Attorney's Request to Re-Open Boy's Murder Case Denied

RIVERSIDE - A judge today denied a defense attorney's request to hold additional hearings on where to place a 13-year-old boy who fatally shot his neo-Nazi dad, ruling that it was too late to re-open the case.

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Roger Luebs said the Juvenile Court had lost jurisdiction over Joseph Hall when the youth's conviction was appealed last fall.

''The judge did not even let me get into the merits of the case,'' Joseph's attorney, Punam Grewal, told City News Service. ''He said right off the bat that he did not have jurisdiction as a result of the pending appeal, and...