MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN STABBING PALMDALE RESIDENT COULD FACE SEVEN YEARS.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Staff Writer VENTURA - Just as his trial was to begin, a 23-year-old Palmdale man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stabbing a Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident during a brawl brawl n. 1. A noisy quarrel or fight. 2. A loud party. 3. A loud, roaring noise. intr.v. brawled, brawl·ing, brawls 1. To quarrel or fight noisily. 2. at a boxing event and punk rock show. Benjamin Wolf, who remains held in lieu of $500,000, faces a maximum of seven years in prison when sentenced June 20 for his conviction of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. in the attack on Abel Guevara, 28. ``This type of vicious crime - stabbing somebody in the heart - should not be tolerated,'' said prosecutor Rameen Minoui, adding that he will seek the maximum penalty. ``Justice would best be served if the punishment fits the crime.'' A special allegation of causing great bodily injury is attached to the charge. Guevara underwent open-heart surgery open-heart surgery Any surgical procedure opening the heart and exposing one or more of its chambers, most often to repair valve disease or correct congenital heart malformations (see congenital heart disease). and was in critical condition for six days for the wounds he suffered at the Jan. 23 event at Dakota's restaurant in Simi Valley. 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 Jean Farley said her client stabbed Guevara because he thought the victim was assaulting a friend. ``He basically feels responsible for what happened to Abel and believed at the time that Abel was attacking a woman that is a friend of his,'' she said. ``I feel that he should be given probation. ``These are unusual circumstances. It's unfortunate that the injuries were severe. And it was not Ben's desire that the injuries be so severe,'' she said. ``He just wanted to stop the attack.'' Casey Holland, a 25-year-old Simi Valley resident, was also hospitalized with stab wounds to his back suffered during the melee. Derek Shea, 27, of Acton pleaded guilty on May 2 to charges similar to Wolf's in the attack on Holland. Shea, who remains free on $50,000, will be sentenced June 15. Billed as the Millennium Showdown at Dakota's, the event became a nightmare for investigators who interviewed dozens of the 700 people in attendance, many of whom had consumed alcohol, authorities said. Guevara has filed a $5 million claim against the city, alleging that officials failed to require proper permits or to monitor the event. Wolf's plea - offered just as a court trial before Judge Ken Riley Kenneth Jerome Riley (born August 6 1947) is a former professional American Football defensive back who played his entire career for the Cincinnati Bengals, in the American Football League in 1969 and in the NFL from 1970 through 1983. was to begin - places him in a position where he must prove there are ``unusual circumstances'' that would garner him a probationary sentence, Minoui said. |
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