JUDGE MAY SPARE TEEN TRIAL AS ADULT.Byline: Donna Huffaker Staff Writer Juvenile defendants in a murder case can be indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. by a grand jury only if they are accused of personally carrying out the killing, a judge said Monday. The statement by 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. Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler could set the way for a 15-year-old suspect in the killing of a Hoover High School Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial . He will make an official ruling Thursday. Under Proposition 21, Rafael Gevorgyan of North Hollywood could be tried as an adult and, if convicted, could face a life sentence without the possibility of parole. If found guilty in Juvenile Court, he could be eligible for release between ages 18 and 25. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. grand jury documents obtained earlier this month by the Daily News, authorities say the crowbar-wielding Gevorgyan did not cause the death of the 17-year-old victim. Rather, according to a deputy medical examiner's report, Raul Aguirre died from stab wounds to his chest, which authorities allege were inflicted by Karen Terteryan, 18, of Glendale. On Sept. 14, Fidler ruled that the grand jury did not have the right to indict in·dict tr.v. in·dict·ed, in·dict·ing, in·dicts 1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge: a book that indicts modern values. 2. three minor suspects in the case. Terteryan, 17 at the time of the killing, Gevorgyan and Anait Ano Msryan 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. and street gang terrorism in the May 5 attack. Under Proposition 21, juveniles charged with murder go straight to adult court. Prosecutors are seeking to try the teen-agers as adults. Revising his earlier ruling, Fidler said Monday that if the minors ``personally killed'' the victim, the grand jury can indict them. Pointing out that he had not finished reading the nearly 400-page grand jury transcript, Fidler said the grand jury, in order to indict, needed to have evidence that the defendants ``personally killed'' Aguirre. If no such evidence exists, then that is an ambiguous area, Fidler said. Deputy District Attorney Steven Lopez amended the indictment last week to add the allegation that Gevorgyan ``personally killed'' Aguirre. |
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