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Harlow Cuadra Receives Life Sentence
March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Crime Blotter: Harlow Cuadra will serve life in prison for the January 2007 murder of Cobra Video producer Bryan Kocis. He was convicted of first-degree homicide last week. “(T)he jury of eight men and four women could not reach a unanimous decision whether prosecution presented any aggravating factors worthy of the death penalty,” reports CitizensVoice.com. The jury deliberated for roughly five and a half hours before returning to the courtroom to inform Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. “they could not reach a unanimous verdict, despite being given more time.” According to media reports, jurors agreed one of the aggravating factors was not valid, “but had reached an impasse on the other.” In December, Joseph Kerekes, Mr. Cuadra’s former partner and one-time co-defendant, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received the mandatory life in prison. The plea spared him from the death penalty. Stay tuned for more details.
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