US EditionConfessed Hollywood Cop Killer Seeks to Vacate Guilty Plea, Saying Attorneys ‘Coerced’ Him
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Confessed Hollywood cop killer seeks to vacate guilty plea, saying attorneys ‘coerced’ him
Weeks after a jury rejected the death penalty for Jason Banegas in the murder of Hollywood Police Officer Yandy Chirino, the 23-year-old is asking a judge to vacate his guilty plea on the grounds that he was “coerced” into doing so by his trial attorneys. Banegas, 23, pleaded guilty to shooting Chirino, 28, in the city’s Emerald Hills neighborhood on Oct. 18, 2021, as the two struggled over a gun. Banegas told investigators he was trying to shoo…
Man who pled guilty to killing Hollywood officer in 2021 asks judge to change plea
A South Florida man who pleaded guilty to killing a Hollywood police officer said he wants to walk back his plea. Just days before he was set to be sentenced to life in prison, Jason Banegas, 23, told a Broward County Judge he wanted to enter a “not guilty” plea. Banegas pleaded guilty last October to shooting and killing Hollywood Officer Yandy Chirino after a struggle in 2021. …
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