Grayson Green: Vargas and Beverly Smart Murder Case

Three defendants are listed on the October 26 jury-trial calendar in the prosecution connected to Grayson Green’s death. The calendar establishes the court setting. Jury selection, opening statements and testimony are separate stages, and this file will identify those stages as the court proceeds. The calendar is not a verdict. Official calendar PDF.

Grayson Green was 17 when he was shot at a graduation gathering at the Walton Village apartments in Marietta on May 21, 2022. He died after being taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Family recollections reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution describe his love of music, humor and entrepreneurial interests. Original case reporting · Family and victim background.

The court calendar spells the defendants’ names Neriyah Vargas, Necquo Vargas and Tahkel Marquise Beverly Smart. Earlier reporting uses Ne’riyah, Ne’cquo and Beverly-Smart; these are spelling variations in coverage of the same prosecution. All three calendar entries carry case number 23902360-DVR. Judge D. Victor Reynolds and courtroom 6200 are listed for the setting. Calendar.

Marietta police announced the arrests in June 2023. FOX 5 reports eight felony allegations for each defendant, encompassing malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, a firearm offense and related gang allegations. Police located the Vargas siblings in Newport News, Virginia; Beverly Smart was already in custody elsewhere when charged in this case. The specific role alleged against each must be established by the prosecution. Police announcement as reported.

The original reporting describes a large gathering that moved to the apartment complex after another party ended. Officers responded to gunfire and found Green injured. The publicly reported arrest announcement did not set out a complete defendant-by-defendant account or disclose all the evidence supporting the gang allegations. The indictment and admitted trial exhibits are needed to evaluate those issues in full. Scope of the arrest announcement.

The charges express the State’s allegations. The source set does not provide the defendants’ complete opening statements, individual defense theories or an agreed set of trial facts. Each defendant’s conduct and any legal theory of shared responsibility must be assessed separately. Other cases involving a similarly named person are not evidence of guilt in Green’s case.

The official calendar is dated October 26 at 9 a.m. It contains one entry per defendant under the same case number, rather than establishing three independent murder trials. No verdict in Green’s case is established by this calendar. Any rulings, verdicts or sentences will be tracked separately for each defendant. Read all four calendar pages.

• What acts does the State attribute to each defendant? The charging labels alone do not supply a complete factual narrative.
• What evidence supports the alleged gang connection? Police did not disclose the full basis in the arrest announcement.
• When will openings and testimony begin? The jury-trial calendar supplies the setting, while the court’s proceedings establish the sequence.

Green is fatally shot during a graduation gathering in Marietta.

Police locate suspects and announce three arrests in the year-old investigation.

The clerk’s October 26 jury-trial calendar is generated.

The three defendants are listed in courtroom 6200 before Judge Reynolds.