WOMAN TO STAND TRIAL IN DEATH OF PARKING VALET.Byline: EUGENE TONG tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer BURBANK -- A woman who was eight months pregnant when she allegedly scuffled over a $5 parking fee with an elderly parking valet who later died was ordered Wednesday to stand trial. Hilda Stephanie Voskanian, 31, of Burbank pleaded not guilty 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. in the death of 75-year-old Pedro Dorado dorado: see dolphin (fish). of Hollywood. She was scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 2 in Pasadena Superior Court. Burbank Superior Court Judge Patrick Hegarty found enough evidence to order a trial after hearing testimony from witnesses at a preliminary hearing, defense attorney James Epstein said. Police said Dorado suffered a head injury in the June 30 altercation outside Bellaj Reception Hall, 237 E. Olive Avenue. He later checked himself into the hospital and fell into a coma coma, in medicine coma, in medicine, deep state of unconsciousness from which a person cannot be aroused even by painful stimuli. The patient cannot speak and does not respond to command. during treatment. He died July 18. Police arrested Voskanian two days later. Epstein said evidence will show his client acted in apparent self-defense self-defense In criminal law, an affirmative defense (e.g., to a murder charge) alleging that the defendant used serious force necessarily for self-protection. The claim of self-defense must normally rely on a reasonable belief that the other party intended to inflict great . eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 |
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