Showing posts with label Allen v. United States. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Unlocking A Deadlock

On February 15th, 2014, news reports announced that a panel of Florida jurors found Michael Dunn guilty on three charges of attempted second-degree murder, and one count of firing a weapon into a vehicle.  These charges stemmed from a November 2012 altercation over loud music between Dunn and four teenagers at a local Jacksonville convenience store that left seventeen year-old Jordan Davis dead.  During the verbal exchange, Dunn saw what he believed to be a weapon.  He brandished a handgun from his car’s glove compartment and fired ten shots, nine of which hit the vehicle containing Tevin Thompson, Leland Brunson, Tommy Stornes, and Jordan Davis.  Of the nine shots that hit the car, three hit Davis.  Officers later discovered that the teenagers were unarmed.