Trayvon Martin lived in South Florida. He was shot outside of Orlando. But now Jacksonville is at the heart of the politically explosive case, now that the governor has appointed local Duval County State Attorney Angela Corey to take over the investigation. Martin, 17, was shot and killed by 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain last month.…
Continue reading ›A 30-year-old Gainesville man was arrested and charged with manslaughter in a road rage shootout that left one man dead and a toddler unarmed through the gunfire. Brad Andrew Lippincot was also charged with discharging a firearm from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of a person, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Lippincot…
Continue reading ›Civil rights activists and others are demanding answers after an unarmed 17-year-old boy was shot last month by a neighborhood watch captain inside a gated Sanford community. Details are continuing to emerge in the death of Trayvon Martin, a Miami boy visiting family in Central Florida when he was killed. Many are calling for the…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville teen pleaded guilty to attempted manslaughter in Jacksonville last week and will spend a year on house arrest and another three on probation after accidentally shooting his friend. Tyler Willis, 18, shot his friend in the head with two dozen shotgun pellets after the two had smoked marijuana and were going to trade…
Continue reading ›Clay County police headed to Michael Anthony Quinn’s house on Christmas Day, called to investigate a disturbance. On their way, deputies found Quinn with a loaded shotgun and a revolver headed to a second residence to “take care” of the undetermined number victims, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Quinn, a school bus…
Continue reading ›One would-be armed robber is dead and his accomplice is in jail following a shootout in a Northwest Jacksonville seafood shop last week. Police told the Florida Times-Union the owner started firing after two masked men came in, pointed their guns and demanded money just after 6:30 p.m. last Friday. A store manager, however, told…
Continue reading ›Some cases stick in the state’s craw enough that, despite an overturned conviction and a mistrial, prosecutors push on through a third trial to get their guy. Just ask Jacquan Shootes. Shootes was convicted last week on two counts of aggravated assault in Jacksonville for a 2007 shootout with police, according to the Florida Times-Union.…
Continue reading ›A 45-year-old Jacksonville man walked to a fire station for help after he said he was shot while playing cards and drinking. Rescue crews took him to a hospital with gunshot wounds to his chest and arm, but the injuries were not life-threatening, according to the Florida Times-Union. He said little to rescue personnel, other…
Continue reading ›A recent case out of New Jersey draws parallels to the problems facing defendants in cases of assault or robbery in Jacksonville. Eye witnesses are inherently problematic because they often tell police they saw many things that lead to a person being convicted. But they often don’t say that it was second- or third-hand knowledge…
Continue reading ›The recent court case of United States of America v. Combs shows why a Jacksonville criminal defense attorney with knowledge of the appeals system is critical. In this case, out of Chicago, the defendant eventually pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, but that was after his attorney made…
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