He was not immediately released because he still has holds for minor cases in St. Snavely “is elated, obviously,” said his attorney, H. Holmes ruled that the circumstantial evidence against Snavely “is not enough” under Florida law for the case to go forward. Holmes earlier this month and took the case to trial, Snavely’s attorney would make the same motion to dismiss at the close of evidence and Holmes would likely grant it again. The decision clears the way for the release of John “Champ” Snavely after more than three years behind bars, and reopens the question of who fatally stabbed Sam Del Brocco in his Pompano Beach, Fla., townhouse.Ī spokesman for the Broward state’s attorney’s office said Monday that even if prosecutors successfully appealed the dismissal by Circuit Court Judge Ilona M. Prosecutors in Broward County, Fla., said Monday they will not appeal a judge’s ruling dismissing their murder case against a gay porn star accused of killing a Washington-area marketing executive in 2010.
