Guilty! Carrie Cabri Witt, Decatur, Alabama (arrested Mar 2016) [sex w/ 2 boys]

Teacher arrested for sex acts says law is unconstitutional

A Decatur teacher arrested for allegedly having sex with two students is now fighting back. Carrie Witt said the current Alabama Code 13A-6-81(a) is unconstitutional. Witt's attorney Robert Tuten said they're not fighting the morality of the case or even ...

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Accused Decatur woman wants teacher-student sex law ruled unconstitutional

Another Alabama teacher charged with having a sexual relationship with a student is challenging the constitutionality of the state's law banning school employee sex with students under the age of 19. Carrie Cabri Witt, 42, a history, psychology and social studies teacher at Decatur High School, was arrested in March for having a sexual relationship with two male students, both of whom were 17 at the time of the alleged acts. She also coached girls' golf and junior varsity cheerleaders, according to the school's website. Witt's attorneys, Robert Tuten and Nick Heatherly, filed a challenge to the constitutionality of the ...

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Attorney for Decatur teacher says law unconstitutional

The attorney representing a Decatur High School teacher charged with having sex with two students is challenging the constitutionality of the law. “The law is too broad and unconstitutional,” Huntsville attorney Robert Tuten said about a 2010 statue under which his client, Carrie Cabri Witt, is charged with two counts of a school employee engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student. Tuten filed papers in Morgan County District Court this week asking that the charges against his client be dismissed. District Judge Brent Burney gave the state until April 22 to respond to the motion ...

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Blount County man who married 'victim' wants teacher-student sex law ruled unconstitutional

A former Blount County teacher set to go to trial Tuesday on a charge that he had sexual contact with a student, whom he later married, is challenging the constitutionality of the state's law banning school employee sex with students under the age of 19. Attorneys for Matthew Wester on Sunday filed a challenge to the constitutionality of the school employee law, and requested dismissal of the charge against him, according to court records. The challenge and request was filed by Wester lawyers, J. Robert Bentley and J. Stanton Glasscox, at 4:39 p.m. Sunday. As of Sunday evening, Madison County ...

The challenge filed Sunday is similar to two others filed recently in Alabama. Earlier this month, attorneys for Carrie Cabri Witt filed a challenge to the constitutionality of the school employee law. Witt, 42, a history, psychology and social studies teacher at Decatur High School, was arrested in March for having a sexual relationship with two male students, both of whom were 17 at the time of the alleged acts. She also coached girls' golf and junior varsity cheerleaders, according to the school's website.

In March, attorneys for Joe Bradley Petrey, 28, of Northport, filed a similar challenge. Petrey was charged in August under the school employee sex law for having sex with an 18-year-old female student. The motions in all three cases say teachers' 14th Amendment equal protection rights to not be treated differently than other classes of citizens is being violated by the state law enacted by the Alabama Legislature in 2010. Other adults having consensual sex with 16-year-olds do not face criminal prosecution, the lawyers contend. The age of consent for sexual relationships is 16 in Alabama, as long as the ...

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Judge rejects teacher's challenge of state law

A Morgan County judge rejected a Decatur teacher's challenge of Alabama's law on school employees engaging in sex acts with students. Carrie Witt is charged with having sex with two different students in the Decatur system. Her attorney argued that she essentially has a constitutional right to privacy to engage in consensual sex acts with whoever she chooses. State law prohibits school employees from having sex with students younger than 19. The age of consent in Alabama is 16-years-old. Attorney Robert Tuten said that means the law itself is unconstitutional. Morgan County District Judge Brent Craig rejected the challenge, saying ...

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Morgan County judge denies Decatur teacher’s challenge of state’s criminal code

A Morgan County District Judge recently denied a challenge by a Decatur City Schools teacher to the state’s criminal code regarding school employees having sex with a student. Carrie Cabri Witt, 42, is charged with two counts of a school employee engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student under the age of 19 years. She was arrested in late March. In early April, Witt’s attorneys filed a motion to hold the state’s criminal code ruled unconstitutional. Section 13A-6-81(a) of the Alabama Constitution reads: A person commits the crime of a school employee engaging in a ...

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Should student-teacher sex be legal? Alabama judge issues ruling

An Alabama teacher charged with having sex with a student sought to have the law overturned that prohibits consensual sex between students and teachers. An Alabama judge denied that request. Morgan County District Judge Brent Craig issued a two-page ruling Friday denying a motion that sought to make the state's student-teacher sex law unconstitutional. Specifically, the law prohibits a school employee from engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19. Attorneys for Carrie Witt, Robert Tuten and Nick Heatherly, filed the motion earlier in the month. Witt, 42, taught history, psychology and social studies teacher ...

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Should student-teacher sex be legal? Alabama judge issues ruling

An Alabama teacher charged with having sex with a student sought to have the law overturned that prohibits consensual sex between students and teachers. An Alabama judge denied that request. Morgan County District Judge Brent Craig issued a two-page ruling Friday denying a motion that sought to make the state's student-teacher sex law unconstitutional. Specifically, the law prohibits a school employee from engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19. Attorneys for Carrie Witt, Robert Tuten and Nick Heatherly, filed the motion earlier in the month. Witt, 42, taught history, psychology and social studies teacher ...

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Judge rejects teacher's challenge of state law

A Morgan County judge rejects a Decatur teacher's challenge of Alabama's law on school employees engaging in sex acts with students. Carrie Witt is charged with having sex with two different students in the Decatur system. Her attorney argued that she ...

