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Boy, 13, gets 4 to 5 years in mother's shooting death
Jonathon Shacat/WickCommunications
A Cochise County judge on Friday ordered a 13-year-old boy convicted of killing his mother to be held in the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections until he turns 18.
However, Superior Court Judge James Conlogue also issued a secure care order that gives corrections officials the authority to release him as early as his 17th birthday.
The boy, 12 at the time of the incident, shot his mother, Sara Madrid, 34, eight times on Aug. 1 outside their home in the 2500 block of West Oak Avenue in Douglas.
The boy's identity is withheld because he was prosecuted as a juvenile.
An adjudication hearing for the boy started on Dec. 24 and continued on Jan. 2. At the conclusion of that hearing, Conlogue found him guilty of first-degree murder.
According to testimony, Madrid had yelled at her son because he wasn't doing a good job on his chores. As a result, the boy took a .22-caliber Ruger semi-automatic handgun from a closet, loaded it, waited for her to return home and then shot her.
Testimony also showed the boy had experienced physical and verbal abuse from his mother.
During a disposition hearing on Friday, Gregory Johnson, a deputy county attorney, said the boy poses a risk to the community. He asked the judge to place him in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Corrections due to the serious nature of the crime.
Sanford Edelman, the attorney representing the defendant, said the boy is not a "hardened" juvenile with a history of failed rehabilitation. He requested the judge put the boy in the Youth Development Institute so he could get better treatment there.
The boy was given the opportunity to speak during Friday's hearing but declined.
Conlogue told the boy he committed the most serious offense possible, without excuse, justification or legal defense.
He imposed a disposition that sends him to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Corrections until he is 18 years old. He also imposed a secure care order that allows officials the option to release him when he turns 17 on Jan. 18, 2013.
Members of the boy's family were upset by the judge's decision. During an interview with reporters after the hearing, Edelman said the family did not want him to be incarcerated.
Edelman said his client cried when the judge imposed the order. He said the boy is scared and sad. He added he does not deal with his emotions well.
(Jonathon Shacat is a reporter at the Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review.)
A Cochise County judge on Friday ordered a 13-year-old boy convicted of killing his mother to be held in the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections until he turns 18.
However, Superior Court Judge James Conlogue also issued a secure care order that gives corrections officials the authority to release him as early as his 17th birthday.
The boy, 12 at the time of the incident, shot his mother, Sara Madrid, 34, eight times on Aug. 1 outside their home in the 2500 block of West Oak Avenue in Douglas.
The boy's identity is withheld because he was prosecuted as a juvenile.
An adjudication hearing for the boy started on Dec. 24 and continued on Jan. 2. At the conclusion of that hearing, Conlogue found him guilty of first-degree murder.
According to testimony, Madrid had yelled at her son because he wasn't doing a good job on his chores. As a result, the boy took a .22-caliber Ruger semi-automatic handgun from a closet, loaded it, waited for her to return home and then shot her.
Testimony also showed the boy had experienced physical and verbal abuse from his mother.
During a disposition hearing on Friday, Gregory Johnson, a deputy county attorney, said the boy poses a risk to the community. He asked the judge to place him in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Corrections due to the serious nature of the crime.
Sanford Edelman, the attorney representing the defendant, said the boy is not a "hardened" juvenile with a history of failed rehabilitation. He requested the judge put the boy in the Youth Development Institute so he could get better treatment there.
The boy was given the opportunity to speak during Friday's hearing but declined.
Conlogue told the boy he committed the most serious offense possible, without excuse, justification or legal defense.
He imposed a disposition that sends him to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Corrections until he is 18 years old. He also imposed a secure care order that allows officials the option to release him when he turns 17 on Jan. 18, 2013.
Members of the boy's family were upset by the judge's decision. During an interview with reporters after the hearing, Edelman said the family did not want him to be incarcerated.
Edelman said his client cried when the judge imposed the order. He said the boy is scared and sad. He added he does not deal with his emotions well.
(Jonathon Shacat is a reporter at the Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review.)
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