#OLDS CORNET IN BROWN CASE TRIAL#

вЂњAnd I just remember looking at him thinking, вЂHow can this kid have any more hope?вЂ™вЂќ And just feeling so sorry for him at that moment,вЂќ Jordan BrownвЂ™s lawyer Steve Colafella told ABC News. вЂњI can remember just looking at Jordan and feeling like we had failed him. It's saying that I have a charge in front of me in juvenile court, and I am finding that you are responsible for that crime,вЂќ ABC NewsвЂ™ Chief Legal Analyst Dan Abrams said. вЂњA judge finding a juvenile delinquent is effectively a guilty verdict. Still, a juvenile court judge found Jordan Brown, now 14, delinquent in the case. Despite the investigatorsвЂ™ belief that Jenessa statements to police were compelling and credible, prosecutors made the decision not to introduce them at the trial, nor did she testify.

#OLDS CORNET IN BROWN CASE TRIAL#

It would be another eight months before Jordan would stand trial for double homicide.

More than two years after he was charged, a judge ruled that his case would be moved from adult to juvenile court. You know, maintained his innocence throughout from day one,вЂќ Chris Brown said. I'm never not going to be here every day,вЂ™вЂќ Chris Brown said. You know, if something happened, tell me. Throughout Jordan BrownвЂ™s stay in detention in Erie, his father continued to ask him whether he'd killed Houk. That way I know what was trying to be said, and then thatвЂ™s how I read,вЂќ he said.

вЂњIf I would read something and come across a word I didnвЂ™t know, look it up. вЂњ havenвЂ™t had a chance to grieve properly,вЂќ Chris Brown said.ДЄs the years passed, Jordan Brown said he spent much of his time absorbed in the books his father brought him, reading with a dictionary next to him. вЂњIt cost me my job, and what money that I had coming in went into the gas tank and went into things that he needed,вЂќ Chris Brown said.ДЄnd with the focus on his sonвЂ™s legal plight, Chris Brown said his grief for the loss of his fiancГ©e and their unborn baby had to take a back seat. The daily journey, however, wreaked havoc on his finances, Chris Brown said. вЂњThey played a big in, like, keeping my head straight,вЂќ he said. Jordan said those visits were a lifeline: вЂњI donвЂ™t know what I wouldвЂ™ve done without them.' He said he needed to drive four hours every day to visit Jordan Brown because вЂњheвЂ™s my son.вЂќ Thomas Adolescent Center in Erie County, Pennsylvania.Д¬hris Brown said he drove every day, 230 miles round trip, to see his son in detention.Д¬hris Brown said he drove every day, 230 miles round trip, to see his son at the center. While awaiting trial, Jordan Brown was housed for three years at the Edmund L. Police also said they found a 20-gauge shotgun shell casing in pristine condition next to the familyвЂ™s driveway and found some evidence of gunshot residue on JordanвЂ™s clothing. While waiting for Jordan to leave the house with her, she told them she heard a boom and identified it to police as the sound of a gun. But when she was re-interviewed, police say she had a startling recollection. Police say she initially said nothing unusual happened that morning before school.

Investigators said the gun smelled like it had recently been fired.Д«ut investigators believed the strongest piece of circumstantial evidence came from Jenessa.

It had been a Christmas gift from his father because the two liked to go hunting together. They also found a 20-gauge shotgun that belonged to Jordan. (MORE: Jordan Brown recalls arrest at age 11 for murder: 'I had no idea what was going on')

Olds cornet in brown case