A Miami Gardens man, Gayle Blount, was acquitted of attempted murder after claiming he shot his girlfriend, Bridget Knighton, in self-defense, believing she was reaching for a gun in a purse. A key moment in the trial was a mistake by the prosecutor regarding the presence of the purse. Despite Knighton's accounts of their abusive relationship, jurors sided with Blount's narrative. The judge's decision to vacate Blount's earlier guilty plea allowed the trial to proceed, ultimately leading to his release.
"Jurors determined that Gayle Blount was not guilty of attempted murder... striking a chord with jurors who accepted Blount's testimony that he fired his weapon in self-defense."
"Before the trial began, the Iraqi war veteran had accepted an offer from the state to serve 20 years in prison... Judge Venzer vacated Blount's guilty plea and ordered a trial."
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