Anurag Chandra, 44, is charged with three counts each of murder and attempted murder, with sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegations, for a January 2020 attack on teenagers. Valley News/Courtesy photo
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A judge today denied a motion to reduce charges against a Corona-area man accused of chasing down and ramming a car occupied by six teenagers, causing the vehicle to crash and kill half of the boys.Anurag Chandra, 44, is charged with three counts each of murder and attempted murder, with sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegations, for the January 2020 attack.Chandra's attorney, David Wohl, submitted a motion to Riverside County Superior Court Judge Sean Crandell, asking that the criminal complaint be set aside under Penal Code section 995, which permits defendants to make a case for a reduction in charges, or an outright dismissal of them.Wohl argued that his client did not have an intent to kill and should not be held to answer for murder, but
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