TEEN TO FACE TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE; HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DIED IN SHOOTING.Byline: Donna Huffaker Daily News Staff Writer A teen-ager accused of firing the shot that killed a Hoover High School Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
midmost of 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. will stand trial on a second-degree murder charge, a judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling ended a packed two-day preliminary hearing at which two spectators reportedly simulated guns with their fingers during testimony and were arrested on suspicion of intimidating in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. witnesses. Glendale Municipal Court Judge Lillian Stevens ordered Artiom Badalyan, 18, to be tried on a second degree murder charge in the Sept. 10 shooting of Avetis ``Avo'' Demirchyan, 15. Demirchyan, Badalyan's good friend, was shot in the stomach after a fistfight between two groups of students escalated. Outside court, Glendale police arrested Gevork Akashyan, 22, of Van Nuys and a 17-year-old Glendale boy on suspicion of intimidating witnesses, Glendale police Sgt. Rick Young said. The two were among seven people the judge ejected from court the day before after warning them to cease making hand or facial gestures to witnesses who were testifying, because was intimidating. Officers from the Glendale police Special Enforcement Detail arrested the young men Tuesday after the bailiff bailiff Officer of some U.S. courts whose duties include keeping order in the courtroom and guarding prisoners or jurors in deliberation. In medieval Europe, it was a title of some dignity and power, denoting a manorial superintendent or royal agent who collected fines and reported the intimidating gestures, including the simulation of a gun, Detective Susan Hayn said. Akashyan was being held at Glendale City Jail on $100,000 bail, and the teen-ager was taken to Eastlake Juvenile Hall, Young said. In court, teary-eyed family members gasped when the judge set Badalyan's bail at $1 million. Badalyan's attorney, Mark Geragos Mark John Geragos (born October 5 1957) is an American criminal defense attorney best known for defending pop-star Michael Jackson, actress Winona Ryder, Gary Condit, and Susan McDougal, who was involved in the Whitewater scandal. , asked that the charge be reduced to involuntary manslaughter The act of unlawfully killing another human being unintentionally. Most unintentional killings are not murder but involuntary manslaughter. The absence of the element of intent is the key distinguishing factor between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. , because there was no intent to harm the student who died, he said. Stevens did not agree, however, and ordered Badalyan to appear in Pasadena Superior Court on May 12 for arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted . ``This is clearly not a murder case. It is a tragic and unfortunate situation,'' Geragos said outside of court. A gunshot to Demirchyan's stomach ended what began as a fistfight between two groups of students near Hoover High School. The brawl started with a disagreement between Demirchyan and a 15-year-old boy. Police said it was not gang-related. That 15-year-old testified Monday that Badalyan was a peacemaker, who was trying to get him and Demirchyan to resolve their differences, the boy said. Detective Hayn testified that the day after Demirchyan was shot, a 14-year-old Hoover student told her he saw Badalyan with a gun. It was during that boy's testimony Monday that the spectators simulated a gun with their fingers, Hayn said. The 14-year-old testified he did not remember what he said to Hayn when she interviewed him at the police station. ``We want it to be forgotten,'' the boy testified, speaking through an Armenian interpreter. Young called the spectators' behavior ``completely inappropriate.'' ``Bullying Bullying Chowne, Parson Stoyle terrorizes parish; kidnaps children. [Br. Lit.: The Maid of Sker, Walsh Modern, 94–95] Claypole, Noah bully; becomes thief in Fagin’s gang. [Br. Lit. witnesses into testifying any way other than truthfully will not be tolerated,'' Young said. |
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