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“What is a little bit different here is you are midstream during the actual amenability hearing,” he said. “It’s just a little bit different that you’re in mid hearing when this decision comes out.”
The Ohio Supreme Court’s December ruling required an amenability hearing for youth defendants. This included the murder charges against 17-year-old Kylen Jamal Gregory, who prosecutors had filed documents in October to try as an adult for the fatal Kettering shooting of Fairmont High School student Ronnie Bowers in September.
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Gregory’s hearing started May 24 and was continued until July 7. In late May, the supreme court reversed its earlier ruling, prompting prosecutors last week to again seek an immediate and mandatory transfer to adult court.
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