Black Detroit Teens Beat White Motorist Almost To Death

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Utash, 54, of Macomb County's Clinton Township, is a tree trimmer who was familiar with the east side Detroit neighborhood where a boy darted out in front of his pickup. He spent days in a coma after the beating.
Utash's family sat in the front row of the courtroom, while relatives of the accused men sat directly behind them in three rows. There were deep sighs, sobbing and muffled utterances of 'liar' during the testimony. Some spectators were ejected by sheriff's deputies.
Jackson noted that the legal threshold to keep the case moving at this stage is low. Defense attorneys said Utash's injuries were awful but an attempted murder charge was too severe.
'One or two may not be enough to kill anyone,' the judge said of punches and kicks, 'but a combination may be enough to cause one's death.'
Separately, a 16-year-old boy is charged in Juvenile Court with assault and ethnic intimidation in the case. He and the other defendants are black; Utash is white.
'In the case of the 16-year-old charged as a juvenile we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt the crimes of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and ethnic intimidation,' Kym Worthy, Wayne County's prosecutor, said.
'In the case of the four adult defendants that have been charged, the facts and the evidence does not support a charge of ethnic intimidation.'

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Youths who beat white motorist to within an inch of his life after he accidentally hit child with pick-up truck face court
Four men have been ordered to stand trial on attempted murder charges
Stephen Utash, 54, was attacked as he pulled over to check on a child he accidentally struck on April 2
Utash remains in a serious condition in hospital
Latrez Cummings, 19, James Davis, 24, Wonzey Saffold, 30, and Bruce Wimbush Jr., 17 were all ordered to trial
A fifth defendant, a 16-year-old boy, is charged in Juvenile Court with assault and ethnic intimidation in the case
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 22:39 EST, 21 April 2014 | UPDATED: 07:40 EST, 22 April 2014