08-20-2013, 12:17 PM
Day 2 of jury selection underway in Elkins' murder trial; he's the older of the two suspects and is being tried first.
Because he was 17 ys old at the time of Baby Antonio's murder, he is not eligible for the death penalty. Prosecutors are going for life in prison.
Word is that his cohort, 15 yr old Lang (also charged with murder) will testify at Elkins' trial.
Lang reportedly admitted to police early on that he was there when the attempted robbery and the murder went down, and says that Elkins shot the baby.
If Lang's accepted a plea and does indeed testify against Elkins, the defense has a huge uphill battle trying to get Elkins off the hook. Nobody else but Sherry West saw the shooter, so Lang is the key.
Ref:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19...78736.html
Because he was 17 ys old at the time of Baby Antonio's murder, he is not eligible for the death penalty. Prosecutors are going for life in prison.
Word is that his cohort, 15 yr old Lang (also charged with murder) will testify at Elkins' trial.
Lang reportedly admitted to police early on that he was there when the attempted robbery and the murder went down, and says that Elkins shot the baby.
If Lang's accepted a plea and does indeed testify against Elkins, the defense has a huge uphill battle trying to get Elkins off the hook. Nobody else but Sherry West saw the shooter, so Lang is the key.
Ref:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19...78736.html