Sentencing in the trial of an Auburn Police officer convicted of shooting and killing a man in 2019 has been delayed until Aug. 13.
Auburn officer Jeffrey Nelson was found guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree assault on June 27, and was originally scheduled to be sentenced in July. The defense's motion for continuance was granted, meaning they were given some extra weeks to prepare for the sentencing hearing.The King County Superior Court says on the new sentencing date of Aug. 13, the defense will argue for a new trial.
The defense said that every day for the last five years, Nelson had wished that he knew the knife was not in play as he grappled with Sarey.The case is the second to go to trial since Washington voters in 2018 made it easier to charge police by removing a standard that required prosecutors to prove they acted with malice; now, prosecutors must show that the level of force was unreasonable or unnecessary.In December, jurors acquitted three Tacoma police officers in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis.
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