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Article: Decision expected in `quick draw' case Judge to rule on reckless homicide case against teen
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 5, 1999
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A judge is expected to rule today in the case of a "quick draw"
shooting that left one youth dead and the other quadriplegic.
Children's Court Judge Thomas Cooper, who is presiding over the
second-degree reckless homicide trial of 17-year-old Eduardo Rivera,
charged in the death of his friend, Efrain Manual Casas, 15, said he
expects to decide the case after attorneys for the defense and
prosecution deliver their closing statements today.
On Thursday, defense attorney Robin Shellow asked that the charge
of second-degree reckless homicide be dismissed. She argued that
reckless homicide comprises two elements, the act and the mental
state.
She contends that one gun fired because of ...