He was a drug dealer. He was in an almost empty baseball field.
His adversary was there on the field before him, unarmed, but at a distance. My client shot at the State's victim witness, more than once, as I recall. The details are vague for me now.
I made the argument, perhaps among others, that the victim was somehow hit by ricochet, and that my client was probably only trying to scare him, at the time.
There aren't that many defenses open, under such circumstances...
I could not put my client on the stand at that time, to firm up this defense, or rather lesser offense, argument...
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