DELIBERATIONS DELAYED IN TEEN HOMICIDE TRIAL.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer Closing arguments were completed Friday, but jury deliberations have been delayed a week in the trial of four Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by youths charged with fatally stabbing an Agoura Hills teen-ager last year. The jury will begin reviewing evidence and testimony in Malibu Superior Court on May 20. Judge Lawrence Mira Lawrence Joseph Mira (b. August 9, 1942) is a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge whose courtroom is in Malibu, California. Known by some as "Judge to the Stars", Mira's name has been mentioned in numerous high-profile and celebrity arrests due to the region his courtroom approved the weeklong week·long adj. Continuing through the week: a weeklong conference. Adj. 1. weeklong - lasting through a week; "her weeklong vacation" seven-day delay because of a juror's scheduling conflict. There are no remaining alternates to take the juror's place. The trial, which began March 26, already had been delayed one week so a defense attorney could take a previously scheduled vacation. Brandon Hein, 19, of Oak Park, Tony Miliotti, 18, of Westlake Village, and brothers Jason Holland For the Jason Holland convicted of killing Jimmy Farris in 1995, see . Jason Holland (born April 30, 1976, in Morinville, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman. , 19, and Micah Holland, 16, both of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , are charged with murder, 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. , burglary and two counts of attempted robbery in the stabbing death of James P. Farris III and the wounding of his friend Michael McLoren. Prosecutors contend the defendants entered McLoren's back yard on May 22, 1995 and attacked Farris and McLoren as they were lifting weights and using a punching bag outside a wooden fort behind McLoren's home. Prosecutors said the defendants were seeking marijuana locked in a drawer inside the fort. McLoren survived being stabbed and was the prosecution's primary witness during the trial. Contending the stabbings occurred during mutual fighting, defense attorneys have argued that prosecutors are going too far in calling the death murder and saying the victims were stabbed during an attempt to steal marijuana. |
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