presence of their children using poison and for money.

[00:02:37]Such a person should never again lurk among the rest of us. Her children should never worry that they may one day encounter her. Accordingly, the state requests that the court impose a sentence of life in prison without parole. Cory Richens has earned it. Her children deserve it. Only this court can order it.

[00:03:03]State sentencing request.

[00:03:07]Request one, count one, aggravated murder. The court should order the defendant to serve in prison without parole.

[00:03:15]The court should order the defendant to serve life in prison without parole.

[00:03:22]LWOP.

[00:03:23]Count two, attempted aggravated murder.

[00:03:27]The court should order the defendant to serve five years to life in prison consecutive to any other sentence. Life plus five. Count three, insurance fraud.

[00:03:41]The court should order the defendant to serve 1 to 15 years in prison consecutive to any other sentence.

[00:03:50]LWP plus 20 count four insurance fraud.

[00:03:56]The court should order the defendant, shout out to Sue Hopper, to serve 1 to 15 years in prison consecutive to any other sentence.

[00:04:08]Life plus 35.

[00:04:12]Count five, forgery.

[00:04:15]The court should order the defendant to serve one to five years in prison consecutive to any other sentence life plus 40.

[00:04:29]Number six, the court should enter a continuous protective order in favor of Eric Richen's family members that prohibits the defendant from contacting them unless they first initiate contact and prohibits her from maintaining or benefiting from insurance on the lives of CR, AR, and WR. Those are her or Eric's three children. She was an incubator. Eric Richens family members include CR A R and WR. Jean Richens, that's his dad. Katie Richens Benson and Clint Benson, that's his sister and her husband. Katie is also responsible for the trust. Mi and Elby, which I believe are their children. I know they have girls. Um, but MB and LB and Amy Rigggins, that's who Corey throat punched, and Andrew Swinsson, assuming her husband. Number seven, the court should order the defendant to pay restitution to auto owners insurance company in the amount of $1,17,01849 and True Stage Insurance Company in the amount of $352,56261.

[00:05:57]Shout out to Bworth for having it down to the penny. It's my kind of petty and I'm here for it. Eight. The court should order the defendant to pay recoupment to Summit County in the amount of $1.3 million 911,943.98.

[00:06:19]Argument.

[00:06:21]Yes, Mr. Bworth. When sentencing, the court is to weigh and consider public safety, punishment, deterrence, incapacitation, restitution, and rehabilitation.

[00:06:35]I am not going to read all the citations, but they're here on the screen if you guys want to have it. I just want it to flow. For consecutive versus concurrent sentencing decisions, the court must consider the gravity and circumstances of the offenses, the number of victims, and the history, character, and rehabilitative needs of the defendant. A sentence in a criminal case should be appropriate for the defendant in light of his background and the crime committed and also serve the interest of society which underly the criminal justice system.

[00:07:14]The court is to examine both aggravating and mitigating factors. So aggravating making it worse for the defendant, mitigating making it better like oh she saved kittens. to include the nature and circumstances of the crime, the defendant's character, background, history, mental and physical condition, the impact of the crime on the victim's family and community, and any other facts in aggravation or mitigation of the penalty.

[00:07:47]In this case, the penalty, what do we say? L plus 40. I think not all aggravating and mitigating factors are equally important and one factor in mitigation or aggravation may weigh more than several factors on the opposite scale. A few egregious aggravating factors may outweigh several mitigating circumstances claimed by a defendant.

[00:08:16]The psychological reality is that aggravating circumstances in firstdegree murder cases will virtually always outweigh or be more compelling than the mitigating circumstances. Because the commission of a capital homicide, i.e. an intentional murder, is one of the most heinous acts known to society.

[00:08:42]The sheer emotional impact of all the evidence of an unjustified killing tends to overwhelm evidence of mitigating factors in the mind of the sentencing authority.

[00:08:58]Yes, we appreciate that she saves kittens, but what about this murder of a human being that she swore to love till death do us part? It said nothing about death by her hand.

[00:09:12]>> The court is to consider the totality of the circumstances in imposing a sentence that is proportionate to the crime and the culpability of the defendant. The court is not limited to the circumstances of the crimes for which the defendant has been convicted but may consider other factors as well. Evidence that is inadmissible at the guilt stage may be admissible for the purpose of sentencing.

[00:09:41]Financial crimes, anyone? Such information must be reasonably reliable and relevant here. The state took the death penalty off the table in the early days of this case. Notice of intent not to seek the death penalty.

[00:09:58]That's on the docket 193.

