ALBANY -- An ex-convict charged with the murder of 31-year-old Khalil Barnes last summer on Quail Street is mulling a plea bargain that would require him to plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter in return for a 22-year prison sentence.
Neshad Grady, 24, of Albany, known as "Moo Moo," will decide whether he will accept the deal when he appears before acting Supreme Court Justice Roger McDonough on Jan. 25.
Grady's lawyer, P.J. Blanchfield, asked the judge for the one-week adjournment. Assistant District Attorney Eric Galarneau told the judge if Grady rejects the offer, it will be withdrawn.
Grady is charged with second-degree murder and weapon possession. The murder charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
Prosecutors allege Grady shot and killed Barnes, a former member of the Jungle Junkies street gang, outside 68 Quail St. on July 14 just after midnight.
Barnes was killed on his mother's birthday.
Fatima Rucker and her husband Justice Barnes were in town for a wedding when their son was
killed. They were among the crowd of people who attended an anti-violence rally two days after he was killed.
"This is my home, this is where I'm from, I have to show up," Justice Barnes told the crowd. "We don't want anybody else to die."
Grady is additionally charged with carrying a loaded semiautomatic handgun on Manning Boulevard on Nov. 9. If convicted of all charges, Grady could face as much as 40 years to life.
Barnes died eight days after Elijah Cancer, 32, was shot to death as he tried to break up a fight in the South End. Cancer, a former member of the Original Gangsta Killas street gang, known as OGK, Cancer, was turning his life around after a prison sentence and was an anti-violence advocate.
OGK gang members were based in the South End while the Jungle Junkies were based West Hill and Arbor Hill. Two federal prosecutions effectively shut down the gangs.
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Grady's lawyer, P.J. Blanchfield, asked the judge for the one-week adjournment. Assistant District Attorney Eric Galarneau told the judge if Grady rejects the offer, it will be withdrawn.
Grady is charged with second-degree murder and weapon possession. The murder charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
Prosecutors allege Grady shot and killed Barnes, a former member of the Jungle Junkies street gang, outside 68 Quail St. on July 14 just after midnight.
Barnes was killed on his mother's birthday.
Fatima Rucker and her husband Justice Barnes were in town for a wedding when their son was
killed. They were among the crowd of people who attended an anti-violence rally two days after he was killed.
"This is my home, this is where I'm from, I have to show up," Justice Barnes told the crowd. "We don't want anybody else to die."
Grady is additionally charged with carrying a loaded semiautomatic handgun on Manning Boulevard on Nov. 9. If convicted of all charges, Grady could face as much as 40 years to life.
Barnes died eight days after Elijah Cancer, 32, was shot to death as he tried to break up a fight in the South End. Cancer, a former member of the Original Gangsta Killas street gang, known as OGK, Cancer, was turning his life around after a prison sentence and was an anti-violence advocate.
OGK gang members were based in the South End while the Jungle Junkies were based West Hill and Arbor Hill. Two federal prosecutions effectively shut down the gangs.
USA - TU.
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