Brent Luyster Jr. pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon in Clark County Superior Court to a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his stepfather.
Luyster’s defense attorney, Michele Michalek, appeared in Judge Susan Clark’s courtroom via Zoom from a booth at the jail seated next to her 17-year-old client.
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