05-23-2014, 04:35 PM
NOT GUILTY PLEA -- "CASTLE DOCTRINE" DEFENSE PLANNED
Kaarma pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide this week. Court docs show he's planning to use a castle doctrine defense. Kaarma is out on $30,000 bail. Prosecutors are not charging his live-in girlfriend.
Court documents cite that Diren Dede, who lived with his host family two doors down from Kaarma, was "garage hopping" when he was shot to death. Schoolmates of Diren's told police that Diren and another exchange student who was with Diren that night learned of the "prank" (which is also a crime) from other students at their school. Stealing booze and pot from the refrigerators and shelves of open garages is the goal of garage-hopping. (HOTD: never heard of it before, but since this story broke, I've checked it out and seems it's not an uncommon teen activity. Stupid.)
Kaarma smoked pot in his garage and allegedly had marijuana and pipes stolen from both his car and garage before reportedly laying a trap for burglars on the day he shot Diren.
Kaarma was tested to see if he was under the influence when he killed the teen -- results pending.
Sources:
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/kaarma-pl...e/26096620
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspect-in-g...ana-court/
Kaarma pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide this week. Court docs show he's planning to use a castle doctrine defense. Kaarma is out on $30,000 bail. Prosecutors are not charging his live-in girlfriend.
Court documents cite that Diren Dede, who lived with his host family two doors down from Kaarma, was "garage hopping" when he was shot to death. Schoolmates of Diren's told police that Diren and another exchange student who was with Diren that night learned of the "prank" (which is also a crime) from other students at their school. Stealing booze and pot from the refrigerators and shelves of open garages is the goal of garage-hopping. (HOTD: never heard of it before, but since this story broke, I've checked it out and seems it's not an uncommon teen activity. Stupid.)
Kaarma smoked pot in his garage and allegedly had marijuana and pipes stolen from both his car and garage before reportedly laying a trap for burglars on the day he shot Diren.
Kaarma was tested to see if he was under the influence when he killed the teen -- results pending.
Sources:
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/kaarma-pl...e/26096620
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspect-in-g...ana-court/