The young man charged in this case is now 16, but he was 15 in October 2005, when 16-year-old Erica Hicks died.
The judge was considering if the boy should be charged as an adult. The suspect is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly supplying Hicks with drugs.
The state medical examiner's report shows that Hicks ingested a lethal combination of drugs, including cocaine and Ecstasy. She later died at Western Wake Medical Center in Cary.
This weekend, a 911 tape was released in the case that showed a lag time between the time of the first call and the time the teen ran to a neighbor's to get help for Hicks.
For several weeks a judge in the closed courtroom has been hearing testimony and deciding whether or not the boy should be tried as an adult.
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