2 INDICTED UNDER NEW GANG LAW.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Staff Writer VENTURA - In the county's first case under a new law permitting the death penalty for gang-related murders, a grand jury has indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. a Van Nuys gang member in the slaying of a Newbury Park teen. Jesus Miranda is scheduled to stand trial Oct. 17 on charges that he murdered Edgar Cruz, 19, and wounded Andres Morales, 18, during an April 28 shooting spree. Miranda's could be the first death penalty case prosecuted in Ventura County under Proposition 21, a statewide initiative approved in March by voters that allows the death penalty for gang members convicted of murder. ``I'm fully in support of Proposition 21 and am grateful for the additional tools it has given gang prosecutors,'' said Senior Deputy District Attorney Bill Haney. ``In Ventura County, we will pursue gang members aggressively and hold them accountable for their actions.'' Miranda, 21, is charged with murder, attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , shooting at an inhabited dwelling, assault with a firearm and carrying a loaded firearm while an active participant in a criminal street gang. The grand jury also indicted Carlos Alberto Carlos Alberto is a Portuguese given name (English language Charles Albert, Italian language Carlo Alberto). It is the name of several footballers:
Both Miranda and Escobar pleaded not guilty to the charges Monday. Miranda was ordered held without bail, while bail remained at $60,000 for Escobar. ``I was surprised that (Miranda) was accused of the murder of Edgar Cruz,'' Deputy Public Defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was Christina Briles said after the hearing. ``He had not been previously identified as the suspect. He had only been identified as the person responsible for the attempted murder. I have my doubts that this information that was provided to the grand jury is very reliable.'' Cruz and Morales, whom authorities said are not gang members, were unarmed when they were shot down at the Conejo Creek condominium condominium In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. complex in Newbury Park. The shootings were the result of heightened tensions between Mexican immigrants living in the area and a gang of Salvadoran immigrants, officials said. Two days after the shootings, four Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. residents were on their way to a memorial service for Cruz when three other members of a Van Nuys gang opened fire at them at a Newbury Park Del Taco Del Taco is a chain of North American fast-food restaurants specializing in Mexican-style offerings as well as American foods such as burgers, fries and shakes. The first Del Taco restaurant was founded in Yermo, California in 1961 by Ed Hackbarth and David Jameson. restaurant near the condo complex where the shooting occurred. No one was injured in that incident. |
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