Beatty sentenced to 46 months
contribution to society upon her
return."
The approximately seven months
Ms. Beatty has already served will be
credited her and other time may be
knocked off her sentence based on her
behavior in prison, Mr. Little said.
She will probably serve about three
years in jail, he said. The federal
guidelines practically disallows pro
bation.
In essence Ms. Beatty did not
have a defense, said co-counsel
Dusenbury. "She had a mental condi
tion that contributed to her behavior
impairing her ability to think rational
ly to some extent, but not severe
enough to support an insanity plea.
"The essence of what we were
asking for, while we didn't have a
legal defense, was for the judge to
take into consideration her mental
condition as an extenuating circum
stance when rendering his verdict."
Mr. Little in fact pleaded for
mercy on Ms. Beatty's behalf and
introduced actor Antonio Fargas as a
charactcr witness for her.
"The judge by no means bent
over backwards to be lenient, but he
did give her what was prescribed
according to federal guidelines,"
explained Mr. Dusenbury. "Her sen
tence fell smack in the middle of what
the guidelines call for. It's certainly
probably less time than she may have
gotten before -the federal guidelines
were enacted."
Her attorneys aren't sure where
Ms. Beatty will serve out her time,
but the federal facility in Lexington is
one of a few in the state that can offer
Honeycutt's attorney
did not know from whom? and the
person told them they need not show
lip for Friday's proceedings. Their
telephone calls, they said, were simi
lar to ones they received earlier last
week which told them to appear in
court Detective Sims said officials in
ihe DA's office told her she didn't
have to appear in court Friday.
Mr. Walden asked the mothers if
Mr. Sparrow said he would "see to it
ihat the case was continued" and if he
said he would continue the case until
November when Judge Sharpe would
be rotated to another court, they said
ho.
"When we asked for a continu
=jM?fr Mry-Sparrow^ said he would try=
but there was no guarantee," MS.
rotate and we may possibly get anoth
er judge."
Ms. Grooms' recollection of the
meeting the mothers had with Mr.
Sparrow was nearly identical to Ms.
Cherry's testimony. "He stated he did
n't know whether we could get a con
tinuance or not," Ms. Grooms said.
"He stated that it was possible we
could get the same judge or a differ
ent one because they rotated."
Mr. Walden asked Mr. Totten
about his office's rotation schedule
and how he ended up trying a case in
Forsyth County Domestic Relations
Criminal Court when prosecutor Vic
toria L. Rhoemer had been assigned
the court for the month. The former
explained that Ms. Rhoemer had
asked if they could switch so that she,
the newcomer in the DA's office,
could get some experience in traffic
court. They had originally discussed
switching for a week but that boiled
down to one day, Friday, Oct. 20.
However, the defense attorney
said the DA's office intentionally
placed Mr. Totten in the courtroom
because the latter had a conflict of
intf.rf.Qt and thft riistrirt attorneys
knew the judge would have to contin
ue the case, possibly until November
when she would no longer be
assigned to District Domestic Court.
Mr. Totten testified that he has
known Mr. Honeycutt since he was in
the sixth grade. He said he explained
his conflict of interest to the judge
Friday morning but he was expecting
to either continue the case or volun
tarily dismiss the charges so there
Parents are undaunted
From Page A1
Honeycutt real
ly the man he appears to be?
Parents who saw their children
come home on Sept. 11 with bruises
and scratches, parents who tried to
soothe their children's cries, parents
who wrestled with their children,
trying to get them to go back to
Mineral Springs Elementary School
don't think William Honeycutt is
the man he appears to be.
Assisting the parents during
this six-week-long episode has been
the Concerned Mothers of Forsyth
County. Throughout Mr. Honeycut-.
t's trial the parents involved have
said they feel like the accused
instead of the victims in this case.
During Tuesday's trial the Rev.
Lee Faye Mack said she was told
that attorney Daniel S. Walden was
fearful for his client s life. Mr. Hon
eycutt and his wife sat in the jury
box with the press and other court
room workers during the most
recent hearing. On Oct 10 and Oct.
20 he waited in a nearby courtroom
for his trial to begin, while the chil
dren sat for five hours in a crowded
courtroom
beatings and of fathers failing to
support their children.
"If this man is so fearful of vio
lence then we wouldn't have a
case," said Valorie A. Hall, assistant
president of the Concerned Moth
ers. "If he was so afraid of violence,
shoved our children."
"Children are the most precious
things in a mother's life," explained
President Mack. "He's already
admitting to pushing and shoving
the children and trying to get them
in a seat He caused those children
bodily harm."
