Posted on 02/18/2006 10:28:39 AM PST by SmithL
Scott Dyleski will stand trial for murder in the slaying of television commentator Daniel Horowitz's wife, a case that has drawn national attention since the prominent lawyer, while himself involved in a high-profile murder trial, found her body at their home in Lafayette in October. After four days of testimony, Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Mary Ann O'Malley ruled Friday that prosecutor Harold Jewett had presented ample evidence that Dyleski, 17, probably killed his neighbor Pamela Vitale, 52, on Oct. 15.
Dyleski showed no emotion as O'Malley made her ruling in a Martinez courtroom. The youth, who has been charged as an adult, will be arraigned March 3 and may enter a plea again. He has previously pleaded not guilty.
"It appears to me that the offense of murder, as charged, has been committed and that there is sufficient cause to believe that Scott Dyleski is guilty," O'Malley said.
The judge also ordered Dyleski to stand trial on a charge that he possessed a deadly or dangerous weapon to bludgeon Vitale. O'Malley also agreed with the prosecution's decision to charge Dyleski as an adult.
Horowitz attended Friday's hearing but declined to comment.
Horowitz found his wife in the fetal position near the door of their mobile home in Hunsaker Canyon not far from where they were building a house. The discovery came as he was defending Susan Polk on charges that she killed her husband in their Orinda home in 2002. Polk is now defending herself and is to go on trial this month.
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"Polk is now defending herself and is to go on trial this month."
What? Is she even an attorney? No public defender? This is very strange.
No Fooling!
Here's a search on Keyword SusanPolk.
The mother did make a deal to testify against her son in exchange for having the Accessory after the Fact charges dropped.
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