[00:10:01]Accordingly, on count one, the court must sentence the defendant to either LWOP or an indeterminate term of imprisonment for 25 years to life. There is no presumption in favor of either of the two sentencing options.

[00:10:18]In totality, the egregious aggravators outweigh the prefuncter mitigators. What are the mitigators? And require a sentence of life without parole on count one. and consecutive sentencing on the remaining counts. So consecutive, right?

[00:10:35]Back to back to back, not concurrent, running at the same time. Parallel like railroad tracks. No. No, girl. It's going to be like the choo choo train, one in front of the other. The court should sentence the defendant.

[00:10:51]Liberty's awake to life without parole on count one. A. The nature and circumstances of the crime are irrational. The defendant murdered her husband in the presence of their young children using a poison for money and after trying and failing to murder him 17 days earlier. The Utah legislature recognizes that homicidal poisoning and murdering for money are each so heinous as to individually warrant the death penalty. here. The jury found the defendant guilty of both aggravators and she was determined. I mean, 17 days later, one on Valentine's Day, you ruined Valentine Valentine's Day for everyone in his family forever after, right? Cuz we'll all think of it as I mean, I'm not in his family, but you and I will still think of it as like, oh, that's the first time she tried to murder him and he called his friends and half jokingly said he thought she tried. I don't know why he didn't move out then. Not victim shaming, but you ain't got to tell me twice. Whatm?

[00:12:00]The defendant chose poison. Jurists throughout time have recognized the particularly heinous nature of homicidal poisoning. Of all species of deaths, the most detestable is that of poison because it can, of all others, be the least prevented either by manhood or forthought.

[00:12:24]Right? So there, Mr. Bworth is slapping me on the hand. It's the least preventable. Even if he thought maybe that it happened, maybe he thought by half joking about it, she would knock it off. Oh no, not Miss Darden. She would not be deterred. She wanted something stronger. The Florida Supreme Court has called poisoning a consciousless, pitilous crime. And if Cory ain't pitilous, I don't know who is. Honey, the California Supreme Court observed a murder carried out by deliberately giving the victim poison is more cruel and aggravated than other malicious or intentional killings. Both because such a killing involves preparation and planning and because the killer intentionally deprivives the victim of any chance of escape or self-defense.

[00:13:20]Yeah, it's a gotcha. Was he looking at her when he realized he was poisoned and he was going to die?

[00:13:28]Like that whole like the whatifs? Only she knows, right?

[00:13:33]Because only she survived. But it just seems especially cruel. We'll learn here that she was locked in the room with him when this was going on. The kids have no reason to lie, honey. The poisoner acts surreptitiously, thus avoiding detection, often betraying the most intimate trust. Here, the defendant betrayed the most intimate trust of her husband and her children. The defendant decided that Eric Richen's money was worth more than his life. Courts have consistently recognized that spousal murders motivated by money are especially egregious. In one such case, the Arizona Supreme Court observed the killing in this case did not arise out of the heat of passion, fear, struggle, or attempt to escape.

[00:14:27]This killing was not just the result of momentary premeditation, but of defendants deliberate, carefully conceived, meticulously planned and coldblooded scheme to kill. Rather than divorce his unsuspecting wife, State v. Willoughby, that's where the quote came from. The New Jersey Superior Court observed, "These killings do not stem from some powerful visceral emotion, right? Heat a passion, but rather from greed and expedience, I want the money and I want it quick."

[00:15:06]Furthermore, few crimes display more callous disregard for life than the premeditated decision to seek profit by way of homicide. It evidences an abandonment of all of the rules that society has constructed to maintain communal life and warrants the fullest condemnation and retribution.

[00:15:33]Come on, Judge M. We want that retribution, sir. If you will, please.

[00:15:39]The impact on the family's family is irreparable. Fathers are not meant to bury sons.

[00:15:47]And losing a sibling is losing a piece of yourself. But there are no greater victims in this case than Eric's three young boys. The defendant took both of their parents from them. The aggravated murder was a crime of domestic violence in the presence of children.

[00:16:06]Eric Witch Richens was a good husband.

[00:16:09]He cared and provided for his wife and even protected her from herself. Eric was a good father. He knew that the defendant tried to murder him on Valentine's Day. And he also knew that it was unsafe for his children if he were to leave the home.

[00:16:28]Eric died protecting his boys and they know it.

[00:16:36]CR was 9 years old when his mother murdered his father. He is now 13 and wears his father's clothes to school.

