CHARGES DROPPED IN ATTACK ALLEGATION.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - A 61-year-old man accused of attacking a senior-citizens apartment neighbor as she slept was released from jail Wednesday after the charges against him were dismissed. Lancaster head prosecutor prosecutor Government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution. In some countries (France, Japan), public prosecution is carried out by a single office. In the U.S., states and counties have their own prosecutors. Kerry White requested the dismissal of the charges against Sean Tellez, who was facing his second trial after his first ended last October with jurors deadlocked dead·lock n. 1. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions. 2. Sports A tied score. 3. 6-6. ``He's out. He's very happy,'' 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 Mario Barrera said of his client, who had been in jail for more than a year. White, who took over last month as head deputy district attorney in the 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 , said he doubted that prosecutors could prove the case to 12 jurors beyond a reasonable doubt. ``I reviewed the case and my assistant head deputy also reviewed it. It was a very difficult case to begin with,'' White said. ``It just appeared that we had given our best shot. There was no new evidence. There was nothing that made me believe we would be able to convince another six people.'' The defense argued that the 71-year-old woman's boyfriend was involved and that she accused Tellez to cover up what essentially was a domestic-violence incident. Tellez was accused of breaking into the woman's apartment in the senior complex in the 43300 block of Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling on Feb. 2, 2005, beating her and breaking bones in both her feet. Barrera said the woman did not immediately report the attack, and told paramedics who came to her apartment the next morning that she had fallen out of bed and was having trouble walking. The boyfriend, who was called to the witness stand by the prosecution, denied attacking the woman, Barrera said. ``Why does a person who is viciously attacked in her bedroom not immediately call authorities and say, `I've been attacked,' and then the next morning create a false story about falling out of bed?'' Barrera said Wednesday. ``In my opinion, people create false stories to cover up for somebody.'' Authorities said the woman at first was hesitant hes·i·tant adj. Inclined or tending to hesitate. hes  i·tant·ly adv. to come forward because she was afraid. Deputies said there was no indication of any sexual assault and nothing was stolen, so investigators did not know what prompted the attack. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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