Murder trial begins for teenager who got gun from his mom

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Tue May-06-08 09:34 AM
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Murder trial begins for teenager who got gun from his mom

I am speechless.

An Orleans Parish jury today will begin hearing the second-degree murder case of a 17-year-old accused of killing a rival with the gun his mother provided him with -- along with the instructions to, "Go out and get them all."

Clarence Johnson is due in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for the opening day of his trial for the Feb. 7, 2007, second-degree murder of Robert Dawson, 17, on a Central City street corner.

Police say the teens first had a fistfight, with Dawson winning and Johnson leaving the scene only to return with the gun his mother handed him.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/teenagers_murder_trial_opens_t.html

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