Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 12, 2006 20:32:08 GMT -5
Death sought in McDonald's runover death
The Newton County district attorney said Tuesday he will seek the death
penalty against Lanny Barnes, accused of killing a 2-year-old child and
injuring 4 other people by driving over them outside a McDonald's
restaurant in May.
District Attorney Ken Wynne formally notified Barnes' lawyers at a brief
hearing Tuesday morning. In an interview afterward he declined comment on
the reasons for his decision because "it gets into matters of evidence."
Police said Barnes repeatedly ran over 2 adult sisters and their 3
children as as they left a McDonald's on U.S. 278 in Covington on May 23.
Avery Nicole King died the next day. She and her mother, Anita King, had
traveled from North Carolina to visit her sister, Stephanie Casola of
Covington. Casola and her two sons, ages 3 and 4, also were injured.
Barnes, who since has been diagnosed with leukemia, is being held without
bond on charges including murder and aggravated assault.
(source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Newton County district attorney said Tuesday he will seek the death
penalty against Lanny Barnes, accused of killing a 2-year-old child and
injuring 4 other people by driving over them outside a McDonald's
restaurant in May.
District Attorney Ken Wynne formally notified Barnes' lawyers at a brief
hearing Tuesday morning. In an interview afterward he declined comment on
the reasons for his decision because "it gets into matters of evidence."
Police said Barnes repeatedly ran over 2 adult sisters and their 3
children as as they left a McDonald's on U.S. 278 in Covington on May 23.
Avery Nicole King died the next day. She and her mother, Anita King, had
traveled from North Carolina to visit her sister, Stephanie Casola of
Covington. Casola and her two sons, ages 3 and 4, also were injured.
Barnes, who since has been diagnosed with leukemia, is being held without
bond on charges including murder and aggravated assault.
(source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)