A man the state is seeking the death penalty against says he is being mistreated at the County Jail.
Courtney High, who is charged along with Andre Grier and Charles Shelton in the death of state witness Bianca Horton, is asking Criminal Court Judge Tom Greenholtz for a hearing.
A motion filed by attorney Steven Moore says High is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours per day and, when he is allowed out of that cell, he is accompanied by two guards.
The attorney said he is often not able to meet with High because jail personnel say they do not have two guards available at the time.
He also claimed that items he has sent to High do not reach him and that he has not gotten material High has sent to him. He said court documents that High had with him in the cell have become missing.
The motion said High is not allowed to shower every day, is not able to communicate with other prisoners and is not given exercise time.
It was claimed that High is not getting adequate medical and mental health treatment.
The attorney said drugs were found on High, but he said the only way that could have happened would be getting it from jail personnel since he is kept away from others.
He said on one occasion that Greer, Floyd Davis and others were placed in an elevator without a guard and went to the sixth floor where High is housed for a religious service purportedly. He said each of the men was armed with a "shank." At the same time, he said High was escorted ouit of his cell. He said Greer, Davis and the others confronted High and a fight broke out.
Attorney Moore also claimed that within the past 10 days that High was removed from his cell around 2 a.m. by four or more guards, who took him to an area on the sixth floor that is not covered by cameras. It was claimed that the guards then physically assaulted High "by using a taser gun and punching and kicking him while he laid on the floor of the jail."
High claimed that "Officer Roberts used the taser and Officers Jones, Lewis and Thorn physically beat him."
He said he was returned to his cell "and refused medical treatment."
High claimed that the next morning the first shift supervisor saw blood on his clothing and took a picture of it, then sent him for medical treatment.