5 ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL IN STABBING CASE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - Five defendants, including one minor, were ordered Friday to stand trial in the death of a Canyon Country man who was stabbed 33 times in what investigators say was a retaliation gang attack. Superior Court Judge Norman Tarle found that there was enough evidence against Samuel Herr, Jorge Manrique Jorge Manrique (c. 1440 – 1479) was a major Spanish poet, whose main work, the Coplas a la muerte de su padre (Stanzas about the Death of his Father), is still read today. , Jesse Rodriguez Jesse Rodriguez is a New York-based Assignment Editor for NBC News, covering news on the network's news desk. Prior to NBC, Jesse was with CBS Television at WFOR-TV as the station's weeknight assignment editor. , Tony Villasenor and Jose Jimmenez to try them on murder and conspiracy charges. Friday's preliminary hearing was the third since the Jan. 16 slaying of Byron Benito, whose body was found lying on a curb on Golden Bush Way in the Greenbrier greenbrier: see smilax. East Mobile Home Park. Detectives believe that Benito was lured there by a friend and then attacked by a group of 19 adults and juveniles who had been waiting for him in a nearby parking lot. Prosecutors said that the attack had been planned in advance and that Benito had been stabbed 33 times with various objects. The mob attacked him to avenge the death of Victor Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , 19, of Piru, whose body was found in a dry creek bed under Sierra Highway the day before, officials said. But investigators don't believe Benito had any involvement in Flores' death. Already facing trial are John Romero, Randy Franco, Robert Moreno, Alfredo Hernandez, Esteban Alonso, Catherine Henson, Daniel Carrillo and Mario Aguillon. Preliminary hearings for John Jimmenez and Alberto Mondragon are scheduled for next week. Charges against Roger Villasenor have been dismissed. Two minors are still undergoing 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 proceedings. |
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