March 24, 1984 (vol. 94, iss. 138) • Page Image 11
…ourt says etarded dult can be tri'ed, o7r murdler LANSING, Mich. (UPI) - The ichigan Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that a young man with the mentality of a child could still be held criminally responsible for murder. The decision affirmed Russel Lee Ash's Detroit conviction for second- degree murder. DtFENSE attorneys argued that Ash- who was only 16 at the time of the slaying, should not have been tried as an adult. They cited a juvenile j...…











