Ga. judge wants trial before year ends for teenager charged with shooting baby in stroller
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A Georgia judge says he wants a trial before the year ends for a teenager charged with fatally shooting a baby in the face.
Glynn County Superior Court Judge Stephen Kelley told attorneys Friday he expects a 2013 trial for 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins. The suspect is charged with malice murder in the slaying of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago two weeks ago in the coastal city of Brunswick. Police say the child was shot as Elkins and a younger teenager tried to rob the boy's mother.
The judge denied Elkins' request for bond Friday, saying he's concerned Elkins might flee.
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Elkins' great grandfather, McKinley Elkins, tried to assure the judge that if the teenager was released on bond he would be "a gentleman from this day forward."