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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A Nevada justice accepted the plea woody statement for respective Las Vegas teens accused of sidesplitting their precocious schoolhouse classmate Tuesday morning.
Judge Linda Marquis accepted the plea woody for the 4 teens who were successful big court, and past were transferred to juvenile court, successful the lawsuit of Jonathan Lewis’s death.
Damien Hernandez, Dontral Beaver, Gianni Robinson, and Treavion Randolph each pleaded blameworthy to voluntarily manslaughter. As a effect of the plea, their transgression juvenile records volition beryllium sealed.
The 4 teens were initially charged arsenic adults with execution and conspiracy.
The tribunal initially declined to judge the plea due to the fact that “the tribunal wanted to guarantee that immoderate imaginable jurisdictional issues are addressed successful the plea,” according to the Clark County District Attorney’s office. Those issues centered astir sending the transgression lawsuit from the big tribunal strategy to the juvenile system.
A memorial for Jonathan Lewis Jr. is acceptable up successful an alleyway adjacent Rancho High School successful eastbound Las Vegas, connected Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil, File)Jonathan Lewis’s mother, Mellisa Ready, called the statement disgusting and broke down successful tribunal Tuesday morning.
Ready antecedently criticized the plea agreement, claiming she wasn’t notified of the woody erstwhile the teens initially accepted it connected Aug. 1.
“I would’ve disagreed with the woody entirely. They should beryllium accountable arsenic adults – they made an big choice,” she said. “They knew that erstwhile they were stomping connected my child’s head. That helium was going to dice arsenic a result.”
The territory attorney’s bureau put retired a connection pursuing the criticism, saying it stood by the negotiation, claiming it was "accurately conveyed to her..., anterior to the tribunal proceeding."
There is nary condemnation scope for the teens arsenic portion of the plea agreement, according to defence lawyer Robert Draskovich. It is up to a justice to determine what the sentencing is for each teen.
Draskovich is representing Robinson. He said helium is going to petition the justice to instantly merchandise his client, since helium has been successful custody since his apprehension successful November of 2023.
