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Homicide Suspect Wants Felony Charges Dismissed

Motion hearing in Waukesha gas station slaying is scheduled for June 29.

 

The suspect in the late-May gas station homicide of 56-year-old convenience store clerk Nayyer Rana is trying to have his felony charges dismissed in Waukesha County Circuit Court.

Billy Ingram, 20, of Waukesha, remains jailed in lieu of $1 million jail on a first-degree intentional homicide charge. He was in court Friday afternoon where a motion hearing was scheduled about the request to dismiss the charges.

Court Commissioner Martin Binn will hear the motion at 1:15 p.m. June 29. In addition to having the homicide charge dismissed, Ingram is also seeking to have armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon charges dismissed. He is not seeking to have a misdemeanor possession of marijuana charge dropped.

Ingram, who was on probation for a burglary conviction in Milwaukee County, was living with his cousin on Jackson Court in Waukesha. The criminal complaint alleges that Ingram used his cousin’s .40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun to hold up the Petro Mart gas station May 29, where he shot and killed Rana while stealing $985, cigars, cigarettes and snacks.

Ingram faces life in prison if convicted of the homicide charge.

Related Topics: Billy Ingram, Homicide, Nayyer Rana, and Waukesha Crime

Carl Spackler

5:06 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

Sure, but then we get to kill you like you killed at man at the gas station. It is always about the poor criminal. I say you die just like you left this poor father and husband you filthy scum bag. There, I feel a little better.

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TWinter

12:52 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012

This guy is only 20 years old and he has a record. Now he has killed a man and he wants the charges dismissed? Sorry, it's time he pays for his crimes. The family and public deserve a trial if he pleads not guilty. If this is the start of this guy's life, where will it go from here? He's a danger to society and I for one don't want a person like this living free in my community.

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Scott L

12:04 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012

@ Carl S and TWinter:
Just for the record, this is a typical step in the criminal justice process. The defense attorney is likely moving to dismiss on the grounds of a constitutional issue, such as failure to administer the suspects Miranda rights, failure to abide by the suspects request to speak to an attorney, or maybe matters relating to probable cause? I don't know...
Whatever the case, I am certain that law enforcement officials followed procedure by the book. Any defense attorney worth their liability insurance would raise such a motion so as to preserve the constitutional issue(s) for any later appellate review. If the defense attorney did not file such a motion, the suspect could later raise issues concerning ineffective trial counsel -- potentially giving the suspect the right to a new trial. Not only would this be costly to taxpayers, but it would require the district attorney to retry the case and notify all of the victims and their family members to endure a retrial.
Nobody wants Mr. Nayyer's family to have to endure any more of this than necessary. We should applaud the defense for effectively representing the rights of this suspect so the criminal process is just, efficient, and prompt.

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Bob Belmer

12:45 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012

Yeah lets spoon up a heaping helping of...JUST,EFFICIENT & PROMPT!!!!

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Scott L

12:54 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012

I agree!
Believe me when I say that I will be happy when he's safely detained in one of Wisconsin's maximum security prisons for the rest of his life. We (our community) do not need any botched procedures at trial like the Oswald case -- dragging the case out for years...

Ben Cooder

9:43 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012

Justice - regular or extra crispy

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D. Bag

12:17 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012

Should be of the extra-crispy variety. I'm a firm believer that if people actually feared being put to justice for their crimes where another life is taken for a reason as stupid as this, they MIGHT just think twice before deciding that it's worth killing another person over a few hundred dollars. For those who think that capital punishment is "too cruel", let me ask you, how is the standard incarceration system and "rehabilitation" working out so far in regard to deterring violent crime? If you think that some scumbag like Ingram can be "fixed", there's no hope, and to me, paying $40k+ per year to house human excrement for the next 50 years is a waste. Turn him to fertilizer, it'll be the best use he's capable of for the remainder of his existence.

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Elizabeth

2:16 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012

were his charges dropped? I personally think he needs to be locked up, and the key gets lost. he KILLED someone. Nobody deserves to loose a loved one the way Rana's family did!!

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