Amore's shooting suspects seek dismissal
by TP staff
Jul 16, 2010 | 1590 views | 4 4 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Two local men who stand accused of involvement in the killing of a Tracy man at Amore’s Italian Restaurant last year are due back in court Monday, July 19.

Motions to dismiss charges against Michael Mau and Johnny Martinez, the two defendants, were filed by their defense lawyers. Judge George Abdallah will decide Monday in San Joaquin County Superior Court in Stockton whether the case will move forward to a trial, which is set for Sept. 20.

Mau, 24, faces one count of homicide, seven counts of attempted homicide, and several other charges stemming from the Oct. 10 shooting at Amore's that killed Naim Bey, 41, and wounded six others. He also faces gang enhancement charges.

Martinez, 25, faces charges of being an accessory after the fact, street terrorism and committing a crime for the benefit of a street gang.

Charges against a third defendant, Elvis Mendoza, were dropped in March, just a month after a preliminary hearing in which police and witnesses testified that the two still-accused men are known South Side Tracy Norteño gang members.

A fellow gang member and friend of Mau and Martinez also took the stand during the preliminary hearing and described the fight at the restaurant-turned-nightclub that prompted the fatal shooting. Several people who were wounded by gunfire that night and a gang expert from the Tracy Police Department also testified.

Two other defendants who will be tried separately also face accessory charges and are due back in court next month for a preliminary hearing.

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comments (4)
« tracyresdnt wrote on Sunday, Jul 18 at 12:53 PM »
Seek dismissal? How absurd.

Put public hangings on the ballot and charge the dirtbag's family the rope fee.
« TCY1 wrote on Friday, Jul 16 at 07:15 AM »
...why don't we just expedite conviction and execution of these dirtbag kids who should have been aborted before birth? On yeah, CA doesn't do capital punishment, but 49 other states do. Maybe that will change later this year as CA voters demonstrate their overwhelming disappointment with our meathead movie actor governor and general governmental leadership. We need more room in our prisons, lets start ridding ourselves of all this human trash waiting on death row. Are the parents of these dirtbag kids locked up for their reproductive gross negligence also? Take responsibility parents for lawful conduct and behavior of your kids. If you don't, citizens, law enforcement, and jurors will help you and your kids with behavior modification through punishment and incarceration
« C3TJ wrote on Friday, Jul 16 at 04:21 AM »
This is a standard defense tactic, so don't get too worked up.
« ChrisRoberts wrote on Friday, Jul 16 at 02:56 AM »
Oh boy this should be interesting. If Tracy PD botches this one, pack your bags, short sell your house, and get out of dodge ( most of the original home owners in this town have did this 5-10 years ago)

Hello mr mayor, madam police chief, are you reading?, this is exactly why the citizens of tracy dont feel like this is a safe place to be at night.

Is does anyone even still eat at amores? tear that place down, its a bad reminder of bad times in a town gone bad.



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