Mickey Horton gets a bad rap for never winning a case. He's defended Salemites for decades now, but many of his clients have ended up in jail for crimes they didn't commit. Here's a list of his numerous clients. Unless otherwise noted, Mickey represented the defendent. He spent a few years as the assistant DA in the late 80s. His cases in that capacity are noted with an **, with his representation of the state. It's still a work-in-progress, so if you can add any info to the list, please email me.
Year Defendent Accused crime/case Verdict Actual Culprit End Result and other
details 1966 Tom Horton case dismissed none Marie told the court just what had made
Tom "unavoidably detained." She confessed to having
attempted to commit suicide, and that thanks to Tom she was
still alive. Because of Marie's testimony, it became clear
to everyone that it had been impossible for Tom to visit
Carl because he'd had an emergency happening in his own
home. As a result, the case was dismissed. 1967 Susan Martin acquitted on grounds of temporary
insanity Susan Martin Mickey encouraged her to plead innocent
by reason of insanity, but Susan plead guilty (by reason of
insanity) instead. Then Susan escaped from prison, only to
face Helen Martin, who was grief stricken that her son was
taken from her. Helen shot Susan in the chest. Susan
survived but had a serious heart problem that Tom took care
of later on. 1969 Bill Horton causing the death of Kitty
Horton guilty of involuntary
manslaughter--sentenced to 5 years in prison Bill Horton Bill refused to say exactly why he had
gone to see Kitty the night that she suffered a heart attack
(she had been blackmailing him with a taped conversation
where Laura admitted that Michael was Bill's son), so they
lost the case. 1976 Mickey Horton attempted murder of Bill Horton (sanity
hearing) insane--sent to Bayview
Sanitarium Mickey defended himself at a sanity
hearing following his attempt to kill Bill Horton. He
pretended to be calm and rational, but he lost the case
after Laura's testimony, which stated that Mickey was well
enough to be treated at home rather than in a sanitarium,
was thrown out because it wasn't objective. Mickey lost
control at that moment and tried to strangle Bill. Thus, he
was sent to Bayview Sanitarium 1978 Julie Williams murder of Larry Atwood case dismissed Arlo Roberts They entered an innocent plea but things
went downhill when details of Julie's relationship with
Larry and the rape came out. They would've lost the case if
the real culprit, Arlo Roberts, had not confessed at the
last minute. 1981 David Banning attempted murder of Alex
Marshall guilty--sentenced to three years in
prison Eames, a hitman who worked for Stuart
Whyland David never had a chance. Not only did
all the witnesses damage Mickey's case, but Alex Marshall
woke up from his coma and said that David had shot
him. 1987 **Kimberly Brady
(represented by Chris Kositchek,
prosecuted by Mickey) guilty Gillian Forrester Mickey and fellow DA Leslie Landman won
when they sent Kim to jail. However, Shane eventually helped
trap Gillian and she is still in prison for the
crime 1987 **Steve Johnson murder of Duke Johnson case dismissed Adrienne Johnson Mickey was the prosecutor in this case.
During the trial, Adrienne finally remembered that she had
killed Duke in self-defense, after he had raped
her. Melissa Anderson poisoning Kayla Deveraux charged dropped Harper Deveraux Mickey represented Melissa when she was
accused of poisoning Kayla. Harper Deveraux was the one
who really poisoned Kayla, because he felt Kayla had
betrayed Jack by being with Steve. Kayla later had the
charges dropped. 1989 **Sally Wales attemped robbery of Brady Fish
Market guilty--sentenced to 10 years in
prison Sally Wales Mickey was the prosecutor in this case.
Sally was a homeless teen who had held people at gunpoint at
the Brady Fish Market so that she could be arrested and have
her child in prison. Mickey was able to get the maximum
penalty of 10 years in prison. 1989 **Cal Winters attempted murder of Roman
Brady case dismissed Diana Colville Mickey was the prosecutor in this case.
The case was dismissed when Diana remembered that she shot
Roman. 1990 Kayla Brady murder of Marina Toscano guilty--sentenced to 10 years in
prison Isabella Toscano Mickey was no longer D.A. so he defended
Kayla in this case. The decision was later overturned when
it was discovered that the real culprit was Isabella
Toscano. 1990 Isabella Toscano murder of Marina Toscano innocent (self-defense) Isabella Toscano Isabella was found INNOCENT, after it was
established that Isabella had acted in
self-defense. 1990 Bo Brady guilty Bo Brady (with help from Emmy
Borden) The day after Christmas,
Bo's hearing took place. Mickey Horton asked Carly to
testify on behalf of Bo. Emmy, who was madly in love with
Bo, was asked to testify against him. She had to tell the
judge exactly what Bo had done and she felt awful about
this. After her testimony things didn't look too good for
Bo. According to Mickey, Bo could go to jail for a long
time. But then Carly took the stand and told the judge about
Bo's personal circumstances at the time of his criminal
activities. She told her about Hope's death and about Shawn
D's accident, which was caused by Jencon. She also told the
judge that no-one believed that Bo should be punished for
what he had done. They all thought he was a hero. After
hearing this, the judge decided to let Bo off with a one
year probation and 1000 hours of community work. 1991 Lawrence Alamain
(represented by Gregory Marchand,
Jennifer represented by Mickey) rape of Jennifer Horton guilty--6 months in prison Lawrence Alamain 1992 Salem University Hospital wrongful death of Dean Lombard hospital not responsible none Mickey represented the hospital when it
was sued by the Lombard family for the wrongful death of
Dean Lombard. He won the case by establishing that Dean had
a pre-existing medical condition that caused his
death. 1994 Billie Reed case dismissed Stefano DiMera Mickey almost lost the case. Just as the
judge was about to pass sentence, Bo Brady decided to play
attorney and helped her remember that Stefano DiMera had
killed Curtis. The case against Billie was
dismissed. 1995-96 John Black guilty Tony, self-inflicted gunshot
wound John was in the gas chamber when Jack and
Jennifer came in with evidence to save him. Years later it
was discovered that it wasn't actually Tony who committed
suicide. It was actually his cousin Andre DiMera. 1998 Jack Deveraux murder of Peter Blake guilty Peter wasn't really dead Jack went to jail, but escaped with
Jennifer's help. They went on the run and Peter went after
him. After staging Jennifer's "death," they were able to
prove that Peter was still alive. 1998-99 Sami Brady guilty Sami Brady custody battle over Will
Roberts Lucas won custody of the boy none Mike Horton sexual harrassment of Ali
McIntyre the hospital board investigated this
incident 2002 Bo and Hope Brady custody of JT Brady Glen Reiber won custody none Shawn Douglas Brady murder of Colin Murphy Tony DiMera murder of Roman Brady Case Dismissed Marlena Evans, 1/28/04
1988
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2004
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Thanks to Gossamer for the idea for this page and to Ken for filling in lots of gaps. RHA gave info on JT's custody battle. Justin gave info on Shawn's trial. Gabrielle gave info for the Melissa story and Keith gave info for the serial killer story.