A judge today denied bond for the suspect in the slaying of a Spelman College sophomore last month. During a hearing that lasted less than a minute, Magistrate Judge Sylvia McCoy ordered Devonni Manuel Benton to appear at a hearing Oct. 21 in Fulton Superior Court. McCoy read the charges against Benton: Murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Devonni Manuel Benton, a 21-year-old student at the ITT Technical Institute, was arrested in connection with killing of Jasmine Lynn on the Spelman campus. Benton, 21, was arrested around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at ITT Technical Institute, where he is a student, Atlanta Police Lt. Keith Meadows said.
Benton is accused of firing the shot that killed Jasmine Lynn in the early morning hours of Sept. 3.
After Wednesday's hearing, Benton's attorney and family members insisted that he is innocent.
"We can't wait to see the day that a jury says, ‘we find the defendant not guilty,'" attorney Jackie Patterson said.
Patterson said that while his client was at the scene of the shooting, he "did not, at any time," have a gun.
May GOD be with the family of Jasmine Lynn!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Suspect DENIED Bond in Killing of Spelman Student
Posted by True Talks at 10:53 AM
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Wow! If he didn't do it, then who? Something got to give.He was there to watch. So why not him.Why would you be at someone's shooting if he aint doing the shooting.What he wanted to witness it?Give me a break.The Lord will hold all who has something to do with it responsible.Believe no one gets away from him.May God bless your family & your soul Jasmine Lynn!
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