Two Jamaicans are amongst three males who’re going through the loss of life penalty if convicted of homicide and tried theft in the US.
They’re former Jamaican policeman and dancehall music producer, Omar Miller, also referred to as ‘Milla9’, and former Jamaica School student-athlete, Andre Omar Andrews.
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Miller, 44, and Andrews, 37, are charged together with 36-year-old Devon Quinland.
Miller and Andrews are charged with 9 comparable counts that embody homicide, theft, housebreaking, and firearm-related offenses. They’ve been remanded.
There will likely be a pre-trial and arraignment on June 9. The jury trial within the matter will start on October 6 within the Orange County Superior Court docket.
Quinland is out on bail. He’s charged with conspiracy after it was alleged that he was the driving force and planner.
Studies are that Andrews and Miller entered a house with handguns. Raymond Alcala, a 20-year-old businessman was killed throughout the house invasion.
The incident was captured on CCTV at a home in Irvine, California, United States in 2019.
The boys have been arrested in Florida practically two months after the killing and extradited to California. They’ve been in custody since January 2020.
In keeping with California State legislation, homicide may be subjected to the loss of life penalty.
Miller, who gained fame for producing music for incarcerated dancehall star Vybz Kartel, was beforehand implicated in a homicide investigation. Nonetheless, he was discovered not responsible of homicide in 2011 whereas serving as a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Power.
Studies state that he was one among 4 policemen who walked free following the homicide trial of 18-year-old Grants Pen resident André ‘Kunte’ Thomas after they have been acquitted by a 12-member jury.
The cops claimed that Thomas was killed in self-defense.