Dale Lezon reports that the jury has reached a verdict in the Quannel X trial:
A jury today found Quanell X guilty of fleeing a police officer, a lesser offense than the charge of evading arrest he received when a fugitive was found in his car in June.
The jury had the option of convicting him on a lesser charge if all the conditions for that offense were met.
State Criminal District Judge Brock Thomas sentenced Quanell X to six months probation, a $300 fine and 30 hours of community service.
That resolution seems fair enough. We had previously predicted a guilty verdict, but given former Chief Bradford’s testimony about unwritten policies that his successors didn’t know about (but were still policies in his view), it’s hard to blame the jury for reducing the charge.
Here is additional coverage from KPRC-2, KHOU-11, and KTRK-13.
