GaryMrMets
04-30-2004, 05:26 PM
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_043004_williams_verdict.html
Verdicts in All but One Charge in the Jayson Williams Case
(Somerville-WABC, April 30, 2004) — The jury in the Jayson Williams trial has come back with verdicts in all but one charge against Williams.
The former NBA star was acquitted Friday of the most serious charge against him, aggravated manslaughter. The jury said it could not agree on the charge of reckless manslaughter.
The jury reached verdicts in the remaining charges:
Second degree possession of a weapon: Not Guilty
Fourth degree aggravated assault: Not Guilty
Third degree hindering apprehension: Guilty
Third degree tampering with a witness: Guilty
Fourth degree tampering with evidence: Guilty
Fourth degree fabricating evidence: Guilty
When the jury returned with verdicts in all but one charge, the judge decided to hear the verdicts in the remaining counts against Williams. He then praised the jury for their service, and released them.
The shooting took place as Williams was giving friends and members of the Harlem Globetrotters a tour of his mansion in western New Jersey in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2002. Testimony showed that Williams took a loaded shotgun from a cabinet, cracked it open, turned, uttered an obscenity at Costas "Gus" Christofi and snapped it closed. It then fired once, sending 12 pellets into Christofi's chest. The 55-year-old died within minutes.
Five witnesses testified that Williams then wiped down the shotgun, and four said Williams placed it in the victim's hands.
Williams retired from the New Jersey Nets in 2000 after a decade in the NBA, unable to overcome a broken leg suffered a year earlier in a collision with a teammate. He was suspended from his job as an NBA analyst for NBC after the shooting.
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Verdicts in All but One Charge in the Jayson Williams Case
(Somerville-WABC, April 30, 2004) — The jury in the Jayson Williams trial has come back with verdicts in all but one charge against Williams.
The former NBA star was acquitted Friday of the most serious charge against him, aggravated manslaughter. The jury said it could not agree on the charge of reckless manslaughter.
The jury reached verdicts in the remaining charges:
Second degree possession of a weapon: Not Guilty
Fourth degree aggravated assault: Not Guilty
Third degree hindering apprehension: Guilty
Third degree tampering with a witness: Guilty
Fourth degree tampering with evidence: Guilty
Fourth degree fabricating evidence: Guilty
When the jury returned with verdicts in all but one charge, the judge decided to hear the verdicts in the remaining counts against Williams. He then praised the jury for their service, and released them.
The shooting took place as Williams was giving friends and members of the Harlem Globetrotters a tour of his mansion in western New Jersey in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2002. Testimony showed that Williams took a loaded shotgun from a cabinet, cracked it open, turned, uttered an obscenity at Costas "Gus" Christofi and snapped it closed. It then fired once, sending 12 pellets into Christofi's chest. The 55-year-old died within minutes.
Five witnesses testified that Williams then wiped down the shotgun, and four said Williams placed it in the victim's hands.
Williams retired from the New Jersey Nets in 2000 after a decade in the NBA, unable to overcome a broken leg suffered a year earlier in a collision with a teammate. He was suspended from his job as an NBA analyst for NBC after the shooting.
http://a.abclocal.go.com/images/wabc/2004/wabc_043004_williams_120.jpg