[00:16:46]Following Eric's death, DCFS, Department of Children and Family Services, supported a finding of emotional and physical abuse by defendant against CR. I don't know that I had heard about the physical abuse prior. I'm not surprised and maybe they kept it out because it was more prejuditial than probative, but wow.

[00:17:10]Wow.

[00:17:12]C state sentencing exhibit A. He and his brothers have participated in intense therapy since the defendant was arrested three years ago. Now remember, she was arrested three years ago in 23, but she murdered their dad in 22.

[00:17:31]So she was out and about for over a year. She murdered him in March and she in March of 22. She wasn't arrested until I believe May of 23. Those poor boys. and hearing her tell the story, you know, cuz she was so incredulous that she didn't do it. And knowing that she's lying, but I don't want to get ahead of myself, but just imagine that as a child, like father's dead, mother's lying. What other conclusion do you come to other than she did it, so they knew before anybody else?

[00:18:09]CR wants the court to know that quote, "My dad was a good person and very thoughtful and kind and helped whoever needed help." End quote. And that quote, "I'm afraid if she gets out, she will come after me and my brothers, my whole family. I think she would come and take us and not do good things to us, like hurt us. I miss my dad, but I do not miss how my life used to be. I don't miss Corey. I will tell you that. End quote.

[00:18:43]Wow.

[00:18:46]AR was three weeks shy of his eighth birthday when his mother murdered his father.

[00:18:53]The defendant made What is with these people? Was it Dan Markel murdered within weeks of one of his son's birthdays? Like, first of all, don't do crimes, but like get it together with the dates. How is this going to impact people? But let's just stick with don't do crimes.

[00:19:11]The defendant made AR her alibi, thereby condemning her child to be a material witness.

[00:19:21]If called to testify at trial, AR would have recalled being put to bed early on March 3rd, 2022 without bathing, which was unusual for the boys. So, she plotted this to get them into bed. Like, they have a routine. So, of course, it's going to be memorable. Like, if if part of their bedtime routine is a bath and they don't take it that night, that is going to stand out as odd. And then it gets even odder, more odd.

[00:19:52]Like, those are strong impressions. One, they're going to remember that night forever because that's the night their dad died in the house. But two, it for me it baffles me because obviously she had a plot up until then, but when the body camera footage happens, she didn't have a plot for what to do with the boys like after the police showed up, like she I don't know if she expect them expected them to not be awake, but we see when Katie comes in, the sister, she is much more thoughtful about the experience the children are having and what that must be like. Corey gave no thought to that despite all of these other plans. She's all about her. That's why I say she's like an incubator. She's not a real mother cuz that would have one if a real mother wouldn't have killed the father of their children. But you would have thought about what are my kids experiencing? That would have been first and foremost, you know, disgusting. The television was playing loudly inside his parents' bedroom, so that stuck out to him. And when AR tried to enter, he found he was locked out. AR used a broom to try to dislodge a key from above the door frame, intending to unlock the door and enter the room. Your heart has got to be like palpitating at that point as a kid, right? Like you obviously something's going on that you want to get in the room aside and apart from what actually is happening, but that's your normal habit. It's locked.

[00:21:18]You're trying to get it. the music is really loud or not the music the TV is really loud so even if you shouted perhaps they can't hear you like all of these oddities right and then your dad dies it just it's kids have intuition kids have a lot of strong intuition it takes a while for them to be kind of gas lit out of that intuition if um you know they're have a narcissistic parent which dare I not a doctor I'm not diagnosing her but can we agree she has tendencies liking that unto a narcissist as Kathy would say.

[00:21:56]Okay. The um so he's trying to get the door off the key off of the top of the door frame. He accidentally hit the wall with the broom, making a noise that attracted his mother's attention. She yelled at R to go away.

[00:22:16]She later entered his room and asked him what he needed.

[00:22:21]Ar pretended to be asleep because he was angry with her. Later during the night, his younger brother WR woke up and tried to enter his parents' bedroom to sleep with them as was his habit. WR also found himself locked out and slept in AR's bed instead.

[00:22:42]So that blows up Cory's alibi. And how long was she in there with his unal alive body?

[00:22:50]Like, no wonder she was already detached and calling it the body. You know what I mean? Like, ma'am, what is wrong with you?

[00:23:02]I mean, you got to be a special kind of warped to poison someone, watch their facial expression, watch them pass away in front of you, probably writhing in pain. I mean, I can't imagine this is an easy death. And then you make sure he's good and cold, right? Because the paramedics, EMS, all commented on him being noticeably cold given the timeline, right?

