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| Man convicted in jail beating death over snack |
| 2007-12-18 |
| GRAND RAPIDS -- Bennie Rochelle has been convicted in the murder of Jose Estrada, who was beaten to death because Rochelle believed the 46-year-old fellow Kent County Jail inmate stole his Honey Bun snack cake. Mmmmmmmm...Honey Bun snack cake. Worth killing for. Bennie could do commercials. The jury spent less than five hours deliberating before returning the verdict late this morning that the 19-year-old is guilty of second-degree murder. It would've been first degree, your honor, but...damn, Honey Bun snack cakes are really good. Witnesses testified over the last two weeks that Rochelle -- in a fit of anger over his missing snack -- pulled the slight Mexico native from a top bunk bed sending him crashing head-first to the concrete floor. Testimony also states that Rochelle then beat the man with his fists, slammed his head against a metal door and threw a plastic cot on him. It appears Bennie has anger "issues'... The assault occurred Oct. 29, 2006. After Estrada was released on bond, he died at Saint Mary's Health Care on Nov. 12, 2006 from a massive subdural hematoma that caused fatal brain damage.Rochelle's attorney, Timothy Idsinga, argued it was negligence on the part of the jail medical system that resulted in Estrada's death. Your honor, if not for incompetent medical treatment, the victim should have easily survived the brutal beating administered by my client... Rochelle is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 22, where he faces up to life in prison. Should've used that Twinkie defense, except change it to Honey Bun snack cake. Some lawyer... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #1 Should've used the defense that *if* Estrada was not here legally to start with *then* Bennie should not be guilty because Jose would've never been able to cop his honey bun if the feds had been doing their damn job on the border in the first place. Blame it on the man yo. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-12-18 20:48 |