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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGP) - The 16-year-old miss charged with the decease of 18-year-old Caleb Quick was back successful the Fresno County Juvenile Court Wednesday.
Police accidental she drove the getaway car while her fellow changeable Quick successful a McDonald’s parking lot.
“There is nary grounds that our lawsuit knew that a firearm was going to beryllium involved,” her attorney, Jeff Hammerschmidt, told reporters Wednesday.
Earlier this month, a justice decided the 16-year-old lad volition person to stay successful juvenile custody throughout his hearings.
The 16-year-old girl, a defendant, was expected to person a akin detention proceeding connected Wednesday, but her defence squad pushed that determination until adjacent week.
Hammerschmidt told the justice connected Wednesday that helium would similar to determination guardant with a Prima Facie hearing first.
A Prima Facie proceeding is for the prosecution to beryllium there’s capable grounds against the suspect to proceed with a trial.
The antheral defendant’s team waived that hearing earlier this month, conceding that determination was capable grounds against him to spell to trial.
The pistillate defendant’s squad was not truthful easy persuaded.
“A justice could reappraisal the grounds and think… ‘I would ballot not guilty,’” Hammerschmidt said.
That proceeding volition instrumentality spot connected Monday. Hammerschmidt says they program to participate an authoritative ‘not guilty’ plea astatine that time.
“Our lawsuit has nary anterior transgression history. She doesn't adjacent person immoderate behavioral issues astatine the school,” Hammerschmidt said.
He claims the constabulary reports amusement nary grounds of her knowing astir her boyfriend’s weapon erstwhile she drove him to the McDonald’s.
The defence squad subpoenaed 2 of the investigating officers, and they volition some attest astatine Monday’s hearing.
“Young radical conscionable blurt things retired connected societal media and successful text. And there's each kinds of incriminating grounds successful that… And there's nary of that here,” Hammerschmidt said, regarding his client’s substance history.
He says a execution complaint is excessively severe, truthful helium volition enactment to trim her charge.
“A lesser complaint successful this lawsuit that could beryllium charged is an accessory aft the fact,” Hammerschmidt said. “I don't deliberation she should beryllium charged with a execution and possession of a firearm.”
However, helium says, if the justice decides to determination guardant with the execution hearings aft his arguments connected Monday, helium volition petition a detention merchandise truthful his lawsuit tin unrecorded astatine location with her family.
