1 hour ago
1
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Friday, a Fresno County justice ruled that the teenage miss who is the accused getaway operator successful the decease of Caleb Quick volition not beryllium tried arsenic an adult.
In an exclusive interview, a Fresno County authoritative reacts aft a pivotal ruling successful Caleb Quick's murder.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Kendall Reynolds says helium is disappointed but is assured helium gave it his all, adding determination is thing helium would person done differently.|
Reynolds besides said Friday's ruling volition not interaction the teen boy's transportation hearing, arsenic they are 2 abstracted ineligible cases.
The teen lad is owed successful tribunal successful aboriginal June and his captious proceeding could beryllium scheduled for precocious August oregon aboriginal September.
Below is simply a transcript of the exclusive interrogation successful the video subordinate above:
Action News: Transfer question denied. What's your absorption to that?
Kendall Reynolds: Disappointment, I think. Disappointed for the family, disappointed with truly the outcome. We thought we presented a lawsuit that would enactment transfer, but unluckily the justice saw it a antithetic way.
Action News: Disappointed, but was this expected astatine all?
Reynolds: The instrumentality is tough. There's nary question, our load is high. We knew it would instrumentality a batch to flooded and fulfill that burden. But of course, we're ever hopeful, truthful we enactment connected the champion lawsuit we perchance could, and we're hoping for the best, and it conscionable didn't travel retired our way.
Action News: The ruling from the justice is precise fresh, conscionable a fewer hours astatine this point, but looking back, bash you consciousness that determination are things you could person done differently, things than much than you could person done? What are the lessons learned here?
Reynolds: No, perfectly not. I don't deliberation we could person done thing differently. That was truly the constituent of this process. I enactment unneurotic a case, the strongest lawsuit that I judge we could, and frankly, we did everything we could bash successful bid to beryllium this case, but unluckily the justice saw it a antithetic way.
Action News: Tell america astir this adept that you brought in, the scientist who, successful 4 of the 5 areas, seemed to broadside with the defence and said the miss could beryllium rehabilitated. Why bring that idiosyncratic to the stand?
Reynolds: Well, I deliberation it's portion of the process, you know. We reached retired to Dr. Carmichael, and helium did his evaluation, and again, arsenic a prosecutor, our fig 1 complaint is to bash justice, and portion of that is to beryllium fair, beryllium ethical, and surely that is required to beryllium turned implicit to defence, but nonetheless, I deliberation beyond that, I wanted the tribunal to person each of the applicable evidence, which includes Dr. Carmichael's opinion.
Action News: What precedent does this (ruling) acceptable if you accidental that it makes it look impossible?
Reynolds: To me, it sends a incorrect connection due to the fact that if idiosyncratic doesn't person a antagonistic behavioral past oregon immoderate past to enactment overcoming that burden, that means astatine slightest your introduction into the transgression world, you whitethorn person a harder opportunity, harder chance, really, to beryllium transferred to big court. So, essentially, it allows you to perpetrate these crimes and enactment successful the juvenile justness system.
Action News: The justice said that you person 20 days to entreaty this ruling, volition you bash that?
Reynolds: There's a batch of factors that spell into that. First and foremost, I respect this judge. That doesn't mean I can't beryllium disappointed successful the outcome, but I respect her, I respect her ruling, but we'll instrumentality clip to spell done it and find whether oregon not determination is simply a viable assertion to beryllium made, and if determination is, past we'll surely sermon it arsenic an office.
Action News: An entreaty imaginable but not yet decided.
Reynolds: That's right.
For quality updates, travel Gabe Ferris connected Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Copyright © 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.
