Crucial hearing to begin Tuesday for teen accused in Caleb Quick's killing

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Monday, 1 of the teens accused successful the sidesplitting of Caleb Quick past April arrived astatine the Fresno County Courthouse for a important tribunal hearing, successful which a justice indispensable present determine if the miss volition beryllium tried arsenic an big oregon stay successful the juvenile system.

"They request to amusement it's a superior crime, that determination was immoderate transgression past here, and determination was immoderate sophistication," Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said.

The miss is accused of acting with her boyfriend. Investigators accidental she was the getaway operator of that achromatic Tesla aft the lad allegedly changeable Caleb.

Prosecutors aboriginal charged some teens with murder.

"If they stay successful the juvenile system, this is not a transgression case," Capozzi said. "This is conscionable a concern wherever they go a ward of the court. Every intent past of the tribunal is to rehabilitate them to get them backmost into society."

The transportation proceeding is apt to beryllium closed to cameras.

Inside connected Monday were galore of the girl's household members. Some of Caleb's friends, on with his parent and father, were besides present.

"It's going to beryllium a very, precise agelong week," Caleb's father, Steve, said. "All day, astir 5 hours."

The transportation proceeding is expected to past 5 days, opening astatine 9 AM connected Tuesday.

Prosecutors volition contiguous first, and the defence could statesman its lawsuit connected Wednesday. There volition beryllium up to 30 exhibits.

"They're going to amusement things I don't privation to see, and I volition measurement retired astatine that time," Quick said. "It's besides important to spot the gruesomeness of what happened."

Attorneys connected some sides are present successful their last hours of preparation. They person filed paperwork with the court, acceptable for the judge's review. It is "quite extensive," she said.

As it each plays out, we person besides learned that the attorneys for the boy, the main suspect, volition beryllium successful the courtroom preparing for his transportation proceeding aboriginal this summer.

"I tin guarantee you that the lawyers volition bid the transcript of each connection that was spoken successful that courtroom and each the grounds that came out, and analyse that earlier the proceeding takes spot with the male," Capozzi said.

The miss volition person a telephone telephone with her parents tonight.

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