2 TEENS GET 11 YEARS IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Two 18-year-olds charged in a shotgun shotgun: see small arms. shotgun Smoothbore shoulder firearm designed to fire a number of pellets, or shot, that cover a large target area after they leave the muzzle. It is used mainly against small game such as birds. slaying of a man killed by his girlfriend's 16-year-old son were sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in prison after pleading Asking a court to grant relief. The formal presentation of claims and defenses by parties to a lawsuit. The specific papers by which the allegations of parties to a lawsuit are presented in proper form; specifically the complaint of a plaintiff and the answer of a defendant plus any no contest to voluntary manslaughter The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . Tamra Drianders Allen Al·len , Edgar 1892-1943. American anatomist who is noted for his studies of hormones and for the discovery (1923) of estrogen. and Diunta Reynolds, both of Lancaster, were sentenced Tuesday after prosecutors agreed to dismiss murder charges in the death of 42-year-old Reggie Poindexter. Poindexter's killer, a Lancaster youth, was convicted last month of voluntary manslaughter by a Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial judge and was sentenced to serve time in the California Youth Authority. ``Part of it was the juvenile had gotten voluntary manslaughter,'' Deputy District Attorney Lisa Chung said. ``They did not have any prior serious record. They did not do the actual shooting.'' Prosecutors said Poindexter was shot Sept. 7 as he walked down the stairs Adv. 1. down the stairs - on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" downstairs, on a lower floor, below in his home in the 44000 block of 17th Street East. About 30 minutes before the shooting, Poindexter had tried unsuccessfully to prevent his girlfriend's son from leaving the house with Allen and Reynolds, prosecutors said. Authorities said Reynolds provided the youth with a shotgun and that Allen drove them both back to Poindexter's home and dropped them off. The shooting occurred shortly thereafter. The youth's mother testified at his trial that Poindexter had abused her for years and beat her son on the day of the shooting. The boy was 15 at the time of the slaying and his name has not been released because of his age. |
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