Las Vegas lawyer in teen crime spree receives death threats; judge declines to drop charges
An effort to get the case dismissed against one teenager accused of intentionally hitting and killing a cyclist fails 8 news now investigator Vanessa Murphy is here with more Denise at the center of the case video from the alleged crime spree which went viral and one defense attorney is trying to sound
The alarm about media coverage this video showing the moments before 64-year-old retired California police chief Andy propest was hit in killed Jamir Keys 16 at the time identified by Las Vegas Metro Police as the passenger jesusa 17 at the time as the driver and his Clark County public defender David Westbrook arguing media
Coverage of the alleged Crim spree isn't helping his client's case this imate coverage in this case has been Fast and Furious and it has been not just local but National and international video from the alleged crime spree went viral before the teens now charged as adults were indicted by a grand jury Westbrook
Says he's concerned about a bias it's part of his argument as he asks for the charges including murder to be dropped which Clark County Deputy District Attorney John G orani strongly objects to and the idea that I need to go in front of the grand jury and ask them hey
Have you seen this in the news uh anyone have an issue with this case is ridiculous there's no uh procedure to do that um I'm not going to bring every case that that the RJ decides or the channel 8 decides to do a story on to the chief judge that's not even um
That's implausible Judge Jacqueline Bluth declining to drop the charges and also warning the teens after video like this from a previous court appearance the daughter of prope says not only were she and her mother flipped off but the teens appear to laugh and look at them as they exit the courtroom moving
Forward that will be the expectation that we will all treat each other with dignity and respect throughout this this process and it's a hard process and it's adversarial but it doesn't mean that we owe each other anything less do both of you understand that Westbrook says he received death
Threats after one court appearance where a photo of him was taken as he spoke with aala and they were both smiling he says this was a couple of hours before the case went before a judge and they weren't laughing about the case Denise Well for now both of those teenagers are
Still in jail jail a trial scheduled for late next year and the Widow approached telling Vanessa this is disappointing that it's so far away right