[00:23:32]These poor boys. So, they have known, these two for sure have known her alibi was always a lie and she was locked in the room with him with the loud TV.

[00:23:42]Ah, AR would have testified at trial that the the defendant did not sleep in his room with him the night she murdered his father. AR wants the court to know. So, these are things that didn't come in at trial, but Mr. Bweather's already laid the foundation. These are some of the things that can come in now that she's been convicted that couldn't come in prior.

[00:24:08]Although, it sounds like this could have, but did not. They didn't. Thank god they didn't traumatize those kids. I think there was more than enough to show obviously um that she was no good.

[00:24:18]You're no good. You're no good. You're no good. Cy, you're no good.

[00:24:24]AR wants the court to know that my dad can't be my coach anymore.

[00:24:31]Quote, "And can't be at any of my games.

[00:24:34]He won't be at my birthdays. He can't teach me how to drive. He can't be at my graduation. and he can't take me camping or fishing.

[00:24:44]And that quote, "I don't want the defendant out of jail because I will not feel safe if she is out. With her in jail, I will be able to continue to feel safe and live a happy and successful life without fear of her hurting night of his father's murder and wetting his pants while held in the bedroom before his auntie Katie arrived or aunt Katie arrived. Sorry, everybody's aunties in my family. WR wants the court to know, quote, "When someone talks about Corey, it makes me feel hateful and ashamed. She took away my dad." And that quote, "If she got out, I would be so scared. I'm worried she would take me. Once she is gone, I will feel happy and I will feel safer and relaxed and trust people more."

[00:26:04]That is so rough for a little like to hear that from a child. Uh, and it's interesting, too, because he's saying when he hears about it, he feels hateful and ashamed. But I bet if Corey were to tell that story, it would be they're putting things in his head. I mean, the facts are the facts, ma'am. They're not putting that in his head. Um, this is what you did. You've been convicted. And so, if he feels hateful and ashamed, he feels hateful and ashamed about the facts, not about people putting things in his mind.

[00:26:36]Hopefully they're not, you know, no judgment, but walking around and just talking about it openly all the time in front of these kids. I don't suspect they are, but I, you know, I hope not.

[00:26:46]Either way, if the defendant serves 25 years in prison, she would potentially be parrolled at age 57, 2 years older than I am now. That's a lot of life left. less than her full life, but still she'd have a lot of living to do. Her sons living that Eric was denied. Her sons will be 36, 35, and 30 and likely will have their own families. The boys deserve finality and should not have to revisit their father's murder at further hearings, right? Because if she has 25 to life, then we're going to get like the Diane DS Betty Betty Brick uh who recently died parole hearings and they have to go and they have to testify and then they got to keep telling their significant other and their future children, you know, like just let's be done with it. Let's rip the band-aid off. What would she come out and do in society at 57 to be a productive member? I feel like that's what Kanic did with Boon. Like there's no way she has the ability to redeem redeem herself and make herself a useful member of society.

[00:28:02]And Corey is the same. She's all about appearances. I mean, she murdered her husband 17 days after she failed and then she used a lover um she stole from her best friend, which that's in here, too. funny blood worth left no stone unturned and I'm here for it but she's like yeah just lock her up throw away the key.

[00:28:26]Uh so the boys deserve finality should not have to revisit their father's murder at future hearings or worry about the defendant's potential parole given the tremendous trauma and upheaval that the defendant inflicted upon their childhood. This court should ensure that she does not harm their adulthood. Not only should the defendant serve her life in prison, but she should serve her boys lives in prison.

[00:28:53]Oh, not me talking my throat dry. Shout out to Kathy.

[00:29:03]This is the best closure her children can hope for. Only this court can give it to them.

[00:29:12]Katie and Clint are now raising three boys that require extraordinary love, support, and stability. It is best for the boys, and everyone is thriving. But Katie and Clint never planned for it. Katie never planned to administer an estate and a trust or tackle vindictive litigation cuz Cory is suing left and right, trying to get that what? Money, money, money, money, money.

[00:29:41]Gan never planned to work the family farm. Gan is the dead at his age without Eric.

[00:29:48]Uh oh, my boss is calling. It's 5:00 a.m. Katie and Amy both live with guilt for not doing more to protect their brother from his wife. The aggravated murderers impact extends beyond Eric Richen's family. John Gman bears the weight of knowing that he contributed to the defendant's motivation to murder Eric. It has gutted him.

[00:30:19]Chelsea Barney, that's the bestie, bears similar weight knowing that the defendant murdered Eric in some measure to salvage Miss Barney's life savings.

