HankT
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How in the heck does an 11-year-old have unrestricted acccess to a shotgun??? What fool would allow that to happen?????
Anyway, looks like the Jordan Brown, apparently a kiddie goof with a gun, has a chance of skating on this case.
If he gets off, it will be due to poor police work.
I hate to see a murderer get away with the crime!:cuss:
Lawyer: Cops Wrongly Questioned Boy Accused Of Killing Dad's Pregnant Fiancee
Motion Asks To Dismiss Jordan Brown's Statements At Elementary School
August 26, 2009
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Lawyers for 11-year-old Jordan Brown -- who's accused of shooting his father's pregnant girlfriend to death -- want evidence thrown out because they say the child didn't fully understand his rights when police interviewed him at his school.
Brown was too young to be questioned on the February day that state police believe 26-year-old Kenzie Houk was killed at her Wampum farmhome, defense attorney Dennis Elisco said Wednesday.
"The law is pretty clear," Elisco said after a motions hearing at the Lawrence County Courthouse. "When you have a juvenile, you look at all the factors, including their age, experience with law enforcement and the absence or presence of a parental figure or an adult -- somebody who is aligned with their interest who can advise them on the consequences of a waiver of their rights and of voluntarily giving statements to the police."
Elisco asked a judge to dismiss statements that the child made to police, but District Attorney John Bongivengo argued against it, saying that a guidance counselor filled the adult role which Elisco said was lacking in Brown's interview at Mohawk Elementary School.
The defense also asked for a search warrant that was executed on Houk's home to be deemed illegal because it wasn't signed by an officer.
"They don't have any evidence that actually puts Jordan Brown in the house at the time of the death, whatever time that death might have been," said Elisco, who wants the entire case to be dismissed.
The prosecution argued that Brown had gunshot residue on his shoulder and that his youth shotgun -- found in the boy's bedroom -- smelled as if it had been recently fired.
Judge Dominick Motto said he may issue a ruling on the defense's requests sometime in the next 30 days.
Brown is charged as an adult with criminal homicide and is being held without bail.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/lawrence/20570203/detail.html
How in the heck does an 11-year-old have unrestricted acccess to a shotgun??? What fool would allow that to happen?????
Anyway, looks like the Jordan Brown, apparently a kiddie goof with a gun, has a chance of skating on this case.
If he gets off, it will be due to poor police work.
I hate to see a murderer get away with the crime!:cuss:
Lawyer: Cops Wrongly Questioned Boy Accused Of Killing Dad's Pregnant Fiancee
Motion Asks To Dismiss Jordan Brown's Statements At Elementary School
August 26, 2009
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Lawyers for 11-year-old Jordan Brown -- who's accused of shooting his father's pregnant girlfriend to death -- want evidence thrown out because they say the child didn't fully understand his rights when police interviewed him at his school.
Brown was too young to be questioned on the February day that state police believe 26-year-old Kenzie Houk was killed at her Wampum farmhome, defense attorney Dennis Elisco said Wednesday.
"The law is pretty clear," Elisco said after a motions hearing at the Lawrence County Courthouse. "When you have a juvenile, you look at all the factors, including their age, experience with law enforcement and the absence or presence of a parental figure or an adult -- somebody who is aligned with their interest who can advise them on the consequences of a waiver of their rights and of voluntarily giving statements to the police."
Elisco asked a judge to dismiss statements that the child made to police, but District Attorney John Bongivengo argued against it, saying that a guidance counselor filled the adult role which Elisco said was lacking in Brown's interview at Mohawk Elementary School.
The defense also asked for a search warrant that was executed on Houk's home to be deemed illegal because it wasn't signed by an officer.
"They don't have any evidence that actually puts Jordan Brown in the house at the time of the death, whatever time that death might have been," said Elisco, who wants the entire case to be dismissed.
The prosecution argued that Brown had gunshot residue on his shoulder and that his youth shotgun -- found in the boy's bedroom -- smelled as if it had been recently fired.
Judge Dominick Motto said he may issue a ruling on the defense's requests sometime in the next 30 days.
Brown is charged as an adult with criminal homicide and is being held without bail.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/lawrence/20570203/detail.html