MOM, SON TO STAND TRIAL IN BURGLARY.Byline: CONNIE LLANOS llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- A man and his mother were ordered Tuesday to stand trial on charges of burglary and receiving stolen property in a case in which investigators said the son was shot by a homeowner while the mother waited outside in the getaway car getaway car n the thieves' getaway car → el coche en que huyeron los ladrones getaway car n → voiture prévue pour prendre la fuite . Michael Lugo, 29, of Palmdale and his mother, Cynthia Brandon, 51, of Pacoima were ordered to return to court March 13 for a pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. hearing in San Fernando. The duo was arrested Oct. 18 after Brandon flagged down sheriff's deputies after her son was shot three times by the woman inside the Canyon Country house Lugo had entered without permission, sheriff's deputies said. Brandon is out of jail on $50,000 bail and Lugo is jailed in lieu of $210,000 in bond. Brandon, according to police reports and testimony, was driving Lugo in a red Dodge Intrepid when he asked her to stop at a house in the 16900 block of Canvas Street. According to the report Lugo knocked on the front door of the home and after getting no response jumped the fence of the residence. There he was confronted by the resident, who, according to reports, shot him in self defense. Lugo's attorney, county 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 Todd Montrose, argued in court that all counts against Lugo should be dismissed since their was insufficient evidence insufficient evidence n. a finding (decision) by a trial judge or an appeals court that the prosecution in a criminal case or a plaintiff in a lawsuit has not proved the case because the attorney did not present enough convincing evidence. to prove intent. Brandon's attorney also moved to dismiss all charges against his client since he said there was no evidence that the woman had ever gotten out of the car or had any knowledge of her son's intentions. Judge Craig Richman, however, did not agree. "As far as this court is concerned there is sufficient evidence that both defendants were acting together as residential burglars," Richman said. connie.llanos@dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 |
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