When the "not guilty" verdicts were announced late in the afternoon of July 28, Marine Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley appeared to weaken at the knees. He gripped the table in
An eight-person military jury took two hours to find Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley not guilty of negligent homicide and four other counts in the death of Marine recruit Dalton Beals in 2021.
Staff Sgt. Steven T. Smiley had been charged with negligent homicide and other alleged offenses in connection with the 2021 death of Pfc. Dalton Beals.