"If we are on the same track that Judge Regina Chu has laid out, we'll get a verdict by Christmas," said Attorney Lee Hutton, a managing partner at the Hutton Firm.
A former Brooklyn Center Police Sergeant testified Friday that former Officer Kimberly Potter may have been justified in using her gun during a fatal traffic stop in April.
A former Brooklyn Center Police Sergeant testified Friday that former Officer Kimberly Potter may have been justified in using her gun during a fatal traffic stop in April.
Kimberly Potter, who was a police officer in the city of Brooklyn Center just north of Minneapolis, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges. Her lawyers have said Potter, 49, mistakenly used her handgun instead of her stun gun in the death of Wright, a 20-year-old shot during a traffic stop.
Kimberly Potter, who was a police officer in the city of Brooklyn Center just north of Minneapolis, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges. Her lawyers have said Potter, 49, mistakenly used her handgun instead of her stun gun in the death of Wright, a 20-year-old shot during a traffic stop.