2 SUSPECTS IN SLAYING FACE RETRIAL TERTERYAN, GEVORGYAN CHARGED WITH 1ST-DEGREE MURDER.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer Karen Terteryan and Rafael Gevorgyan will be retried re·tried v. Past tense and past participle of retry. on first-degree murder charges in the 2000 slaying of a 17-year-old student outside Hoover High School Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
Terteryan, now 21, and Gevorgyan, 17, were convicted in November of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , but the jury deadlocked on charges accusing the defendants of murdering Raul Aguirre in a fight. ``The charge of murder remains, and that's always been the thrust of this case, and we believe a jury will be able to convict the defendants of murder,'' said Deputy District Attorney Darrell Mavis. Raul Aguirre was fatally beaten and stabbed to death May 5, 2000, when he came to the aid of a friend who got into a fight with the defendants. Gevorgyan's attorney Andrew Flier said prosecutors should proceed with second-degree murder charges against the defendants and drop additional charges that include gang ties. ``But no matter when we start this trial, my client is going to be found not guilty of the murder charge and let go,'' Flier said. The prosecution argued during the first trial that the boys intended to kill Aguirre to further the interests of a street gang, but the defense maintained that the defendants acted in self-defense (Law) in protection of self, - it being permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. - Wharton. See also: Self-defense and were victims of tension between Latinos and Armenians in Glendale. A new trial date is to be set Jan. 29. Both are being tried as adults. Terteryan was acquitted of a charge of 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. involving Aguirre's friend, and Gevorgyan also was cleared of a charge that he had participated in a violent crime in connection with a street gang. In the jury's deliberations against Terteryan, the jury foreman said the panel was split - six voting for manslaughter, five for second-degree murder and one for first-degree murder. Prosecutors would like to try the case as soon as possible, and they said they would have a stronger case the second time around. Mavis said prosecutors will present more damaging evidence in the retrial retrial n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based on obvious error, bias or newly-discovered evidence. (See: newly-discovered evidence) , including a taped conversation between the defendants in the back of a police car in which they boast about the fight. The taped conversation was not allowed as evidence in the first trial. But the schedule of Terteryan's high-profile attorney, Mark Geragos Mark John Geragos (born October 5 1957) is an American criminal defense attorney best known for defending pop-star Michael Jackson, actress Winona Ryder, Gary Condit, and Susan McDougal, who was involved in the Whitewater scandal. , could become a factor in delaying the start of the second trial. Geragos is defending entertainer Michael Jackson against child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. charges and Scott Peterson, who is accused of killing his wife, Laci, and unborn child. ``In my mind, this case should take priority for Mr. Geragos because it's the oldest of his cases,'' Mavis said. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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