[00:30:29]That $45,000 that she thought was securing a home for herself and Corey used it to look rich.

[00:30:37]It haunts Carmen Lauer that she unknowingly provided the defendant with the final with the fatal drugs. Cody Wright and Josh Kay's question whether they could have done more to save their friend. I don't remember Josh Kay's. And where is our pantsless friend Bryce?

[00:31:04]The defendant's character is irredeemable.

[00:31:08]The defendant is transparent. Evidence of her character is well known from all stages of this proceeding.

[00:31:20]to include her prioritizing a facade of success over everything, her fraudulent borrowing, her stealing her best friend's life savings, her persistence in murdering Eric after failing on Valentine's Day, her self-publishing, a children's book for money and attention, and the aim of her walk the dog letter, among a slew of other examples. The defendant cannot check her ambition or her sense of entitlement. When confronted, she lies. When she feels agrieved, she attacks. And she certainly feels agrieved.

[00:32:01]She always has.

[00:32:04]Please see my video about her complaining about moving all the time and scrubbing toilets and people thinking she's lesser than because she's scrubbing toilets.

[00:32:17]In the immediate aftermath of the guilty verdict, the defendant blamed a corrupt prosecution, a quote corrupt in quote judge and unfair Summit County jurors. I don't like it when people come after the jurors. They are taking up their time uh and mental acumen to listen and hear and decide.

[00:32:43]And ma'am, I you are guilty. Why? Why are you mad at them? Tell the truth and shame the devil. That's what my grandma told me. I will exp Oh, wait. This is an excerpt from her. 6 weeks following the guilty verdict, the defendant text messaged an admirer. I will all caps expose this county, the prosecution, the judge, the richens, the investig all of it. So they can lock me away for now.

[00:33:13]That's fine. It's going to come back on them. It will come to an end. Not this year or next. But I'm not going away. I won't be silent. If that ain't Diane DS, I'm going to expose them all for what they have done to me, my kids, my family, this injustice.

[00:33:33]They pick the wrong one. They think sentencing is quote the end. End quote.

[00:33:39]Closure in quotes. It's just the beginning. They haven't seen anything yet. Winky face. Who does a winky face about their murder conviction?

[00:33:52]Okay. Most telling of her character, the defendant attacked Eric. Within hours of her arrest, she for the first time blamed Eric for his own death.

[00:34:04]From jail, the defendant and her family engaged in open season on Eric the dead, releasing what they believed to be damning information about Eric to the media. Se docket 794, states memorandum opposing motion to suppress letter. During trial, the defendant falsely accused Eric of having an affair with a co-orker and a homosexual affair with one of his best friends.

[00:34:30]That would be Bryce. Bryce's name is interestingly omitted from this. Let me know what you think about that. Why the Richard's children are familiar with the inescapable media coverage of this case.

[00:34:44]Ooh, it just occurred to me, too. She wrote that book allegedly for the boy.

[00:34:50]So, they're reading this book. Allegedly made it with her. We found out at trial that it was a ghost writer. Horrible writer. She needs her money back. But they know they know something was happening in that room and it wasn't like what she said. She wasn't asleep with one of them and then went in there to find him dead. And yet, she wrote this book. I wonder if they told their aunt or if they probably were too afraid. Oh my god, I'm so glad they got those boys away from her. Many of the the defendants attacks against the Richens family permeate the record. For example, the throat punched Amy Richens two days. She throat punched Amy Richens two days after murdering Eric when Amy informed her of the Eric Richens living trust. The trust. Eric created the trust to protect her and their children. 4 days later, she hired counsel to breach the trust.

[00:35:44]He's not even in the in the ground.

[00:35:46]Good. Or wherever he's resting. May he rest in peace. She told Jean Richens that Eric died of the same lung mold that killed Jean's wife. Cruel.

[00:35:59]Where did she even come up with that?

[00:36:00]Like he wasn't going to find out. Just, you know, not a road scholar. In the walk the dog letter, the defendant instructed her mother to release photographs of Katie's young children to the media and wrote quote, "Bring me home and then we'll get those damn bitches."

[00:36:18]End quote. Referring to Eric's sisters, C docket 214. When confronted with the letter, the defendant insisted in the face of all reason that it was part of a quote freaking book, a half true, half fiction novel about her incarceration.

[00:36:38]Didn't she also at one time say it was like a letter to Sky Lazaro, her lawyer at the time? So, she was trying to get like client lawyer confidentiality or whatever.

