Two of the men charged with felony murder in connection to a death outside Crave Restaurant and Lounge last December entered their initial pleas at the Dane County Courthouse Friday.

Attorney Dennis Burke entered an initial plea of not guilty for his client, Roynell Fuller, 19, of Madison.

“I’ve not seen the state’s case,” Burke said. “After today, they will give me their discovery. I haven’t had an option to review the surveillance video; I haven’t had a chance to read all of the witness statements.”

He added attorneys are not entitled to evidence outside of the criminal complaints until after the arraignment.

Attorney Chris Van Wagner, acting attorney for Ross Spang, 22, of Madison, stood mute for his partner Tracey Wood’s client. Judge Stuart Schwartz entered a not-guilty plea on Spang’s behalf.

“In 99 percent of felony cases, people plead not guilty at the arraignment, which leaves the option of entering a plea at a later time,” Burke said.

Eduardo Cademartori was killed by a single punch to the head on Dec. 7 outside of the Crave on the corner of State Street and Johnson Street. A confrontation allegedly began when Cademartori, who was intoxicated, attempted to take a beer out of Crave.

Spang, a Crave employee at the time, told police Cademartori punched him in the mouth outside the bar. Spang said he then returned to the bar with his mouth bleeding to tell the other two accomplices what happened, after which Spang, Fuller and Javonte Walters, 20, of Madison, allegedly pursued Cademartori.

In a previous interview with The Badger Herald, Joel DeSpain, spokesperson for the Madison Police Department, said the MPD believes Fuller threw the single punch which killed Cademartori.

Dane County Coroner John Stanley declined comment on the injuries sustained by Cademartori due to the case being under litigation.

On Jan. 26, Spang testified against Walters at his preliminary hearing. Walters, initially an unidentified perpetrator, is now also charged with felony murder.

At the end of the hearing, tapes of the incident taken from the MPD’s downtown surveillance camera were played which showed the three suspects confront Cademartori and Fuller throw the punch.

Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard said the city of Madison maintains tapes from different cameras installed downtown in heavily trafficked areas. He also added Corey Stephen, the assistant district attorney assigned to the case, asked Judge Steven Ebert, the judge of Walters’ hearing, to seal the tapes temporarily to protect the evidence.

According to Erin Ocelotl Montes, secretary for Ebert, Ebert found probable cause to bind the evidence.

If the evidence was not sealed, public opinion could interfere with a fair trial, Blanchard said, adding the release of the tapes could also cause emotional trauma to the Cademartori family.

“This is not a ‘who done it,’” Burke said. “The question is not so much what happened; the question is what do we do with these guys who were involved in this. That is the question that remains unresolved.”