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Post by Anja on Jun 1, 2006 21:07:23 GMT -5
DA won't seek death penalty in Prunedale murder case
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they will not seek the death penalty against a Las Lomas man accused of killing his brother-in-law, stabbing his sister and trying to kill her 3 small children by setting their mobile home on fire while they were in it.
Prosecutor Stephanie Hulsey said the decision not to seek the death penalty against Daryl Lipska followed a presentation to a prosecution panel by Lipska's defense attorney and was based on a number of factors that she declined to discuss.
Defense attorney Charles Murphy said he presented the District Attorney's Office with information regarding Lipska's minimal criminal record and stressed how a death sentence would impact his large family.
Lipska, 30, is charged with murder under special circumstances, as well as 4 counts of attempted murder. If convicted, he would be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.
Prosecutors allege Lipska went to his sister's mobilehome on Blackie Road in Prunedale in the early hours of Nov. 30, 2005, fatally stabbed Billy Joseph White, then attacked and stabbed his sister, Tania Bone. He allegedly then set the home on fire with the 3 children inside.
11-year-old Corinna Silveira, Bone's daughter from a previous relationship, rescued her 2 younger brothers from the inferno.
Judge Terrance Duncan set a trial for Oct. 23.
(source: Monterey Herald)
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