Florida appeals court overturns conviction of Miami police officer who shot autistic man's caretaker
CNN
A South Florida appeals court Wednesday overturned the conviction of a former North Miami Police Department officer who was found guilty of negligence for shooting an autistic man's caretaker in 2016, court documents show.
Florida's Third District Court of Appeal overturned a "conviction for misdemeanor culpable negligence" for Jonathan Aledda after determining it was invalid because prosecutors did not allow testimony during a June 2019 trial from the SWAT commander who trained Aledda, the documents show.
In a statement emailed to CNN, Florida State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said the decision is "disappointing to all who believed that this shooting incident was unnecessary and incorrect." The office may ask the appeals court for a re-hearing, the statement continued.
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