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Three men accused of killing woman at OC mall finally appear in court By By Neil Blincow In Santa Ana, California Published: 06:00 EDT, 11 July 2024 | Updated: 06:00 EDT, 11 July 2024 e-mail Advertisement Three men accused of killing an elderly woman tourist during a robbery outside an upscale shopping mall in Newport Beach, CA, finally made an appearance in court Wednesday to face murder and other charges. Leroy McCrary, 26 and Malachi Darnell, 18, both of LA, plus Jaden Cunningham, 18, of Lancaster, CA showed up in person at Orange County Superior Court after twice refusing to leave their jail cells to appear at scheduled arraignments last Monday and Friday. At a hearing Wednesday in a Santa Ana courtroom, Judge Andre Manssourian, continued their arraignment till August 1 after being told defense lawyers that they were ‘not ready to proceed’ yet.

The defense attorneys also objected to media photos of the defendants being taken in court. ‘It would be impossible to find a jury in this county that would be fair and unbiased in light of the widespread publicity about this case,’ Cunningham’s lawyer, Ray Chen told the Judge. Chen also protested about photos of the three defendants ‘shirtless’ in their jail cells, published this week, calling the pictures ‘prejudicial.



’ Darnell’s attorney, Kate Corrigan, objected to ‘my client’s face being pictured’ because there ‘could be an identity issue here.’ Judge Manssourian denied the defense request to ban c.

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