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Student-teacher sex case jury seated; testimony set to begin Wednesday

Testimony is expected to begin Wednesday in the case of a former Blount County teacher accused of having sexual contact with a 17-year-old whom he married shortly after she graduated high school. Potential jurors spent much of Tuesday answering questions from attorneys that ranged from their use of social media to their thoughts on burner phones and whether they thought it was appropriate for a teacher to spend 1,800 minutes on the phone with a student in a 26-day period. After a long day of exploring friendships, family ties and familiarity with the case against Matthew Shane Wester, a jury ...

At least two other accused teachers have filed similar requests. Attorneys for Carrie Witt, Robert Tuten and Nick Heatherly, filed their motion earlier in the month. Witt, 42, taught history, psychology and social studies teacher at Decatur High and was also the school's girls' golf coach and junior varsity cheerleaders coach. She was arrested in March and charged with having sexual relations with two male students, who were 17 at the time of the incident, police said. Morgan County District Judge Brent Craig issued a two-page ruling Friday denying a motion that sought to make the state's student-teacher sex law ...

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Grand jury to hear case against teacher accused of sexual relationships with students

The Decatur High School teacher arrested and accused of having sexual relationships with two students waived her rights to a preliminary hearing Tuesday morning. Detectives with the Decatur Police Department's Violent Crimes Unit opened an investigation on Carrie Cabri Witt in March after receiving information of Witt allegedly being in a relationship with a student. After a thorough investigation, she was placed under arrest for two counts of a state employee engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student under the age of 19. Witt teaches history, psychology, government and economics. She is also the junior-varsity ...

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Decatur High teacher sex case heads to grand jury

The case of a Decatur High School teacher charged with having sex with two students will go to a grand jury. Lawyers for Carrie Witt told Morgan County District Court Judge Brent Craig this morning that they would waive a preliminary hearing scheduled for Craig to hear. A preliminary hearing establishes whether there is sufficient evidence to forward a case to a grand jury. Witt, 42, was arrested by Decatur police on March 22 on two counts of a school employee engaging in consensual sex with a student younger than 19. Witt, of 2015 Woodland St. S.E., is out of ...

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Attorneys for Decatur teacher accused of sex with students say law is unconstitutional

A local teacher-student sex case could have major ramifications for similar cases across Alabama. Attorneys for Decatur teacher Carrie Witt, who was indicted on charges of having sex with two students, said they plan to ask the judge to dismiss the case for a second time. Attorneys Robert Tuten and Nick Heatherly contend that the state law makes the alleged crime unconstitutional. A district court judge rejected their argument in April, but the defense plans to make that case again before the judge who will oversee the trial if there is one. Investigators say both students were over 16 years ...

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Teacher challenges state law again

An indicted Decatur teacher is again challenging Alabama’s law on school employees engaging in sex acts with students. Court documents shows Carrie Witt says the law under which she is charged is unconstitutional. Witt’s attorney is now fighting the law in circuit court following her indictment after the first challenge to the law after her arrest was rejected in district challenge. Witt was arrested in the spring on charges she had sex with two 17-year-old male students. The court filing shows Witt claims she is being prosecuted for a romantic relationship with a consenting young man solely because of her ...

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Decatur teacher claims school sex charges are unconstitutional

An indicted Decatur teacher is, once again, challenging Alabama’s law on school employees having sex with students. Carrie Witt’s attorneys argue in court documents that the Supreme Court decision, Lawrence vs. Texas (2003), rules that private sexual conduct is protected by the due process clause of the United States Constitution. Witt’s attorneys have made this argument before, and it was rejected in district challenge. Witt was arrested this spring on charges she had sexual intercourse with two 17-year-old male students. The court filing shows Witt claims she is being prosecuted for a consensual relationship with a minor, only because she’s ...

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Decatur teacher pleads not guilty to sex acts with students

A Decatur teacher entered a written plea of not guilty while waiving her arraignment on charges of a school employee engaging in sex acts with students. Court documents show Carrie Witt entered her not guilty plea Wednesday morning less than two weeks before her scheduled arraignment hearing in Morgan County court. Decatur police arrested Witt in September on charges she had sexual relations with two Witt is fighting the law under which she is charged. She said she is being prosecuted for a romantic relationship with a consenting young man solely because of her employment with Decatur High School which ...

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Decatur teacher pleads not guilty to sex acts with students

Decatur police arrested Witt in September on charges she had sexual relations with two male students both over the age of 16. Police: Decatur teacher arrested for sexual relationships with students Witt is fighting the law under which she is charged.

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Teacher accused of student sex pleads not guilty

Decatur police arrested Witt, a Decatur High School history and social studies teacher, in March 2016. Witt is contending that the law she is charged under is unconstitutional, court documents show. Witt's attorney, Robert Tuten, claims in a motion filed ...

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Decatur teacher pleads not guilty to sex acts with students

A Decatur teacher entered a written plea of not guilty while waiving her arraignment on charges of a school employee engaging in sex acts with students. Court documents show Carrie Witt entered her not guilty plea Wednesday morning less than two weeks before her scheduled arraignment hearing in Morgan County court. Decatur police arrested Witt in September on charges she had sexual relations with two male students both over the age of 16. Witt is fighting the law under which she is charged. She said she is being prosecuted for a romantic relationship with a consenting young man solely because ...

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Carrie Witt pleads not guilty to sex with students charges

A Decatur High School teacher charged with having sex with two of the school’s students pleaded not guilty and waived arraignment Tuesday in Morgan County Circuit Court, according to court records. Carrie Witt, 43, 2105 Woodland St. S.E., was arrested last spring on two charges of a school employee having sex with a student. She was indicted in September. Witt, who is on administrative leave with pay, is out of jail on $10,000 bail. Her attorneys have filed a motion asking that the state law she is charged with be ruled unconstitutional. A similar motion was denied in Morgan County ...

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