CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man accused of having killed his life-in girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter has rejected a proposed plea deal that would have carried a 40-year sentence.
NJ.com reports that an attorney for 23-year-old Travis Graham told a judge in Camden last week that his client wanted to go to trial after prosecutors rejected his 15-year counter-offer.
Authorities say Graham was arrested in a string of armed robberies and made statements contradicting earlier remarks about the March 2017 death of Charlette Dawkins.
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Prosecutors say he initially said he heard the child fall down a flight of stairs but later said he struck her in the forehead, knocking her down the stairs.
The state’s offer was a 25-year term in the child’s death and a consecutive 15-year robbery sentence.
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Information from: NJ.com, http://www.nj.com
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