A jury Friday evening delivered a mix of acquittals and guilty verdicts for former Vanderbilt University football player Brandon E. Banks, decisions blasted by Banks’ lawyer, who said the jury did not understand its job.
“They didn’t understand the aggravated element of the two charges they convicted him of,” lawyer Mark Scruggs said.
Scruggs said he will ask the judge to consider whether the jury’s verdicts were inconsistent. If Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins agrees, Scruggs said the judge could reduce the two convictions to lesser crimes or grant Banks a new trial on those counts.
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