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Main word being hazed.”ĭefense attorneys focused on whether any of the activities the young man took part in were coerced. In it, one fraternity member texted another saying, “It’s not the fact that he drank. He died later at a hospital.Īt least one text was brought forward. He remained on the couch, apparently receiving no medical attention, until the following morning.
The footage apparently shows the young man in some discomfort and unable to stand without falling repeatedly. He later feel down the basement steps, allegedly, and was carried upstairs, ultimately ending up on a couch. According to reporters, it appeared to show the young man participating in a “drinking gauntlet” with fraternity members. Other evidence presented has included extensive footage from the fraternity’s security video system. The only witness so far has been the investigating officer, a State College police detective. Texts, security video footage presented as evidence Two defendants waived their right to the hearing. Instead, the point is merely to determine whether the prosecution should be allowed to go forward. Neither side is meant to try the case as if the hearing were a trial.
In Pennsylvania, defendants have the right to challenge the prosecution’s prima facie case by cross-examination and even by bringing their own witnesses. Essentially, the question is whether the prosecution has enough evidence to prove every element of the charges it proposes to bring against the defendants. In a criminal case, a preliminary hearing is meant to determine whether the prosecution has a so-called “prima facie” case against the defendants. The purpose of a preliminary hearing in Pennsylvania
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The preliminary hearing is meant to determine which will be brought to trial on which charges. Some may be charged with aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter. He died after suffering a skull fracture, spleen damage, and bleeding in the brain and abdomen.Īccording to the Associated Press, the now-permanently banned chapter of the fraternity and 18 members are facing various charges. The detective says the young man’s medical condition then went untreated. According to a police detective testifying at the hearing, the 19-year-old pledge drank a dangerous amount of alcohol before falling down a set of basement steps. Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity and 16 members are challenging the case against them in a preliminary hearing on the February hazing death of a pledge.
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