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This charmer spilled a man's guts over a bicycle. His lawyer thought the charges ranging from attempted murder to robbery were "too severe." Unfortunately, a jury agreed and found him innocent of attempted murder. So slicing a guy open and leaving him holding his own guts is just cranky behavior on the part of a robber? Grrrrrr.
In closing arguments, an attorney for Andrey Khukhryanskiy didn't dispute accusations that his client sliced open the lower abdomen of a Southeast Portland resident, causing the man's intestines to spill out.
The attorney also didn't contest that his client was in the process of stealing a bicycle when the resident confronted Khukhryanskiy on that June 2014 night.
But Jonathan Sarre, Khukhryanskiy's attorney, argued that the criminal charges -- ranging from attempted murder to robbery -- were too severe and didn't accurately reflect what his client had done.
A Multnomah County Circuit Court jury on Friday agreed to some extent -- finding Khukhryanskiy not guilty of attempted murder but convicting him on 10 other charges, He was found guilty of first-degree assault for slashing open Robert Farris, who testified during the four-day trial that he thought he might die.
The verdict also included guilty findings against Khukhryanskiy for more criminal activity that night, including the carjacking of another man; the theft of a pickup truck and beating of its owner; and a scuffle with a police dog and officers who twice Tasered him before taking him into custody.
Khukhryanskiy faces a minimum of 7½ years in prison, but he conceivably could get as many as 40 years when he is sentenced in Multnomah County Circuit Court in April.
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Vasquez said Khukhryanskiy was on a drug-fueled rampage and when confronted about his crimes, reacted with horrific violence during a four-hour period starting June 29, 2014, and lasting into the next day.
His spree started shortly after 10:30 p.m. at a home near Southeast 139th Avenue and Powell Boulevard, where Farris tried to stop Khukhryanskiy from wheeling a bicycle out of the back yard. Farris testified that Khukhryanskiy threatened to kill his dog and walked toward him aggressively, so Farris hit him on the head with an asp baton.
Although Farris didn't know his attacker, a man who lived on the property knew Khukhryanskiy and identified him to police.
Khukhryanskiy's attorney contended that Khukhryanskiy was acting in self-defense when he cut Farris -- and that Khukhryanskiy hadn't intended to kill, nor was the injury as severe as the prosecution made it out to be.
Portland police Officer Sarah Kerwin describes finding slashing victim Robert Farris, holding his intestines in his hands in a Southeast Portland driveway.
Sarre, the defense attorney, pointed to testimony of an Oregon Health Science University doctor who said people who sustain such abdominal wounds have a very low mortality rate -- 1 to 2 percent -- with proper medical attention.
"Now consider if there were five, six stab wounds, or Mr. Khukhryanskiy came back ... that would show that he intended to kill," Sarre said.
Vasquez, the prosecutor, said Farris survived only because of excellent medical intervention, and that he would have died without it. Although the jury ultimately didn't agree, Vasquez asserted that Khukhryanskiy's actions equated to attempted murder.
"He sliced the softest most vulnerable part of a human being, the belly, ...where our internal organs are most vulnerable," Vasquez said. "It's hard to imagine anything more serious than intestines coming out of the body."
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Khukhryanskiy told authorities he was on "drugs."
Khukhryanskiy is a repeat convicted thief whose run-ins with the law stretch back to age 14 or 15, when he was first caught with a stolen car. Court records show that when he was 21, he was offered a chance to participate in START, a drug-treatment court, but he failed to show up.
Khukhryanskiy's wife, who had previously told Khukyryanskiy that she wanted nothing to do with him during a recorded jail call, attended her husband's trial. She said she in an email to The Oregonian/OregonLive that she is "standing by him."
Khukhryanskiy's attorney said his client plans to appeal Friday's verdict.
source: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/02/bicycle_thief_who_partially_di.htmlThe attorney also didn't contest that his client was in the process of stealing a bicycle when the resident confronted Khukhryanskiy on that June 2014 night.
But Jonathan Sarre, Khukhryanskiy's attorney, argued that the criminal charges -- ranging from attempted murder to robbery -- were too severe and didn't accurately reflect what his client had done.
A Multnomah County Circuit Court jury on Friday agreed to some extent -- finding Khukhryanskiy not guilty of attempted murder but convicting him on 10 other charges, He was found guilty of first-degree assault for slashing open Robert Farris, who testified during the four-day trial that he thought he might die.
The verdict also included guilty findings against Khukhryanskiy for more criminal activity that night, including the carjacking of another man; the theft of a pickup truck and beating of its owner; and a scuffle with a police dog and officers who twice Tasered him before taking him into custody.
Khukhryanskiy faces a minimum of 7½ years in prison, but he conceivably could get as many as 40 years when he is sentenced in Multnomah County Circuit Court in April.
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Vasquez said Khukhryanskiy was on a drug-fueled rampage and when confronted about his crimes, reacted with horrific violence during a four-hour period starting June 29, 2014, and lasting into the next day.
His spree started shortly after 10:30 p.m. at a home near Southeast 139th Avenue and Powell Boulevard, where Farris tried to stop Khukhryanskiy from wheeling a bicycle out of the back yard. Farris testified that Khukhryanskiy threatened to kill his dog and walked toward him aggressively, so Farris hit him on the head with an asp baton.
Although Farris didn't know his attacker, a man who lived on the property knew Khukhryanskiy and identified him to police.
Khukhryanskiy's attorney contended that Khukhryanskiy was acting in self-defense when he cut Farris -- and that Khukhryanskiy hadn't intended to kill, nor was the injury as severe as the prosecution made it out to be.
Portland police Officer Sarah Kerwin describes finding slashing victim Robert Farris, holding his intestines in his hands in a Southeast Portland driveway.
Sarre, the defense attorney, pointed to testimony of an Oregon Health Science University doctor who said people who sustain such abdominal wounds have a very low mortality rate -- 1 to 2 percent -- with proper medical attention.
"Now consider if there were five, six stab wounds, or Mr. Khukhryanskiy came back ... that would show that he intended to kill," Sarre said.
Vasquez, the prosecutor, said Farris survived only because of excellent medical intervention, and that he would have died without it. Although the jury ultimately didn't agree, Vasquez asserted that Khukhryanskiy's actions equated to attempted murder.
"He sliced the softest most vulnerable part of a human being, the belly, ...where our internal organs are most vulnerable," Vasquez said. "It's hard to imagine anything more serious than intestines coming out of the body."
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Khukhryanskiy told authorities he was on "drugs."
Khukhryanskiy is a repeat convicted thief whose run-ins with the law stretch back to age 14 or 15, when he was first caught with a stolen car. Court records show that when he was 21, he was offered a chance to participate in START, a drug-treatment court, but he failed to show up.
Khukhryanskiy's wife, who had previously told Khukyryanskiy that she wanted nothing to do with him during a recorded jail call, attended her husband's trial. She said she in an email to The Oregonian/OregonLive that she is "standing by him."
Khukhryanskiy's attorney said his client plans to appeal Friday's verdict.
