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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia jury has acquitted a man in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old outside a high school basketball game in 2021.
The 12-member jury took about 50 minutes to find 20-year-old Demari Antonio Batten not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Justice Michael Dunham as fans cleared out of the packed game against Woodside High School on Dec. 19, 2021.
A Newport News jury returned the verdict for Demari Batten Wednesday evening. He had pled not guilty in the trial.
More than two years ago, investigators said then-18-year-old Demari Batten shot and killed 17-year-old Justice Dunham after a basketball game at Menchville High.
Virginia’s marijuana laws have changed a lot in the last two years, and while marijuana possession is now legal in the Commonwealth, driving while high is not.