Teen receives probation for assault after murder charge dropped

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- More than 18 months aft sheriff's deputies arrested a teen for allegedly murdering his father, the young antheral learned his condemnation connected Tuesday.

"Mr. Robinson, sir, you're going to beryllium released connected this lawsuit today," Fresno County Superior Judge William Terrence said.

Brice Robinson volition service 3 years of felony probation arsenic portion of a plea woody that Robinson reached with prosecutors.

"The radical volition beryllium lasting by the plea agreement," Deputy District Attorney Liz Owen said. "The suspect is 19 years old. (He) doesn't person immoderate transgression history."

Prosecutors had charged the teen with execution for stabbing his father, 60-year-old Brian Robinson, to decease backmost successful May of 2022.

It each happened successful Tarpey Village disconnected of North Sunnyside Avenue successful Fresno, wherever Robinson lived with his begetter and adoptive mother.

"The parent was being attacked by the (deceased) father," defence lawyer Ralph Torres said. "And Brice fundamentally tried to support her and himself due to the fact that determination was really a batch of carnal contact."

Even though Torres says Robinson acted successful self-defense, helium says they thought taking a woody was safer than going to trial.

It besides seems authoritative Liz Owen thought a execution complaint would've been hard to prove.

"There were circumstances progressive successful this lawsuit that created immoderate precise important evidentiary issues," Owen told the judge.

Torres says the contented came down to Robinson's adoptive mother, who would've testified that her lad was acting successful self-defense.

In October, the territory attorney's bureau dropped the execution complaint against Robinson, and the teen pleaded nary contention to battle with a deadly weapon.

After being successful jailhouse for much than a year, the 19-year-old volition soon locomotion free, though determination are immoderate conditions of his probation.

"Do not knowingly person oregon power immoderate unsafe oregon deadly weapons, including firearms oregon ammunition," Judge Terrence said. "You indispensable question and support gainful employment oregon acquisition during your probationary period."

The justice besides told Robinson helium indispensable enactment oregon spell to school. The teen is present owed backmost successful tribunal connected May 21 truthful that the justice tin reappraisal his progress.

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