ARRAIGNMENT DELAYED.Byline: Jennifer Hamm Staff Writer GLENDALE - The arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted for three teen-agers accused of killing a Hoover High School Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
The District Attorney's Office would not say what that proceeding is, but defense attorneys said they believe the D.A. has convened or is convening con·vene v. con·vened, con·ven·ing, con·venes v.intr. To come together usually for an official or public purpose; assemble formally. v.tr. 1. a grand jury in the case to avoid a preliminary hearing. That would prevent the defense attorneys from arguing that the defendants should not be tried as adults. The youths were charged as adults in the stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. death because under Proposition 21, the juvenile crime measure passed this year, juveniles 14 and older must be charged as adults for certain serious crimes. The District Attorney's Office declined to make any comment on the case. By law, grand jury proceedings are secret. ``It's wrong what (the District Attorney's Office) did on this. It's because of politics and pressures,'' said Andrew Flier, who represents Rafael Gevorgyan. Gevorgyan, 15, of North Hollywood; Anait Ano Msryan, 14, of 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. ; and Karen Terteryan, 17, of Glendale are suspected of killing 17-year-old Raul Aguirre on May 5. Aguirre died after trying to break up a fight that had erupted. He was stabbed twice in the chest and twice in the back and was bludgeoned with a crowbar just after school let out. The next proceeding on the case will be held Aug. 24 at the Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . |
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