[00:36:53]Other of the defendants attacks against the Richens family are new to the record. For example, when the estates investigator found bank statements with Cory Richens realy's account header and Cene's account details, the defendant accused Katie and hired counsel to advocate for the criminal prosecution of Katie. Balls of a burglar. So, she took the two bank statements. She cut the header off from her bank statement and inserted the CE, which is the Corey and Eric uh account, right? That's their company name. Put it at the bottom to make it look like she had their money and then said Katie would do it. Why would Katie do that? What would she get out of that? Why would like what? How would Katie even get Corey Richen's realy account header? Like while detained pre-trial, she caused her family members to pursue federal firearms charges against Jean, not daddy, for removing Eric's firearms from the Willow Court home for safekeeping.

[00:37:58]Smart move, Jean. We don't need no guns around Corey and her children. file false reports with Department of Children and Family Services against Katie and report Amy Richards to the police for marijuana possession. To this day, the defendant maintains insurance policies on the lives of her children.

[00:38:16]The Richens family will not be safe if the defendant is ever parrolled. The defendant's attacks extended beyond the Richens. While detained pre-trial, the defendant caused her family members to file unfounded bar complaints against the Summit County attorney and chief prosecutor, which I believe is Mr. Bworth, and posted a quote gay dating profile in quote, of the lead detective online.

[00:38:47]I wasn't a fan of the lead detective, but come on now. And what is with her and her homophobia? That was the slur they used against Eric. Do you have some against us alphabet kids, ma'am? The defendant also made an unfounded criminal complaint to the FBI about Eric Richen's business partner. The defendant's character is evident despite her well-crafted facade. Eric surviving Valentine's Day, 3 years of pre-trial detention, and a resounding guilty verdict has only amplified the worst of her character. it did not remedy it. She has expressed no remorse and has indeed publicized the opposite. The irrational nature and circumstance of the aggravated murder, its irreparable impact on Eric Richen's family and others, and the defendant's irredeemable character prove overpowering aggravation. Any mitigation the defendant presents will only be more facade. It is all she has. But even if credited, it cannot outweigh the aggravation. Accordingly, the defendant has earned the maximum punishment short of death. And public safety requires her permanent incapacitation. She has well established that rehabilitation is beneath her. Elwap combined with the intense publicity cultivated by the dependent cultivated by the defendant and her council will also deter would be prisoners will also deter would be poisoners from coldly murdering their spouse and their child's parent. I agree because had Donna Adlesen gotten caught earlier, I think that would have shut down the whole what was her name? The mom's name, Tracy Grist conspiracy over there in the murder of Oh, I'm forgetting the victim's name. Restelli.

[00:40:44]Matthew Restelli's death murder. So, let's punish Corey so that nobody else gets any strange ideas or if they do, they understand.

[00:40:54]We're going to catch you, ma'am, or sir, and you're going to spend the rest of your life in prison. The court should sentence consecutively on counts 2 through five. The gravity of the attempted aggravated murder is that the defendant learned from her mistakes. She learned to obtain quote something stronger.

[00:41:13]End quote. And to administer it in a way that prevented Eric from realizing the poison's effects until it was too late.

[00:41:22]The circumstances of the attempted aggravated murder are identical to the circumstances of the murder. The gravity and circumstances of the frauds and forgery punch above the charges weight because they encompass the defendant's motive for murdering Eric and the pecurinary gain aggravator. The defendant's character as discussed in section one supra is irredeemable.

[00:41:48]Accordingly, the defendant earned distinct punishment with for counts two through five, and the court should sentence them consecutive to any other sentence. We got those train cars back to back. The court should enter a continuous protective order in favor of Eric Richmond's family members. The defendant was convicted of a domestic violence, aggravated murder, and attempted aggravated murder. Utah's criminal protective order statute provides that that when quote a perpetrator is convicted of a domestic violence resulting in a sentence of imprisonment that is to be served after conviction, the court shall issue a continuous protective order at the time of sentencing limiting the contact between the petitioner and the victim unless the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the victim does not have a reasonable fear of future harm of abuse.

[00:42:45]Well, we know the boys have said they fear. I don't know why um Katie and oh, what's the sister's name? The one who got punched. I don't know why those two would not fear her. Amy. Katie and Amy.

[00:42:58]The protection may include any order the court considers necessary to fully protect the victim and members of the victim's family. That's all in bold, the members. Here, Eric Richens is the only victim, quote unquote, under Utah's crime victim statute. Paradoxically, Eric Richen's family members, including his children, are not quote unquote victims. It is evident that Eric Richens does not have a reasonable fear of future harm or abuse, which is the criminal protective order statutes threshold inquiry, which makes no sense.

