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Friday, July 31, 2009
Ind. Courts -Verdict in road-rage shooting trial in Clark County
Updating prior entries, including this one from June 21, 2008, Matt Thacker of the Jeffersonville News & Tribune reports this afternoon:
A Clark County jury on Friday found Yalanda Parrish guilty on one count of class B felony aggravated battery and one count of class C felony criminal recklessness stemming from what police say was a July 2008 road rage incident which left a man shot in the chest.Parrish’s sentencing has been set for Aug. 18. She faces six to 20 years in prison.
The jury, comprised of eight women and four men, deliberated for less than three hours.
Parrish, 39, of Jeffersonville, shot Wesley Mosier Jr., 54, of Corydon, on 10th Street at the intersection with Allison Lane. She claimed she shot Mosier in self-defense after he got off the motorcycle he was riding and approached the window of her SUV.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 31, 2009 03:20 PM
Posted to Ind. Trial Ct. Decisions