R.D.
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- Feb 7, 2011
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This wasn't the "knock out game."
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The teenager accused of causing a man's death last year after one punch in a St. Cloud alley is scheduled to stand trial Aug. 20.
Jesse Jean Smithers, 17, was in court again Thursday for a pretrial hearing. He has been certified to stand trial as an adult to face charges of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter.
Smithers is accused of punching Colton Gleason in September while Gleason was walking in a south St. Cloud alley. Gleason hit his head on the ground and was unconscious when he was taken to St. Cloud Hospital. He regained consciousness there, but he later died from his injuries.
Court records accuse Smithers of being a passenger in a vehicle passing through the alley. Gleason was walking two female friends home when a vehicle passed near the three of them.
Someone in the group that included Gleason hit the vehicle as it drove past, prompting a group of people to get out of the vehicle, according to court records.
One person punched Gleason, who fell backward and hit his head. A court complaint accuses Smithers of being the person who punched Gleason.
Someone hit Smithers car, so Smithers got out and punched the guy who he thought did it.
How is that the knockout game?
More crap. Not condoning what Smithers did, but at 17, I got into quite a few scraps, myself.
Are we going to blame the knockout game every time someone hits somebody?
Someone hit his car. He wasn't driving. He doesn't know who hit Gleason. His aunt swears he was home at the time.
Not one of those excuses was believable.