Testimony is scheduled to begin today in the trial of Demetrius Warren, accused in the slaying of Amadou Cisse, a Sengalese graduate student at the University of Chicago who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Nov. 17, 2008, when he was walking home near the Hyde Park campus.
Testimony is scheduled to begin today in the trial of Demetrius Warren.
Earlier that night, Cisse had attended a small celebration in honor of his completing all the requirements necessary for him to earn a doctorate in chemistry.
According to a court filing by prosecutors, Warren gave a videotaped statement to police in which he admitted riding in the car used in the crime spree.
He also acknowledged using a gun to take property from one of the victims and giving instructions to "co-offenders about stopping the car to do robberies,".
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