Prosecutors rest cases against two men in Cee Vee shooting deaths
Lawyers in the trial for two men suspected in the robbery and deadly shooting of a Highland store owner and his clerk rested their cases this week. Proceedings resume Monday, as jurors await closing arguments.
Deputy District Attorney Dan Detienne rested his case against Christopher Turelle White and Darwin Lamont Richardson on Monday morning in San Bernardino Superior Court, according to court records.
The defendants face charges in the deaths of Steve Hall, 54, and 25-year-old Brian Gregorio at Cee Vee Liquor and Couch Potato Video, in Highland, in March 2005.
Defense lawyers Richard Crouter, who represents White, and Gary Ablard, who represents Richardson, rested their cases shortly after prosecutors did, without presenting any affirmative defense, court records indicate.
Prosecutors have said evidence shows Richardson, 22, cased the Cee Vee Liquor and Couch Potato Video store, located on Palm Avenue, and then waited as a getaway driver while White, 21, and another man robbed the store at gunpoint.
A third defendant, Tristan Darnell Allan, is representing himself and awaiting a separate trial.
The defendants face two counts of murder and two counts of robbery. If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said.
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