Suspect in Slaying Asks for Speedy Trial
One of the two men accused of killing a state senator’s son in November demanded a speedy trial, while the other did not appear for the scheduled hearing Tuesday.
Defendant Dwayne Reed, 22, wanted the speedy trial. A bailiff said co-defendant Clifton Terrell, 18, had been in the hospital ward since the weekend, but did not say why.
Hunter McPherson, 27, was walking home with his girlfriend Nov. 17 in the city’s Potrero Hill district when they were allegedly robbed at gunpoint.
McPherson, son of Republican state Sen. Bruce McPherson of Santa Cruz, was shot in the chest.
A new hearing has been scheduled for Dec. 14.
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