City's youngest killer may testify against co-defendant
By Kirk Loggins / Tennessean Staff Writer
Terrence McLaurine received a 15-year prison sentence when he pleaded
guilty last January, as the youngest person ever prosecuted for murder
in Davidson County's Criminal Courts.
McLaurine, now 14, didn't have to testify then about his admitted role
in the January 1997 shooting death of west Nashville electrician Larry
Huber, during what witnesses described as a cocaine deal gone bad.
But McLaurine may have to take the witness stand this week, when his
co-defendant, Rico Mallard, 20, goes to trial on charges of
first-degree murder, which carries an automatic life prison sentence.
Mallard's lawyer, Jack Butler, has subpoenaed McLaurine as a witness
for the defense.
McLaurine "has admitted to killing the man," Butler said.
Terrence was a diminutive 12-year-old, and Rico Mallard was a tall,
muscular 17 when they were charged with murdering Huber in the parking
lot of a west Nashville apartment complex Jan. 16, 1997.
McLaurine told a psychologist last year that he "could not believe"
that police would not let him go after his arrest, because that's
what had happened on his many earlier encounters with Juvenile Court,
beginning at age 8.
He told the psychologist that he had been "smoking cocaine and drinking
and stuff" before he got into a stolen Cadillac with
Mallard.
One witness has said that "about five boys" approached Huber's car, in
the parking lot of the Skyview Apartments on Susannah Drive, in an
effort to sell him cocaine. The witness said Mallard argued with Huber
and then shot the electrician as he tried to drive away.
Huber backed his car into a wall and Mallard dragged him out of the
vehicle, witnesses said.
McLaurine then shot Huber "several more times, at the suggestion of
other individuals at the scene," Assistant District Attorney Jim
Todd said in court on the day that McLaurine pleaded guilty to a charge
of second-degree murder.
Witnesses said Mallard and McLaurine fled the parking lot in Huber's
car.
Prosecutors said that McLaurine's age contributed to their decision not
to seek a first-degree murder conviction against him. He will be
eligible for release on parole after he spends about 10 more years in
custody.
Public Defender Karl Dean had given notice that, if McLaurine had gone
to trial, he would have questioned whether the boy was fully
responsible for his actions when Huber was killed.
Prosecutors joined McLaurine's lawyers in asking that he be kept in a
state juvenile facility until he is 18, even though state law says he
could be transferred to the state prison system at 16.
But prosecutors are seeking a first-degree murder conviction against
Mallard.
His trial will begin tomorrow morning before Criminal Court Judge Steve
Dozier.
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