 | The Cavalier daily Wednesday, June 20, 1973 |  |
Suspect
A 22-year old Scottsville
man charged along with two
other men and a juvenile with
abducting and raping a 20-year
old University student March
19, pleaded not guilty Monday
in Albemarle County Circuit
Court.
Trial for the defendant,
James Melvin Johnson, was
scheduled for June 27.
During a preliminary
hearing April 26 in Albemarle
County Circuit Court, James
Gray Livesay, 23, confessed to
the abduction and rape. He
said he, Johnson, David Jerome
Skeen, 18, and a 16-year old
juvenile, forced the girl into a
car on the Grounds, drove out
in the country, and raped her
repeatedly.
Livesay, who is expected to
plead guilty, is scheduled for
trial August 8. Skeen's trial is
set for July 10.
The case against the juvenile
will be sent to a Special Circuit
Court grand jury for
indictment as an adult.
The three adults are
currently in custody in lieu of
$50,000 bond each.
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