{"id":24270,"date":"2016-06-11T13:11:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T20:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=24270"},"modified":"2016-06-11T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T21:21:09","slug":"murder-charged-dropped-pit-bull-mauling-killed-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=24270","title":{"rendered":"Murder Charged Dropped in Pit Bull Mauling that Killed Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiZXBmb3giLCJwIjoiZGVmYXVsdCIsInYiOiIyNzc4NDEiLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImRmcCI6eyJjbGllbnRTaWRlIjp7ImFkVGFnVXJsIjoiaHR0cDovL3B1YmFkcy5nLmRvdWJsZWNsaWNrLm5ldC9nYW1wYWQvYWRzP3N6PTY0MHg0ODAmaXU9LzYzNzkwNTY0L3dqYmsvbmV3cyZjaXVfc3pzPTMwMHgyNTAmaW1wbD1zJmdkZnBfcmVxPTEmZW52PXZwJm91dHB1dD12YXN0JnZwb3M9cHJlcm9sbCZ1bnZpZXdlZF9wb3NpdGlvbl9zdGFydD0xJnVybD1bcmVmZXJyZXJfdXJsXSZjb3JyZWxhdG9yPVt0aW1lc3RhbXBdJmRlc2NyaXB0aW9uX3VybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmZveDJkZXRyb2l0LmNvbSUyRm5ld3MlMkYxNTYxNDU0NTEtdmlkZW8ifX19LCJhbnZhY2siOiJhbnZhdG9fZXBmb3hfYXBwX3dlYl9wcm9kX2IzMzczMTY4ZTEyZjQyM2Y0MTUwNGYyMDcwMDAxODhkYWY4ODI1MWIifQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A murder charge against the owner of pit bulls that killed 4-year-old Xavier Strickland in December was dropped this week.<\/p>\n<p>Geneke Lyons still faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and possessing dangerous animals causing death &#8212; he was facing a charge of second degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution asked the judge to allow the jury to decide on the murder charge first and then revisit the ruling down the road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been inadequate evidence presented to this court, for that count No. 1 to be submitted to the jury,&#8221; said Judge Michael Callahan. &#8220;And I will not wait for the jury to decide it, I&#8217;ve already done it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A murder charge was dropped against the owner of pit bulls that killed 4-year-old Xavier Strickland in December.<br \/>\nThe prosecution asked the judge to allow the jury to decide on the murder charge first and then revisit the ruling down the road.<br \/>\n&#8220;There has been inadequate evidence presented to this court, for that count No. 1 to be submitted to the jury,&#8221; said Judge Michael Callahan. &#8220;And I will not wait for the jury to decide it, I&#8217;ve already done it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,456],"tags":[15,914],"class_list":["post-24270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-main-slider","category-video-stories","tag-murder","tag-pit-bulls"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Murder Charged Dropped in Pit Bull Mauling that Killed Boy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A murder charge was dropped against the owner of pit bulls that killed 4-year-old Xavier Strickland in December. 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