TRIAL ORDERED IN SLAYING OF EX-GIRLFRIEND.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- An ex-convict accused of fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. shooting his ex-girlfriend after she made dozens of harassing cell-phone calls to him has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of murder. Keion Howard, 32, of Palmdale is accused in the August 2005 slaying of Christina Mays, 27, who was found shot to death about 3 a.m. outside her home in the 1200 block of East Lingard Street. ``She came out into her front yard without any shoes on, and she had her cell phone with her,'' Deputy District Attorney Kelly Cromer said. ``She ends up being shot in the front yard.'' Howard was bound over for trial Friday on a murder charge after a preliminary hearing that was spread over three days. He also was ordered to stand trial on charges in an unrelated case of possession of cocaine for sale, possession of a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. by a felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. , and possession of ammunition by a felon. The judge dismissed a charge of false impersonation Impersonation Patroclus wore the armor of Achilles against the Trojans to encourage the disheartened Greeks. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Prisoner of Zenda, The . Howard's attorney could not be reached for comment. Howard has pleaded not guilty and was being held in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. more than $2 million bail. Mays and Howard had broken up less than a month before the shooting, prosecutors said. Howard was convicted of robbery in 1996 and of drug charges in 1993, 1994 and 2000, prosecutors said. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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