Social Justice
Michael Dunn Trial : Guilty on 4 out of 5 counts; mistrial on murder
A Florida jury found Michael Dunn guilty on four of the five charges in a case in which he was accused of shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis to death over loud music, but they could not come to a decision on the murder charge and a mistrial was declared on that count.
A Florida jury found Michael Dunn guilty on four of the five charges in a case in which he was accused of shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis to death over loud music, but they could not come to a decision on the murder charge and a mistrial was declared on that count.
Michael Dunn guilty
Dunn, 47, had faced a first degree murder charge for the shooting death of Jordan Davis in a Jacksonville convenience store parking lot on Nov. 23, 2012.
The judge had instructed the jury that they could consider lesser charges, including second degree murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide or excusable homicide, but they said the could not come to an agreement on any of those charges.
Dunn was found guilty of four three counts of attempted second degree murder for shooting at other teens in car and one count of firing a gun into a car.
Sentencing
Upon sentencing he faces up to 60 years in prison for each attempted murder charge (20 years each count) and 15 years for firing a gun into a car.
Prosecutors allege that Dunn fired his gun into the car filled with teenagers after a dispute over loud music.
Dunn claimed that he shot in self-defense out of fear after being threatened by Davis and believed he seen a gun.
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