September 5, 2008
Hearing delayed for teen charged in killings
A county judge has postponed a hearing to determine whether a Cockeysville teenager accused of killing his parents and two younger brothers should be tried in the juvenile system or remain in adult court. The hearing had been scheduled for tomorrow.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Nicholas W. Browning, 16, asked the judge to reschedule the hearing because neither the court psychiatrist nor the county Department of Juvenile Services has finished reports that will be needed for the court proceeding, the lawyers wrote last week in their postponement request.
Circuit Judge Thomas J. Bollinger agreed to postpone the hearing but did not set a new date.
Browning, a sophomore at Dulaney High School, is accused of fatally shooting his parents, John W. Browning and Tamara Browning, and his brothers, Gregory, 14, and Benjamin, 11, as they slept in their Cockeysville home.
The deaths in February occurred a week before the defendant's 16th birthday. Had Browning been 16 at the time of the killings, the case could not be considered for a transfer to juvenile court.
Jennifer McMenamin
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