Story Created:
Jan 3, 2013 at 8:50 AM CDT
Story Updated:
Jan 3, 2013 at 11:07 AM CDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Three young robbery suspects will likely spend time in juvenile lockup, but their case was kept out of adult court because the victim asked.
Monroe Davis told a Shelby County Juvenile Court judge he didn't want the teens sent to adult court, even though he feared for his life when one of them - just 13 at the time - stuck a gun in his face and demanded money.
At a Wednesday hearing, where prosecutors argued the case should be treated as an adult crime, Davis told the court the boys - now ages 14, 15 and 16 - might come out worse than when they went in.
The youngest among them had only a previous citation for possession of brass knuckles. Both older boys had criminal histories involving guns.
