50 YEARS TO LIFE IN TEEN'S SHOOTING EX-CONVICT, 21, CRASHED PARTY, KILLED 19-YEAR-OLD.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A reputed reputed adj. referring to what is accepted by general public belief, whether or not correct. gang member was sentenced Monday to 50 years to life in prison for shooting a teenager to death at a party in an argument over a missing cell phone. Ex-convict Jerry Kelly Jerome Patrick Kelly (born November 23, 1966) is an American golfer. Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional that year, but didn't make it onto the PGA Tour until 1996. III, 21, was convicted of first-degree murder in the May 2004 killing of 19-year-old Devontay Oats. ``This was a just sentence for a senseless sense·less adj. 1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless. 2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid. 3. Insensate; unconscious. crime,'' Deputy District Attorney Benny Osorio said. Kelly received 25 years to life for the murder charge plus another 25 years to life for using a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. causing death. Kelly had a prior conviction of possession or purchase of cocaine cocaine (kōkān`, kō`kān), alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in for sale in 2001 and was paroled in January 2003, state records show. Kelly's mother and sister testified that he was at home at the time of the shooting, which occurred during a weekend party at a home in the 1800 block of East Avenue H-12. Oats' friends said the gunman arrived with a group of gang members who crashed the party. Soon after their arrival, the man claimed that his cell phone was missing and began searching partygoers. Oats objected to being searched, so the man pulled out a handgun and shot him in the head. Osorio earlier said that Kelly first asked who had his cell phone, adding that when he found the person with the cell phone, ``I'm popping him.'' ``He makes everyone go out of the house one by one. When Devontay Oats walks by, he brushes the defendant's hand away from his pocket,'' Osorio said. ``The defendant takes a step back and shoots him in the back of the head.'' After Oats was shot, the gunman and his companions fired more shots inside the home and in the back yard as partygoers ran for safety, Oats' friends said. Oats died at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital. Oats had started work at a construction job a month before he was killed. He was planning to save his money so he could buy a car and pay his tuition to California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , his mother said. Oats wanted to major in a computer-related field and seemed to have a knack for fixing and helping others fix their computers, family members said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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