Suspect in FAMU hazing death files written plea

May 21, 2013 @ 10:31 am

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual says his client won't have to appear for an arraignment because he already entered a written not guilty plea.

Darryl Cearnel was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in state court in Orlando. But attorney Anthony Britt says the previously entered plea satisfies that process.

Cearnel was charged with manslaughter and felony hazing in March.

Most of the other dozen defendants facing charges in the case were charged last year.

Prosecutors say Robert Champion, who was from Decatur, Ga., collapsed and died after walking down a gantlet of other band members who beat him with fists and instruments on a bus parked outside an Orlando hotel in November 2011.


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  • kcandjc00 wrote...
    Monkey HJ
    January 30, 2012 9:18 am
    My college band made us freshman all get a HJ from a monkey. It was something I wish I would have never done and haunts me to this day. Monkeys have rough hands and carry lots of dieseases. The monkey was laughing at us while he did this which made it even worst. All hazing should be outlawed.
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  • MagneticPatriot wrote...
    Band hazing? I remember one time at band camp...
    May 2, 2012 12:00 pm
    I guess band members live on the edge.
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Whatthe?!............
    September 15, 2012 10:24 am
    A handj0b from a monkey?.....C'MON!!

    1. Where did they get a monkey.

    2. A monkey would have the strength, but not the common sense to NOT keep from ripping your willy right off your body.

    3. Someone has to call BEE ESS.

    4. I will.

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