Defense attorneys hard at work in this case already and for what?
Well, I guess I’m jumping the gun so to speak, but out in Ohio a teenager, Daniel Petric, 17, murdered his mom and wounding his father after they took Halo 3 away from him.
Defense attorneys were arguing that the teenager’s obsession of the violent game may have warped his sense of reality.
The Judge in the case rejected the defenses argument that Petric was not guilty for reason of insanity. The Judge said the defense didn’t contest that Petric shot his parents after they took the game away from him, but insisted that the teen’s youth and addiction made him less responsible.
Less responsible? That is the best the defense could come up with, less responsible?
This teenager shot his mom and dad. Sadly mom died as a result of her injuries and dad managed to live.
The judge in this case even said that he firmly believes that Daniel Petric has no idea at the time he hatched this plot that if he killed his parents they would be dead forever.
Petric may have been addicted, but the evidence also showed he planned the crime for weeks, said Burge, who found the teenager guilty of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and other charges.
Tried as an adult, Petric faces a maximum possible penalty of life in prison without parole. The judge didn't set a sentencing date.
The teen's mother, Susan Petric, 43, died of a gunshot wound to the head. Her husband, Mark Petric, a minister at New Life Assembly of God in Wellington, also was shot in the head but survived.
On the night of the shooting, Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9 mm handgun and the game.
Mark Petric testified that his son came into the room and asked: "Would you guys close your eyes? I have a surprise for you." He testified that he expected a pleasant surprise. Then his head went numb from the gunshot.
Deputy prosecuting attorney Anthony Cillo argued during the trial that the teenager had planned to make it appear to be a murder-suicide by putting the gun in his father's hand.
Defense Attorney James Kersey said that when the teenager fled the grisly scene, he only took one item with him: the "Halo 3" game.
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