Judges: Attack on ‘defenceless’ Báez Sosa was ‘previously agreed’
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- 08 Feb 2023
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udges rule that attack on “defenceless” 18-year-old Fernando Báez Sosa was “previously agreed”; Court rejects defence’s request for a conviction on the grounds that it was a "homicide in a quarrel.”
he judges of Oral Criminal Court No. 1 of Dolores ruled Monday that the killing of Fernando Báez Sosa was a homicide doubly aggravated by premeditation and malice aforethought, as requested by the prosecution.
In addition, Judges Claudia Castro, Christian Rabaina and Emiliano Lazzari rejected the "homicide in a quarrel" conviction requested by defence lawyer Hugo Tomei.
For the magistrates "there was a convergence of wills on the part of the accused, who, taking advantage of the state of defencelessness in which the victim was left after the first two blows, and with clear intentions of ending Fernando Báez Sosa's life, continued brutally assaulting him, mainly through violent kicks directed essentially to the head and others to the body, as well as punches, causing injuries of such an entity that caused his death." Read More…
