Att. MURDER CHARGES – NOT GUILTY JURY VERDICT (April 2022, PHILA)

The Commonwealth alleged that Mr. Shelton shot and seriously injured a male in a bar in North Philadelphia called Circles. There was video of the shooting which happened outside the bar. However, Mr. Nenner presented witnesses who testified that the person in the bar who allegedly did the shooting was not Mr. Shelton, but someone from the neighborhood who looked just like him. Mr. Nenner also presented an alibi witness who was with Mr. Shelton at another location at the time of the shooting. The jury came back with a verdict of NOT GUILTY of all charges.

See Commonwealth v. Raymond Shelton.

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