Posted On: July 24, 2009 by Shouse Law Group

Seventeen-Year-Old Indicted for Murder in Las Vegas

This week, seventeen-year-old Barron Hamm was indicted by a Clark County grand jury for murder and other charges. He’s accused of shooting fourteen-year-old Chaparral High School student Jared Flemming at a birthday party back in May.

In general, first-degree murder in Nevada comprises instances where the murder was deliberate or accomplished while carrying out another felony such as robbery, burglary, sexual assault and kidnapping. First-degree murder in Nevada is a category A felony, carrying a possible death penalty, life in prison with possibility of parole after twenty years, or fifty years in prison with the possibility of parole after twenty years.

Hamm is currently incarcerated at Clark County Detention Center without bail. His arraignment is scheduled for July 29th.

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