BRIEFLY MURDERER LANDLORD GETS 40 YEARS-LIFE.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. - A Lancaster homeowner who shot to death a boarder who shared his home was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in state prison. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Tricia Ann Bigelow denied a defense request to either grant a new trial or lower Alvan Aljack Adams' second- degree murder conviction 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. . Adams interrupted in·ter·rupt v. in·ter·rupt·ed, in·ter·rupt·ing, in·ter·rupts v.tr. 1. To break the continuity or uniformity of: Rain interrupted our baseball game. 2. at one point, laughing as the judge said she believed a reasonable interpretation of ballistics ballistics (bəlĭs`tĭks), science of projectiles. Interior ballistics deals with the propulsion and the motion of a projectile within a gun or firing device. evidence would show that the victim was lying on the floor when he was hit by some of the gunfire. The second jury to hear the case against Adams, 50, convicted him of second-degree murder in the death of Eugene Newbern, 41, who with his girlfriend and a third boarder rented rooms from Adams. The first jury deadlocked dead·lock n. 1. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions. 2. Sports A tied score. 3. . Deputy District Attorney Robert Sherwood said there were ``ongoing problems'' between the two men that had caused police to respond to the Lancaster home twice earlier that day. ``I would characterize it as a landlord-tenant dispute,'' the prosecutor said following the sentencing. Adams' attorney contended that his client fired the shots out of fear for his own life, and that there was nothing to indicate the shooting was premeditated pre·med·i·tat·ed adj. Characterized by deliberate purpose, previous consideration, and some degree of planning: a premeditated crime. . Adams testified that he thought the victim had a weapon, prosecutors said. - Staff and Wire Services House fire wreaks $50,000 damage PALMDALE - A house fire caused nearly $50,000 in damage, fire officials said Tuesday. The fire broke out about 7:20 a.m. Tuesday in a home in the 40350 block of 17th Street West. The cause was not immediately determined, but firefighters said it might have been an electrical problem. The home's owner, a nurse at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, was home when the fire broke out and had just sent her two children to school. No one was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Firefighters had the fire out within about 30 minutes but the damage sustained was estimated at about $20,000 to the structure and about $30,000 to its contents. - Daily News |
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