Nevada prosecutor asks state Supreme Court to reconsider 2019 decision in black man's conviction
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A Nevada man was tried and convicted of attempted murder of two people after an altercation. Sean Maurice Dean's attorney used a questioning toward jurors about their racial attitudes in court.
"This petition should not be construed as excusing or condoning (Dean’s trial attorney’s) racial comments" during pretrial questioning of prospective jurors, the prosecutor said. "The state agrees that (the) comments were reprehensible, but the state respectfully submits that Dean would have been convicted of the offenses irrespective of the comments."
Dean, 55, is serving 12 to 31 years in prison after being found guilty of attempted murder and battery with a deadly weapon. The state high court on Jan. 13 granted him a new trial.
Ingram said Wednesday a new trial is still a possibility.