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Great White - Station Fire Court Case Update By Newsferatu, Writer Thursday, October 27, 2005 @ 9:04 AM
Lawyers for the three men charged in The Station nightclub fire that killed 100 people in 2003 pushed for the dismissal of half the manslaughter counts against their clients.
Superior Court Judge Francis Darigan did not immediately rule on the request after hearing more than two hours of arguments from prosecutors and defense lawyers this afternoon.
Nightclub owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian and Daniel Biechele, the former tour manager for the rock band whose pyrotechnics set off the deadly fire, are charged with 200 counts of involuntary manslaughter. The three men have pleaded innocent.
The defense lawyers specifically attacked the 100 counts that make up the second half of the indictment and that charge the defendants under a theory of misdemeanor manslaughter.
The state alleges that the Derderian brothers, owners of The Station nightclub in West Warwick, violated the state fire safety code by installing flammable foam on the walls and ceiling of their business. Prosecutors also say Biechele, the former tour manager for rock band GREAT WHITE, used pyrotechnics without a permit.
But defense lawyers, revisiting arguments made in written motions, say those alleged misdemeanor offenses cannot legally support a manslaughter charge.
The Feb. 20, 2003, fire at the club also injured more than 200 people.
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