Post by sclcookie on Jun 4, 2006 1:04:15 GMT -5
Life in prison for 'Kid Homicide'----2nd sentencing for 1996 murder
A man known on the streets as "Kid Homicide" received the only possible
sentence for the 1996 kidnapping and murder of a teenager -- life in
prison.
Still, that's an improvement over Charles Malloy's prior sentence, which
had sent him to death row.
Common Pleas Judge John S. Kennedy on Wednesday imposed a life sentence
without the possibility of parole. He also sentenced the 30-year-old
Brooklyn, N.Y., man to an additional 20 to 40 years in prison for Malloy's
convictions on charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder.
Malloy was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in
March 2000 for the Nov. 8, 1996, slaying of 18-year-old Arthur "Gerber"
Irick in an abandoned warehouse parking lot in York City.
But in September 2004, the state Supreme Court overturned the death
sentence, faulting his former defense attorney, Rick Robinson, for failing
to provide mitigating evidence to the jury about Malloy's abusive
childhood. Robinson has said he was unable to make contact with any of
Malloy's family at the time of trial and that he doesn't recall his client
informing him of the abuse.
A new penalty hearing for Malloy began April 24, to determine whether he
should get life or death. On May 3, the jury announced that, after about
21/2 hours of deliberation, it could not agree on a sentence.
In such cases, the judge is required to impose life without the
possibility of parole. Wednesday's hearing was to formally impose the
sentence.
Murder was ordered: Irick's execution was ordered by Willie "Skip"
Gooding, who believed Irick was a "stick-up kid" who robbed Gooding's
crack-cocaine crew and shot at them, police said. Gooding was convicted of
3rd-degree murder and kidnapping, and sentenced to 30 to 60 years in
prison.
Police have said that Malloy and 2 others -- who weren't charged with
homicide because they testified against Malloy -- lured Irick to an
abandoned parking lot next to D&D Distribution Services Inc., near of the
intersection of East Philadelphia and Broad streets. It was there that
Malloy shot the teen in the face at point-blank range, police said.
During the penalty hearing, defense attorney Ari Weitzman told jurors that
what Malloy knew as a child was hatred, abuse, torture and neglect.
Malloy's mother's boyfriend burned both his hands over a gas stove when
Malloy was 8, scarring him for life.
Malloy dropped out of high school and spent his youth on the streets.
"Don't invite him to dinner. Don't correspond with him. Don't like him;
don't love him," Weitzman said. "Just don't kill him."
Everyone involved in Irick's murder is originally from Brooklyn, police
said.
(source: York Dispatch)
A man known on the streets as "Kid Homicide" received the only possible
sentence for the 1996 kidnapping and murder of a teenager -- life in
prison.
Still, that's an improvement over Charles Malloy's prior sentence, which
had sent him to death row.
Common Pleas Judge John S. Kennedy on Wednesday imposed a life sentence
without the possibility of parole. He also sentenced the 30-year-old
Brooklyn, N.Y., man to an additional 20 to 40 years in prison for Malloy's
convictions on charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder.
Malloy was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in
March 2000 for the Nov. 8, 1996, slaying of 18-year-old Arthur "Gerber"
Irick in an abandoned warehouse parking lot in York City.
But in September 2004, the state Supreme Court overturned the death
sentence, faulting his former defense attorney, Rick Robinson, for failing
to provide mitigating evidence to the jury about Malloy's abusive
childhood. Robinson has said he was unable to make contact with any of
Malloy's family at the time of trial and that he doesn't recall his client
informing him of the abuse.
A new penalty hearing for Malloy began April 24, to determine whether he
should get life or death. On May 3, the jury announced that, after about
21/2 hours of deliberation, it could not agree on a sentence.
In such cases, the judge is required to impose life without the
possibility of parole. Wednesday's hearing was to formally impose the
sentence.
Murder was ordered: Irick's execution was ordered by Willie "Skip"
Gooding, who believed Irick was a "stick-up kid" who robbed Gooding's
crack-cocaine crew and shot at them, police said. Gooding was convicted of
3rd-degree murder and kidnapping, and sentenced to 30 to 60 years in
prison.
Police have said that Malloy and 2 others -- who weren't charged with
homicide because they testified against Malloy -- lured Irick to an
abandoned parking lot next to D&D Distribution Services Inc., near of the
intersection of East Philadelphia and Broad streets. It was there that
Malloy shot the teen in the face at point-blank range, police said.
During the penalty hearing, defense attorney Ari Weitzman told jurors that
what Malloy knew as a child was hatred, abuse, torture and neglect.
Malloy's mother's boyfriend burned both his hands over a gas stove when
Malloy was 8, scarring him for life.
Malloy dropped out of high school and spent his youth on the streets.
"Don't invite him to dinner. Don't correspond with him. Don't like him;
don't love him," Weitzman said. "Just don't kill him."
Everyone involved in Irick's murder is originally from Brooklyn, police
said.
(source: York Dispatch)