[00:43:33]That's what he's going to go on to say, right? He doesn't have any fear cuz he's dead. So there's not much more she can do to him. But the living victims, he's arguing, even though the statute doesn't classify them as victims, he's arguing like clearly the boys are afraid of her.

[00:43:49]The richens are afraid of her. Like come on statute. Thus, the criminal protective order statute yields the absurd result that family members of a domestic violence murder victim are left unprotected when family members of all other domestic violence crimes can be protected. Oh, that makes me wonder like should Boone even be I don't know if uh Judge Kanic said anything about the family members, but good lord. Anyway, focus.

[00:44:20]This is where the absurdity doctrine comes into play. courts will apply the absurdity doctor that's you judge M doctrine please apply the absurdity doctrine when quote the operation of the plain language is so overwhelmingly absurd that no rational legislator could have intended the statute to operate in such a manner this standard is satisfied only if the legislature could not reasonably have intended the result and I think it's obvious they didn't intend to leave um murder victims families exposed like this to the perpetrator. Applying the absurdity doctrine to this subsection of Utah's criminal protective orders statute. This standard is satisfied here. Clearly, the legislature could not have reasonably intended to accept the family members except except for anybody who's listening. The family members of domestic violence murder victims from protection. Right? It's got to be like an oversight or some weird thing that happened when it the or uh when it got finalized. The defendant's conduct and the victim impact statements firmly establish that it is necessary for the court to protect CR AR and WR from their mother as well as Eric's father and his sisters and their families. Anyone can appreciate the family's fear resulting from the defendant maintaining insurance on the boy's lives, right? Like, why does she still have that to this day? C.

[00:45:50]Sentencing exhibit FG and H.

[00:45:52]Accordingly, the court would should issue a continuous protective order under Utah code section 78B that prohibits the defendant from contacting Aaron Eric Richen's family members unless they first initiate contact and prohibits her from maintaining or benefiting from insurance on the lives of CR, AR, and WR. The court should order the defendant to pay restitution.

[00:46:18]Money, money, money. Get her where it hurts. I love this part of of this uh memorandum. Utah's Crime Victims Restitution Act requires district courts to determine restitution for any pecurinary damages approximately caused by a defendant's criminal conduct.

[00:46:34]Insurance companies are quote victims in quote under the statutory definition.

[00:46:40]Additionally, the the defendant is a quote unquote killer within the meaning of Utah's so-called slayer statute, which provides that quote, "A wrongful acquisition of property or interest by one who kills another shall be treated in accord accordance with the principle that a killer cannot profit from the killer's wrong." End quote. Emphasis added. It's all bold at the end. A killer cannot profit from the killer's wrong. The defendant received $1,17,01849 from Auto Owners Insurance Company and $352,56261.

[00:47:27]I love that it's to the penny. I don't know if it has to be that way, but I'm imagining it could have just been rounded. But he's like down to the scent and I'm here for it. uh as the beneficiary of Eric of insurance on Eric's life. I think one of these was taken out after or correct me if I'm wrong. I know there was an insurance take uh policy taken out after he died.

[00:47:49]I don't I feel like it's either the auto owners or the true stage, but if you know different, let us know in the comments. We appreciate you. These insurance companies paid out as a result of the defendant committing aggravated murder as convicted in count one. Right.

[00:48:06]She's, we can say it, she's a murderer.

[00:48:09]Um, moreover, true stage paid out because the defendant committed insurance fraud. Yeah, this is the one.

[00:48:18]And forgery as charged in counts three through five. Accordingly, the court should order the defendant to pay restitution to auto owners company in the amount of 1 million and true stage insurance company in the amount of 352,000. The court should order the defendant to pay recoupment to Summit County, which is where she's been prosecuted. After Ry, Quinny, and Nbecker abruptly withdrew from this case in May 2024, the court declined to require the defendant to complete an affidavit of indigency citing fifth amendment concerns. So, that is the firm where Sky Lazar was uh working. And according to that firm, Sky had to withdraw because the firm had to withdraw due to a conflict. The conflict wasn't related specifically to Miss Lazar, but it was related to the Ray Quinny and Nebreer if I'm saying it wrong. Ray Quinny and Nebucher apologies. Uh, it was a conflict with the firm. Maybe like they didn't like how she was talking about Sky. No, I'm kidding. I don't know what it is. They didn't reveal it. They don't have to.

