11-22-2013, 03:21 PM
(11-22-2013, 02:57 PM)ramseycat Wrote: Why separate the charges? He should be charged as an adult for all charges.
It's confusing; first he was supposed to be arraigned in juvenile court, but it was moved to adult court at the last minute.
The Grand Jury indicted him for murder, for which prosecutors had quickly specified he'd be charged as an adult.
The Grand Jury also indicted him for aggravated robbery and rape and I'm not sure why he's currently charged as a juvenile for those two counts. Maybe it's because he's being held in juvenile detention and prosecutors were focused on getting the murder indictment as quickly as possible, without delaying the Grand Jury until prosecutors could make a case for adult charges on other crimes that could be discovered as the investigation was progressing. Just guessing.
Anyway, looks like all of the charges will be merged before he goes to trial.
Snip:
Chism is facing the murder charge as an adult. He was indicted as a youthful offender on the rape and armed robbery charges. The latter charges will initially be handled in Salem Juvenile Court, but prosecutors said they “would move to join these indictments with the murder indictment in Superior Court.”
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massach...story.html