BRIEFLY.Death sentence is overturned The California Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a man's death sentence for his role in the 1981 stabbing deaths of a Van Nuys mother and her 8-year-old son as part of a murder-for-hire scheme to collect life insurance. James Edward Hardy was found guilty in 1983 of conspiracy to commit murder to collect life insurance proceeds in the stabbing deaths of Nancy Morgan and her son, Mitchell. Morgan's husband, Clifford, bought the insurance policies and arranged the murders. A co-defendant, Mark Anthony Reilly, was also sentenced to death for the murders. 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. County prosecutors argued that Hardy stabbed the mother 45 times and son 21 times at the family's home, while Reilly waited outside or held the victims down. In his appeal, Hardy contended his defense attorney failed to present evidence to support a claim that another man known to him and Reilly, Calvin Boyd, did the killings. The justices found that the evidence regarding Boyd -- who testified during the trial under a grant of immunity -- would not have changed the guilty verdict, because Hardy still would have been found to have conspired in the murders. But the justices held that the evidence could have changed the outcome of the penalty phase of the trial. -- City News Service Connector gets $500,000 in aid A federal transportation funding bill approved this week by the House includes $500,000 to help complete the Cross Valley Connector linking the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and Antelope valleys. The six- to eight-lane roadway will connect Interstate 5 at Highway 126 to the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. at Golden Valley Road. A 1.6-mile stretch of the connector opened in April in Santa Clarita. -- Daily News Burke says she's still in district Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke issued a statement Thursday saying she is still living in the Second District, which she represents. Burke, 74, said she issued the statement after she was "accosted ac·cost tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. 2. To solicit for sex. " by reporters at her Centinela Avenue Centinela Avenue is an important street in Los Angeles. It generally runs north/south, but also east/west, and is the prime thoroughfare for West Los Angeles, Mar Vista, and Culver City. residence, who demanded to know why she had not been spending the evenings there. Burke said remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling has been under way at the house. Burke's spokesman James Bolden said the supervisor and her husband, Los Angeles Marathon The Los Angeles Marathon is an annual marathon held in Los Angeles, California since 1986. It was inspired by the success of the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. The race starts at about 8:15AM and runs through Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, the Crenshaw district, and Chair James Burke James Burke may refer to:
-- Daily News Person believed hurt in shooting PANORAMA CITY -- A person was taken to an area hospital after apparently being injured in a driveby shooting Thursday, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 3:53 p.m. in the 7900 block of Kester Avenue near Blythe Street, police said. An unidentified person with unspecified injuries was taken to Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City, said Pat Marek, Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman. -- Daily News Plea is entered in 2004 shooting CANOGA PARK -- A man suspected of being a West Valley gang member has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder in a 2004 shooting that injured a Canoga Park Alabama gang member. Austin Tyler "Stomper" Lipfert, 22, a reputed member of the West Valley Crazies, is accused in the Jan. 15, 2004 shooting that injured Jess Tereso Juarez, 21, at Alabama Avenue and Hart Street. The shooting occurred when Lipfert and another man allegedly drove up in a car and asked Juarez, "Where you from?" said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Shands McCoy. Juarez answered Canoga Park, and the two men got out of the car and allegedly started shooting before taking off. Juarez was taken to a hospital and treated. He has since recovered. -- Daily News |
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