Woman Charged with Attempted Murder after 91-Year Old Attacked

[appalachiablue]

Source: CNN

A woman accused of attacking a 91-year-old Mexican man with a concrete brick has been charged with attempted murder.

Laquisha Jones, 30, was arraigned Thursday at the Los Angeles County Superior Court and stood behind her lawyer, away from TV cameras. She was also charged with elder abuse, infliction of injury.

Jones entered a not guilty plea, reported CNN affiliate KCAL. She was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of beating Rodolfo Rodriguez, 91, on July 4.

Rodriguez said he had been walking to a park when he passed a woman and a girl. The woman assaulted him without warning, hitting him with a concrete brick and enlisting a group of men to beat him, he said...Read More..


Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/woman-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-91-year-old-attacked/ar-AAA083v

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"I didn't even bump into her kid," Rodriguez told CNN. "I just passed her and she pushed me and she hit me until she was done."..The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement Wednesday that "detectives have discovered that this is not a hate-related incident."..Rodriguez has said that he doesn't resent the woman who assaulted him. He told CNN affiliate KABC: "May God forgive her for what she did to me."
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Prior to charging, does the suspect in a case like this receive a medical or mental health evaluation?

[braddy]

1. Hate crime with attempted murder and where are the 4 who joined in for fun.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Apparently no hate charge, despite her saying something like "go back to your own country".

Seems no hate crime charge according to the OP's commentary.

[braddy]

3. Then there will probably be riots for not calling it a racist hate crime.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. They can always upgrade to a hate crime.

It seems typical to add hate crime later as the case progresses.

The nice thing about idiots like this is they usually hang themselves with their mouths.

When I argue with dip shit conservatives and they say “ how do you know it was hate?” I say usually these morons open their mouth and prove the case themselves.

[JI7]

4. GOOD. I don't think he bumped into them either. One has to be real

fucked up to attack anyone with a brick like that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Did she pick up the brick or was she carrying it? Photo I saw had no blood on it & her shouting.

... with her kid. Teaching attitudes.

[JI7]

7. Hadnt thought of that. But it may have been taken after

Because i read the person who witnessed the attack took a pic and told her. That's when she gave the excuse he had touched her daughter.

But I'm not sure that is the pic taken by that witness.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Seems she attacked first and then picked up the brick

Not the best source but ...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6757416/granddad-beaten-brick-woman-arrested-los-angeles/

Ms Borjas told CNN the woman attacked the elderly man with her hands before picking up a brick or slab of concrete and repeatedly beat him.

Also reported by another UK source, though one not respected here, that she shoved him to the ground and then picked up the brick.

[cstanleytech]

15. Unless her childs life was in danger right at that moment there was no legitmate reason for her to

behave in such a malicious manner under the circumstances.

[irisblue]

10. Good.

[moriah]

11. Not prior to charging, no. Hopefully her attorney will do their job and zealously...

... represent her best interest, as all defendants are entitled to -- and shitty representation rightly results in many overturned convictions. Anyone who truly wants justice wants as fair of a trial as is possible to get.

However, true legal insanity is a high bar, and temporary insanity is sometimes even higher. As both are affirmative defenses, like self-defense, that places the burden of proof on the defense.

It would probably be smarter for her attorney to first let them attempt to prove their case through an evidentiary hearing, etc, before deciding on any affirmative defense Mental health evaluations are quite common in sentencing for mitigation factors, so I'm certain even issues that wouldn't eliminate criminal responsibility would be factored in if her attorney does their job.

It might even be smarter to attempt to negotiate a plea vs attempt an affirmative defense.

I'm speaking strictly to the question of how a good attorney should try to get the best possible outcome for their client -- and that duty of zealous representation should be respected. It's one of the many problems with our criminal justice system that public defenders are often young and inexperienced, burned out after doing what many see as a thankless job, or so overburdened they can't adequately represent people. And you might wonder how anyone could BE a defense lawyer, especially if they believe their client is guilty. It's still their job to negotiate the best deal they can get, or to respect not wanting to deal and try their best to raise reasonable doubt without lying or knowingly allowing perjury.

But if we want justice, we also must want every defendant to have a lawyer who will do their job well.

[appalachiablue]

12. All very impt., excellent info. that I didn't know. Thanks so much Moriah!

Many strategies to consider, and as you point out I hope she gets good representation and fair treatment.

[MicaelS]

13. Attempted murder? Excellent.

I hope she is found guilty and sentenced to a lengthy sentence.

[Archae]

14. She is a vicious woman, with a prior record.

From another article:

"The charging document alleges that Jones was previously convicted of making criminal threats in 2017. CBS2’s Cristy Fajardo reported from the Compton courtroom and said Jones was on probation for this case."

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/07/12/woman-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-allegedly-beating-92-year-old-with-brick/