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Indictment sealed in Cosby killing
April 11, 1997
Web posted at: 3:16 p.m. EDT (1916 GMT)
From Correspondent Charles Feldman
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- The grand jury indictments against the teen-ager accused of killing Bill Cosby's son were ordered sealed on Friday and will be not be made public until next month.
The delay, requested by lawyers for Mikail "Michael" Markhasev, gives them time to determine if their client has the money to pay them.
If he doesn't, they will be replaced by a public defender.
Markhasev, 18, was not in court when Superior Court Judge John Reid signed the orders, sealing the indictment and all grand jury testimony until an arraignment on May 1.
However, it was indicated in court that Markhasev was indicted for robbery-homicide with "special circumstances," meaning he could receive the death penalty if convicted.
Ennis Cosby, 27, was killed on January 16 when he stopped on a freeway offramp to change a flat tire on his Mercedes-Benz.
When he pulled over, Cosby called a woman he was on his way to visit and asked her to come and light up the area while he fixed the flat.
She was still in her car when a man knocked on her window and told her to get out.
She drove off but then returned to find Cosby, a doctoral student, fatally shot beside his car.
The woman helped police create a sketch of the suspected killer, and the drawing resembled Markhasev.
Markhasev, a Ukrainian immigrant, has been in custody since March 12.
He pleaded innocent on March 29 to murder, attempted robbery and use of a firearm during a crime.
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