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Gonzalez stated, "I don't know what they had, but they must have thought that I was not armed." When police arrived, John was still alive and said that he was shot by an unknown Hispanic male. He died of his injuries at the hospital. Corn was found on the ground near where he was shot, unable to move his legs.
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leaving the two men were seen burning money at the end of the bar. After they left, the men decided to go to a nearby friend's house, and debated if they should walk or drive. Corn claims John decided to drive because he did not want to leave the car in the tavern's parking lot, but Corn decided to walk. In his opening statement, Assistant
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self-defense (the accused believed self-defense was needed, but such belief was unreasonable) reduces the charges. If the prosecution cannot prove the accused did not have a valid self-defense motive (even an unreasonable one), the charges are automatically reduced. Under most of the reduced charges, unreasonable self-defense is no longer an affirmative defense. Actual (reasonable) self-defense is a valid defense for the reduced charges.
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Gonzalez's home was two doors down from the tavern. While the exact circumstances are under debate, the core facts are uncontested: Gonzalez shot John and Corn. John managed to drive around the corner where he was later found still alive by police. Gonzalez then called 911 and reported the shooting,
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Gonzales pleaded not guilty to the charges, and was released on $ 100,000 bail. Gonzalez was originally allowed to keep a weapon while on bail, but a restriction prohibiting firearms was later added as a bail condition. While the case was pending, Gonzalez's bail conditions were modified several
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On May 9, 2010, Danny John and Jered Corn were at Mamie's Tavern in
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store with a pistol openly displayed in a thigh holster. An employee called the police to report a man with a gun in the store; meanwhile a different employee asked
Gonzalez to leave. Gonzalez left without incident, but was confronted by police outside the store. He was arrested for disorderly
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Gonzalez's gun, ballistics testing was not able to positively identify the bullets as having been fired from Gonzalez's gun. However police testified that it was likely based on the 911 call, proximity of the shooting, and the caliber of the weapon.
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state for the purposes of gun control. Under state law it was legal to carry a loaded, visible handgun, but concealing that gun (even by a jacket covering the hip) was illegal.
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while openly carrying a gun, and attempted to buy ammunition for a different weapon. The store manager called 911, and Gonzalez was again arrested for disorderly conduct.
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Gonzalez was also ordered to pay restitution of $ 379.93 to Jared Corn, and $ 15,000 to EPIC life insurance. His previous bail was used for this purpose.
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