FLORENCE - A Lauderdale County Circuit jury deliberated more than eight hours over two days before finding an Anderson man not guilty Friday of assaulting two police officers in 2009.
The trial began Monday with Lauderdale Circuit Judge Gil Self presiding.
It was the second trial for Jerry Wayne Morris, 62, who was charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of resisting arrest. The first trial in December ended in a mistrial when jurors deadlocked 9-3 in favor of acquitting Morris. Criminal trials in Alabama require unanimous verdicts.
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