The parents point to an alleged
record of abuse by Mr. Honeycutt
against students since he's been in
the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
School system.
"Honeycutt has a record of
abuse of black and white children,"
Ms. Hall said. "He has no respect of
color. He has this temper that just
goes out of control."
Despite Judge Margaret
Art collection on display
From Page A1
over here. He goes to Africa a lot
and what happens is that he has met
a lot of people over there and made
a lot of friends. When people come
to visit him they bring him gifts. He
has something from someone that
was the friend of a king."
Mr. Hatmaker said that many
of the items in the exhibit are not as
old as they appear. Most of the
bead work is from the 17th century.
But Mr. Hatmaker said that people
often make the mistake of thinking
that the African art they have is
very old. In actuality, he said, very
little is more than 75 years old.
"That's simply because things
like masks don't keep well," he
said. "Things like masks are made
of wood and they just don't keep in
that particular climate. Also, they
are made for a function and when
they no longer serve a purpose they
are discarded in the jungle or some
where where the bugs eat at the
wood. So they just don't last That
happens a lot in tropical areas."
Mr. Hatmaker said that most of
the jewelry in the exhibit is primari
ly purchased for display as opposed
to actual use. He said that in many
cases the sheer weight of the large
pieces of jewelry fashioned from
gold and brass make them difficult
to wear. Also, he said, the price of
the jewelry makes it impractical for
casual wear.
One of the centerpieces of the
exhibit is a four?foot ancestui figuie
from the Cameroon. The figure is a
wood sculpture, covered with fabric
and adorned with thousands of
beads. Mr. Hatmaker said that many
Western collectors mistakenly refer
to such objects as fetishes, but that
the actual term is an ancestor figure.
He said that traditional ancestor fig
ures are constructed as offerings.
The thousands of beads that adorn
the figure in the exhibit, would each
represent a prayer, and Mr. Hatmak
er said that some ancestor figures
are constructed to include offerings
on their interiors and are then cov
ered with other materials.
Each of the items in the exhibit
is for sale. The gallery, located at
women with mental problems treat
ment, Mr. Dusenbury and Mr. Little
said, adding that their client could be
sent there.
Ms. Beatty will be leaving a son,
mother and a community of friends
and supporters who have described
her as a "socially conscious," "won
derful person." But she is holding up
well under the circumstances, her
attorneys said. "1 think she is obvious
ly depressed over the circumstances
of spending three more years of her
life in prison," Mr. Dusenbury said.
"Her recent dilemma in life is not an
easy one for her to deal with. She's
having some anxiety but behind that I
think she is showing a kind of
resilience at this point. She's ready to
get on with this experience and realiz
ing that there is life after this."
From Page A1
would be no need for him to try Mr.
Mr. Totten's statements in her testi
mony. <
After two hours of testimony
Tuesday morning and a half-hour of
summation after lunch by Mr. Walden
and prosecutor Pansy Glanton, who
worked with Ms. Rhoemer during Mr.
Honeycutt's first trial, JudgejSharpe
ruled that there was no misconduct on
behalf of the district attorney's office.
She declined rendering a final deci
sion on Mr. Walden's double jeopardy
motion but noted for the record that it
be admitted into evidence in the event
that other charges are filed against
Mr. Honeycutt based on the Septr 1 \r
incident."
. In addition,. Judge. Sharpe
admonished the state in view of Mr.
Walden's motions, his client would
"very likely prevail" in any future
criminal proceedings. She also
instructed'the prosecution's witnesses,
the parents and their children, that if
charges are filed in the future against
Mr. Honeycutt and the double jeop
ardy motion stands, they could have
civil and criminal chargcs brought
against them.
Sharpe's
charges filed against Mr. Honeycult
could mean, the parents said they
are glad she ruled the way she did.
However, said Ms. Hall, the judge's
ruhng would not deter the parents
from judicially pursuing Mr. Hon
eycutt if they decide to do so.
?
far as what pretty Tnuch
amounted to a threat from the
judge, that will not affect the par
ents' decision," Ms. Hall said,
adding that she is a Christian
woman and that God indeed called
her to help the parents in their time
of need.
"If they decide to file new
charges, the Concerned Mothers
will have support to lend them and
back them up all the way. It's about^
justice. People who say he's inno
cent, people who say what they
would or wouldn't do in this situa
tion . . . you do not know what
you'll do until you see the faces of
these mothers and of these children
who've had their homes torn apart
because of this incident."
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Ms. Beatty graduated from Shaw
University in 1986 with a degree in
intemaiional studies. She had worked
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