LANCASTER TEENAGER CONVICTED IN TWO HOME-INVASION CASES JURY DEADLOCKS ON MURDER CHARGE FROM ROAD INCIDENT.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A Lancaster teenager faces life in prison after he was convicted of 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 burglary charges in two violent home-invasion robberies in Lancaster. But 18-year-old Kyrone Blakney's jury deadlocked 9-3 in favor of not guilty on a murder charge for a fatal roadside holdup attempt earlier the same night in Palmdale. Co-defendant David Taylor David Taylor or Dave Taylor can be one of several persons: Sports people
``The facts are different,'' Deputy District Attorney Carlos Chung said of the differing convictions in 68-year-old Ladd Franklin Schweitzer's killing. ``Taylor was the actual shooter. Blakney kind of leaned back in the car seat as the actual shooter shot.'' A third alleged accomplice accomplice: see accessory. was shot to death that night in Lancaster by a sheriff's deputy after the second home robbery. Schweitzer, a Palmdale resident, was shot late on Aug. 22, 2002, after refusing to hand over his money to a gunman who had stopped his van on 70th Street East near Avenue N. Schweitzer was shot as he tried to drive away from the would-be robber. Taylor was the gunman, while Blakney sat leaning back in their car - parked in the road to block traffic - so he couldn't be seen, Chung said. ``It was a ruse Ruse (r  `sĕ), city (1993 pop. 170,209), NE Bulgaria, on the Danube River bordering Romania. The chief river port of Bulgaria, it is also an industrial and communications center. to get the victim to stop so he could be robbed,'' Chung said. Chung said he will likely not retry re·try tr.v. re·tried , re·try·ing, re·tries To try again. Verb 1. retry - hear or try a court case anew rehear Blakney on the murder charge but no final decision has been made yet. Blakney is scheduled to be sentenced on the attempted murder and burglary charges Feb. 17. The two home-invasion robberies occurred around midnight Aug. 23, about an hour after Schweitzer's killing. The home invasions left a homeowner and a concerned neighbor wounded. Suspected accomplice Robert Wayne Klingman III, 21, of Lancaster was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy after he pointed a pistol at deputies who were talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to Taylor and Blakney. Klingman drove up after the other pair were arrested while walking along 15th Street East. Taylor and Blakney were tried separately because they both made statements that implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. not only themselves but each other. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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