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October 28, 2014

15-Day EDCA Guns Sales Trial Ends In Acquittal & Deadlock

A 15-day trial of a former sheriff’s deputy and a gun dealer in Sacramento federal court on charges of illegal weapons sales ended Monday after a jury failed to reach a verdict.

The jury returned a not-guilty verdict for a third defendant, Ulysses Simpson Grant Early IV. He had been charged with purchasing a gun from a Roseville police officer.

U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley declared a mistrial for the other two defendants, former Sacramento County Deputy Ryan McGowan and onetime licensed firearms dealer Robert Snellings Jr., after the jury declared that it was hopelessly deadlocked.

Posted by at 12:24 PM in Firearm Cases, Sacramento Jury Trials |

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