Judge: 2 teens to be tried together in connection to shooting
WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore
[{'start': '2.836', 'end': '6.539', 'text': "THE TWO DEFENDANTS IN THIS CASE  ARE 18 YEAR-OLD, TRACY PARKER  AND 14 YEAR OLD ELIJAH HALE.  LATE LAST MONTH, A JUDGE DENIED  HALE'S REQUEST TO MOVE HIS CASE  OUT OF ADULT COURT AND DOWN TO  THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM,  SETTING UP TODAY'S ARGUMENTS,  THE STATE WANTS THE TWO TRIALS  MERGED AND THE TWO DEFENSE TEAMS  DO NOT.  SIX AND A HALF MONTHS AFTER  KENDRICK MCCLELLAN WAS FOUND  DEAD IN HIS CAR IN A PARKING LOT  OF A COLUMBIA OFFICE BUILDING,  THE TWO TEENS CHARGED IN THE  CASE WERE TOLD THEY WILL BE  TRIED TOGETHER IN HOWARD COUNTY  CIRCUIT COURT TODAY, A JUDGE  HEARD ARGUMENTS ON THE STATE'S  MOTION TO JOIN THE TWO TRIALS,  SAYING IT WILL SAVE TIME, MONEY,  RESOURCES AND AGONY FOR THE  VICTIM'S FAMILY.  SET TO TESTIFY FOR THE STATE.  THESE TWO TRIALS ARE IDENTICAL,  ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY SCOTT  HAMMOND TOLD THE JUDGE.  LITERALLY FROM START TO FINISH,  FROM WITNESS ONE TO WITNESS 25.  HE SAID THE SAME EVIDENCE WILL  BE USED AGAINST 14 YEAR OLD  ELIJAH HALE AND 18 YEAR OLD  TRACY PARKER, INCLUDING DNA,  FINGERPRINTS, GUNSHOT RESIDUE,  CELL PHONE DATA AND RECORDS,  MULTIPLE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA  ANGLES, THE BODY WORN CAMERA  FOOTAGE FROM MORE THAN 100  POLICE OFFICERS, AS WELL AS  PARKER'S GPS TRACKING FROM HIS  DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES  ANKLE MONITOR.  PROSECUTORS SAY PUT TOGETHER, IT  PROVES THAT AFTER THE VICTIM  PARKED ON OCTOBER 9TH AT AN  APARTMENENT COMPLEX IN ELLICOTT  CITY, HALE GOT IN THE FRONT  PASSENGER SEAT.  PARKER GOT IN THE BACK BEHIND  THE DRIVER.  MCCLELLAN WAS KILLED WITH THREE  SHOTS TO THE HEAD, AND THEN HALE  PUSHED HIS BODY OVER AND DROVE  THE CAR FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER  SEAT FOR A MILE TO THAT PARKING  LOT IN COLUMBIA, WHERE THE  VICTIM WAS FOUND OCTOBER 12TH.  THE DEFENSE OPPOSED THE MOTION.  HALE'S ATTORNEY SAID HIS CLIENT  WILL NOT GET A FAIR TRIAL AND  SAID THE CO-DEFENDANTS HAVE  DEFENSES THAT ARE HOSTILE TO  EACH OTHER.  LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE JUDGE  RULEDD THAT THE TWO CO-DEFENDANS  CASES WILL BE MERGED INTO ONE  TRIAL AND ON THEIR WAY OUT OF  THE COURTHOUSE, KENDRICK  MCCLELLAN'S FAMILY TOLD ME THEY  ARE RELIEVED THAT THEY WILL ONLY  HAVE TO ATTEND AND TESTIFY.  AT ONE TRIAL.  THEY ALSO SAID MCCLELLAN LEAVES  BEHIND A SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER  WHO REALLY MISSES HER DAD.  IN ELLICOTT CITY,"}]