Apalachee High shooting suspect's father, Colin Gray, appears in court for the first time

let's go ahead and bring in the defendant of Mr Colin Gray please good morning sir are you Mr Colin Gray Am I pronouncing your first name correctly Sir Mr Gray my name is curry mingled door if I'm assigned to preside over this morning's proceeding this is your first appearance hearing um and at this hearing I'm going to first going to ask you just a few a few questions and then I'm going to advise you of your rights and uh also let you know about a preliminary hearing that's been scheduled um for you um why don't you just state your name please all right pull the microphone down please um there you go all right and uh how old are you Mr Gray 54 and are you able to read and write understand the English English language without any difficulty yes sir uh how far did you go in school uh 11th grade GED okay um and I note that you have Council seated with you at the table you understand you have the right to be represented by an attorney at all times uh for this and all future proceedings in your case yes yes sir um and do you understand that of course if you cannot afford an attorney that the public defender will be appointed to represent you upon your request yes sir all right and uh Council would you identify yourself please for the record Donna C Graves um we are going to have new Council assigned to Mr Gray later today all right thank you all right [Music] um Okay so sorry just need to make sure that um the system is working and all right so um the following aren't questions that I'm going to ask I'm just informing you of some things you have the right to remain silent anything you say can be used against you at further hearings or trial on the charges that you're facing uh for this hearing you're not going to be questioned about facts and circumstances surrounding uh your charges um you are currently charged with and you'll be provided with copies of the warrants if you don't already have them you're currently charged with uh two counts of felony murder in the second degree uh you're charged with four counts of felony involuntary manslaughter you're charged with 8 counts of felony cruelty to children in the second degree now for these offenses uh for the felony murder counts um in the second degree felony murder in the second degree uh the maximum imprison the maximum penalty for each count is up to 30 years of imprisonment for felony involuntary manslaughter of course again there are four counts the maximum uh penalty for for each of those offenses is 10 years uh imprisonment for the eight felony Cruelty to Children counts um the maximum penalty under the law for each of those eight counts is 10 years of imprisonment for a maximum total um possible penalty for the charges that you currently are facing of 180 years imprisonment if you have questions about the these charges which I assume that you you will the court urges you to discuss those with your attorney um let me inquire as to whether there's a motion for Bond if if uh if Mr Gray is moving for Bond at this time yes or not at this time we will allow um alternate Council to make that decision all right thank you I also need to inform you that you have the right to an indictment by a grand jury um uh and you also uh have the right to a preliminary hearing unless you make bond or wave uh uh such a hearing you have the right to a speedy and public trial by a judge or jury you have the right to confront and cross-examine all Witnesses you have the right to call Witnesses on your own behalf and testify in your own defense uh if you so choose I want to make it clear to you uh Mr Gray that you are Presumed Innocent your refusal to testify at any point or will not cannot be used against you in determining whether you guilty uh or not guilty I mentioned the first appearance hearing a moment ago that is being set for you uh for December 4th 2024 at 8:30 a.m. uh currently that's set to take place in the magist court of Barrow County it could be subject to change but I just want you to know that that is the date that we currently have in fact council could you approach please I have um this uh let's see I need to scratch this out this document that discusses Bond and gives the DAT to the preliminary preliminary hearing and I guess um I could sign that and he can just get a copy of it and then the warrants are attached to that that so I would like for him to sign it please right there just you're getting a copy of this he is giving you a copy give you a copy all we want do you want me to go ahead and give him his copy yes please and the page continues on the first [Music] and are these his copies of the warrants those are provided and they say service copies on them so I assume that they're for him Sergeant Brisco do you concur with that is that what those copies are for that's the Detention Center those are for the Detention Center so he's got his own copies or he'll have them provided all right the Detention Center wants to hold on to those all right let me uh and thank you Miss e Graves I want to um certainly acknowledge the presence of our district attorney Mr Brad Smith he's assisted by his chief assistant Patricia Brooks is there anything else Council that the court needs to address that I have neglected to address no no sir not at this time all right I do want to thank uh those who are in the gallery who have an interest and who have appeared I appreciate the decorum that has been maintained throughout these this proceeding or both of these proceedings today and with that this matter is adjourned the attorney who's going to represent you I think name is James Rogers we're GNA That official later today that he'll come and see you probably the first part of Mi okay good