[00:49:24]Um, so C docket 5112 order appointing indigit counsel. The court found that the defendant was indigent on the sole basis of former council's representation that the defendant does not have access bold is access is bold to financial resources sufficient to retain private counsel.

[00:49:45]Emphasis added Summit County thus became statutoily obligated to provide defense services to the defendant. The cost of these services will exceed 1.300 1.391 943 million 98. If the court learns that an individual provided with indigent defense services is in fact not indigent, the court shall order that individual to pay the indigent defense system, the cost of services. The defendant continues to litigate claims to Eric's premarital home and a share of the trust. It says trust res. I'm not sure. Is that residuals? I'm not sure.

[00:50:30]To the extent any of these assets or any other assets are adjudicated to the defendant's property, the court must order 1.391943 million and 98 cents of those assets paid to Summit County as recoupment for indigent defense services. So, she has those the other litigation going on, right? She's suing Katie. She's suing the trust. Um she's being sued. But as part of that, if she should win, Bworth is saying, "Cough it up. The county, the citizens of Summit County, the taxpayer should not have to cover indigent defense services if you in fact are found not indigent at the end of the day." Cuz what do you need millions for in prison, girl? That luxury prison. You thought you could buy a bed. You thought it was like the Ritz Carlton. You just upgrade. No, ma'am.

[00:51:24]Additionally, the court may order a defendant to pay costs for expenses incurred by a political subdivision of the state for attorneys fees of council assigned to represent the defendant to the extent that the defendant or her representatives or assignees receive any money. So assignees would be that mama and that brother Ronnie um cuz we know they've had their hand in all of this supporting her. that is not subject to the profit from notorious criminal activity act. The court should order the 1.3 million of that money to be paid to Summit County as recruitment for indigent defense services. Conclusion: The court should sentence the defendant to life without parole among the state's other sentencing requests. This sentence is appropriate considering the crimes that she committed, their impact on her children. I'm going to say on Eric's children. Let's stop, you know, sugar coating it. And Eric Richton's family and her irredeemable character. This sentence serves the interest of society which underly the criminal justice system. Most importantly, no other sentence can provide CR, A R, and WR the comfort and protection that they need and deserve.

[00:52:45]Woo! His pin was smoking when he was done. Chief Prosecutor Bradworth, what do you guys think? Mr. Bworth pulled no punches. I think he hit it on the head. I think he intended to give another narcissistic injury to Corey.

[00:53:02]And bravo, kinder. I think you did it. I am I don't want to say excited as in giddy, but I am looking forward to just her having her sentencing seeing her face and just knowing that she didn't want didn't win that she hadn't won that because her type is just looks down on the rest of us. She's, you know, better than you at everything even though she's broker than all of us. And like she stole from her friend. She broke her Soncho's heart. It and she has no remorse. She doesn't She just leaves people uh places and things in her wake, you know. It doesn't it doesn't matter.

[00:53:49]I hope everyone recovers from her. I think depending on what her sentence is, that will go a long way toward that of knowing, you know, at the end of the day, the world is is just and right because she shouldn't be allowed to get away with it. I just imagine her giving him that lemon drop before the Moscow mule. Maybe it was the chase or I don't know how it happened, but Bloodworth nailed it when, you know, he said it was to have like a fast distribution of it, right? So, cuz the shot once it's down, it's down. Like your mouth is absorbing it sublingually, throat, everything before it gets to the stomach and then the Moscow mule. And then she's staying in the room now. We know the TV is up.

[00:54:32]She's in the room for a significant period of time and telling the boys to get away, not coming into the room. She never slept in the room because when she finally went to address the son's concerns, he pretended to be asleep. So, it's just even cruer. I don't know how it's possible than I even imagined. And then she just sits there pompous. So, we'll see her face. Uh the mask will crack and kudos to Bloodworth. We'll see what happens with uh Nester and folks. I know Nester had a death. I know Ramos Ramos is has some other conflict. So, it may just be Wendy Lewis. Um it it may be both of them there. But yeah, we'll we'll be there with Belle's on. I won't be able to do it in real time because I have to work, but I will cover either all of it or I'll take out pieces that I find uh especially talkw worthy and then you and I will talk about them. Let me know what you guys think below. Do you think LWP is too harsh? LWP plus 40. Um do you think it's just right? Where are you with that? I mean, they did take the death penalty off the table. I I don't want to get into the politics of it. I'm just saying like as far as ranking of punishment options. All right, guys.

[00:55:45]Thanks for hanging out with me. I appreciate you all. I'm glad to see you and I will talk to you later. Toodles.