BRIEFLY TRIAL ORDERED FOR 2 MEN IN SHOOTING.LANCASTER - Two 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 men were ordered to stand trial on attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. charges for the shooting of a Lancaster couple over what investigators suspect was a drug deal gone bad. Randolph Hicks, 53, of Lancaster and Melvin Carter, 32, of Palmdale have pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy to commit a crime. The two men were bound over for trial following their preliminary hearing Thursday. Rose Kato, 45, was shot three times in the upper torso, and her husband, Eugene, 39, was shot once after a quarrel April 18 with two men in the couple's West Kettering Avenue house, deputies said. Both victims were recovering, officials said. - Daily News Death reaffirmed for students' killer BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A judge has sent triple murderer David Leslie David Leslie may refer to:
During sentencing on Friday, Kern County Superior Court Judge Roger Randall said the heinous nature of his crimes outweighed any personal problems Murtishaw has endured and the good behavior Orderly and lawful action; conduct that is deemed proper for a peaceful and law-abiding individual. The definition of good behavior depends upon how the phrase is used. he has shown in prison. Murtishaw, 44, was originally convicted and placed on Death Row in 1979 for fatally shooting three University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission film students north of Mojave on April 9, 1978. His conviction has always been affirmed. But his sentence was reversed twice by the state Supreme Court and a federal appeals court. It was the subject of a second retrial retrial n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based on obvious error, bias or newly-discovered evidence. (See: newly-discovered evidence) that ended last month. - Associated Press |
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