CLEVELAND — Gregory Moore, the former attorney for Aliza Sherman who has been charged in connection with her death, was back in court on Wednesday for a pretrial conference.
Judge Kira Krivosh said Moore will be placed on court-supervised release and will be GPS-monitored while the case proceeds.
Watch the pretrial:
During that time, Moore is forbidden from traveling out of state or handling firearms. If Moore violates the terms of his GPS monitoring, he may be arrested without bond.
“It was very difficult to see him. And I just appreciate the fact that he’s going to have a GPS and we’ll all be a lot safer,” said Sherman's friend Jan Lash after the hearing.
During the pre-trial, Sherman's daughter, Jennifer Sherman Rivchun, spoke about the impact her mother's death had on their family.
"Our mother cannot stand here today to speak for herself, not by her own choice. So we stand here for her," Sherman said. "We are her physical voice. We are her vessel. And while she is no longer with us in body, her spirit remains powerfully present in this courtroom, in our group and in our pursuit for justice."
Last week, Moore was released from jail on a $2 million bond. He's facing one count of aggravated murder, one count of conspiracy, six counts of murder and two counts of kidnapping in Sherman's death in 2013.
"While this case may be new in your docket, our commitment to justice for Aliza is not," Sherman said. "For 4,491 days since March 24, 2013, we have remained focused on two unchanging goals: to protect the public and to hold the person responsible for the murder accountable."
Sherman, 53, a mother of four and a Cleveland Clinic nurse, was brutally stabbed in Downtown Cleveland in broad daylight.
At the time of Sherman's death, Moore was representing her in a divorce case.
According to a secret indictment, which was made public after Moore's arrest, he allegedly lured Sherman to where he worked, saying that he needed to meet with her, but didn't intend to meet with her at all.
The indictment stated that this was part of a plan hatched months earlier to kidnap her to avoid having her try her divorce case in court.
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As Sherman waited for someone to unlock the doors at Moore's office building, "an individual who was either Moore or an unknown co-conspirator" approached Sherman on East 12th Street, circled behind her, chased her, and then stabbed her more than 10 times, according to his indictment.
Moore's defense team denies the narrative.
“You have an innocent man charged with a crime that could take away his life for the rest of it and all of his freedom,” said defense attorney Jon Paul Rion.
The courtroom was packed with Sherman's family and friends on Wednesday.
“He has to know how much people loved her and will support her until justice is done. And I will personally never give up until justice is done,” friend Maria Zoul said. "I’d like to see him behind bars forever.”
Moore's next pre-trial hearing will be held on July 30.
Prior arrest and sentencing
The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office previously said a police investigation revealed that on the day Sherman was killed, Moore sent text messages to her cell phone just before and after her death. Those messages indicated that Moore was in his office, but phone records, analysis, additional records and witness statements show he was not in the building.
Moore then made false statements to Cleveland police homicide detectives when questioned about his whereabouts, according to authorities.
In 2017, Moore was sentenced for inducing panic and lying to police who were investigating Sherman's death.
Moore pleaded guilty to inducing panic and falsification in connection with bomb threats called in to the Geauga County Courthouse in January 2012 and the Lake County Courthouse in May 2012, and the Cuyahoga County Courthouse in July 2012.
He was sentenced to 180 days in jail, 36 months of community control, and 150 hours of court work service.
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