2 PLEAD NOT GUILTY IN FATAL STABBING.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer Two men suspected in the slaying of a Moorpark man in what police said was an unprovoked ``stabbing frenzy'' pleaded not guilty Friday. Wearing jail blues, Robert Don Imes and Vincent Ryan Gatica stood in a courtroom detention cell Noun 1. detention cell - a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily detention centre, bullpen jail cell, prison cell, cell - a room where a prisoner is kept as Deputy District Attorney Maeve Fox presented grand jury indictments of the two 19-year-olds. Both face one charge of murder in the July 21 killing of Robert Bankson, 24, of Moorpark. Imes is also charged with use of a deadly weapon deadly weapon n. any weapon which can kill. This includes not only weapons which are intended to do harm like a gun or knife, but also blunt instruments like clubs, baseball bats, monkey wrenches, an automobile or any object which actually causes death. and 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. of Joseph Morgan Joseph Morgan may be one of the following people:
Although the defense may seek separate trials, Fox said the presumption is for a consolidated trial. ``California law California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes. See also
According to Morgan's testimony in front of the grand jury, Morgan and Bankson started talking with Imes in Midtown Ventura following a concert. After the three decided to walk to the beach, Morgan, 22, of Oxnard, offered a hallucinogenic hal·lu·ci·no·gen n. A substance that induces hallucination. [hallucin(ation) + -gen.] hal·lu mushroom to Imes. Imes, Morgan said, got a strange look in his eye and without provocation or saying a word, punched Bankson in the face. Morgan pinned Imes to the ground and was trying to calm him when Gatica knocked Morgan off. Imes then allegedly pulled a knife and went on what police termed a ``stabbing frenzy,'' wounding Morgan, Bankson, Gatica and himself. Morgan escaped to get help. When he looked back at the scene, he saw his friend, Bankson, being attacked. Bankson died of multiple stab wounds in his chest. One wound to the eye penetrated his brain. If convicted of first-degree murder, Imes and Gatica could be sentenced to 25 years to life. A second-degree murder conviction is punishable by a sentence of 15 years to life in prison. |
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