16-year-old Ja'Shawn Poirier was shot and killed on March 20 as the school day was about to begin.
The trial for a teen accused of killing a classmate and injuring another student in a shooting outside Lamar High School in Arlington has been put on hold so the suspect can undergo a mental evaluation.Jurors will decide how long he will be in confinement under what's called determinant sentencing.
Juvenile determinant sentencing punishments range from probation to 40 years, with rehabilitation evaluations "Unless there's just some overwhelming mitigating circumstances that lead to this offense the likelihood is - he's already received his guilt he's going to get up to 40, but then how much time he actually ends up doing it's going to be based on his performance," said Harris, who practices in both adult and juvenile court.
Performance includes whether he accepts responsibility and shows remorse, avoids conflict, demonstrates an ability to follow the rules and if he takes advantage of rehabilitation programs. "By the time he is 19 there will be another hearing, and they will decide whether or not he's going to go to the Texas Department of Corrections, but again it's going to all be based on his performance and how well he's done on the rehabilitation track," Harris said.In the coming days we will likely learn what the incident was that caused the previous postponement of jury selection and trial.
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