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Mar 8, 2008 3:27 pm US/Mountain

Lawyers Argue Over Baby's Status In Head-On Crash

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) ―

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The attorney for a Grand Junction man accused of first-degree murder said some charges against him should be dropped because the victim was not a real person.

Logan Lage, 24, faces multiple charges in connection with a head-on crash Nov. 6. Authorities said he was fleeing from law enforcement when he slammed into a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Shea Lehnen.

Lehnen was 8-and-a-half months pregnant. Doctors performed a Caesarean section, delivering a girl, but the child died of asphyxia a few hours later.

The coroner ruled the death a homicide.

Public defender Will McNulty said the baby, named Lileigh, was neither a "person" nor a "child" when the crash occurred.

Prosecutors disagree.

Lage's preliminary hearing is set for March 21.