Could teen accused in Caleb Quick shooting be tried as minor?

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The 16-year-old miss accused of driving the getaway car successful the shooting that killed 18-year-old Caleb Quick returned to tribunal for a colony league Tuesday.

Though her defence attorney, Jeff Hammerschmidt, says helium had nary volition of settling, arsenic helium claims his lawsuit is not guilty.

Though the Fresno County DA recommends that the miss and her fellow beryllium tried arsenic adults, according to Hammerschmidt, it's up to the tribunal to determine whether the territory attorney's bureau has proven that the teenage miss accused cannot beryllium rehabilitated by property 25.

"She is turning 17 this week," Hammerschmid said. "That leaves 8 years for the rehabilitation process."

Instead of a colony treatment connected Tuesday, Hammerschmidt says the parties discussed the day of the adjacent hearing. The adjacent proceeding volition determine if she volition beryllium transferred to big court.

Hammerschmidt says there's a batch astatine involvement successful that transportation proceeding and his lawsuit understands the gravity of this.

The prosecution and defence volition reconvene Sept. 2 to acceptable a day for the transportation hearing. They delayed making that determination connected Tuesday due to the fact that they are evaluating however overmuch clip it volition instrumentality to hole grounds and witnesses.

The prosecution did announce, however, that they person subpoenaed the defendant’s schoolhouse records, which they whitethorn contiguous successful the transportation hearing.

The different suspect successful this case, the accused shooter, volition beryllium backmost successful tribunal Aug. 25.