12600204, As he should be Posted by Mgmt, Wed Oct-01-14 08:37 PM
>http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/local/jury-deliberate-michael-dunn-retrial-wednesday/nhYzr/ > >Michael Dunn guilty of first-degree murder of Jordan Davis > >By Russell Colburn, Leslie Coursey and Catherine Varnum > >JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — > >Michael Dunn has been found guilty with the first-degree >murder of Jordan Davis. > >Dunn showed very little emotion when the verdict came down. > >Judge Russell Healey set a tentative sentencing date of Oct. >17. > >The announcement of the verdict came shortly before 3:50 p.m., >after more than five hours of deliberations including lunch. > >Judge Russell Healey thanked jurors for their service. > >Attorneys and families are filing into the courtroom at 3:30 >p.m. when the jury announced it had reached a verdict. > >The judge asked people in the courtroom to contain their >emotions. > >The jury received the case at 10 a.m. Wednesday. > >The jury had the option to choose from first-degree murder, >second-degree murder, manslaughter, not guilty (same as >justifiable use of force) and hung jury. > >Tuesday started with a marathon of testimony from Dunn >himself, who spent about two hours on the stand. > >"I wasn't shooting to kill. I was shooting to make sure they >stayed down," said Dunn. > >Dunn maintains that on the night of November 2012 he shot into >an SUV carrying 17-year-old Davis and three friends in >self-defense. It started as an argument over loud music. > >The state questioned Dunn about why he didn't call 911 that >night, and called witnesses to shoot holes in his story >including his exfiancee, Rhonda Rouer, who was with him that >evening two years ago. > >
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