CANYON COUNTRY MAN TOLD TO STAND TRIAL IN RAPE OF GIRL, 13.Byline: Laurence Darmiento Daily News Staff Writer A 316-pound, 6-foot-4-inch Canyon Country man was ordered Monday to stand trial on charges of molesting a 13-year-old neighbor and then attempting to intimidate in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. the girl into silence. Patrick Arthur Norby, 26, who goes by the nickname ``Baby Huey
Baby Huey, a gigantic and naïve infant duckling cartoon character. He was created by Martin Taras for Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios, and became a Paramount cartoon star during the 1950s. ,'' will stand trial in North Valley Superior Court after his attorney decided to waive To intentionally or voluntarily relinquish a known right or engage in conduct warranting an inference that a right has been surrendered. For example, an individual is said to waive the right to bring a tort action when he or she renounces the remedy provided by law for such his right to a preliminary hearing. Prosecutors calculate he faces up to 57 years in prison if convicted of all charges, since he has a prior conviction for burglary. The investigator on the case had been prepared Monday to testify in Newhall Municipal Court about the case, but the hearing was canceled at the request of Deputy Public Defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was Rose Reglos. Citing attorney-client privilege In the law of evidence, a client's privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent any other person from disclosing, confidential communications between the client and his or her attorney. , Reglos declined to comment on her legal maneuver, while prosecutors said it likely stemmed from the fact that all testimony was to come from the investigator. ``She already has all the reports. Nothing new would have come from this,'' said Deputy District Attorney Dan Damon. ``There is no advantage (in the move.) The fact is the victim will still have to testify at the trial.'' Norby is accused of raping the teen-ager in September and December at his Canyon Country home, where she had visited with him, and then threatening to kill her if she told anyone. The girl finally did tell while being treated at a San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. hospital last month, where she had been taken after attempting to slash her wrists, prosecutors said. Norby, who is being held in lieu of $450,000 bail, is scheduled to be arraigned June 24 in North Valley Superior Court. |
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