Second Mistrial Declared In Case Of Man Accused Of Shooting Philadelphia Police Officer Ed Davies
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A second mistrial has been declared in the case of a man accused of shooting a Philadelphia police officer. Eric Torres is accused of shooting Philadelphia Police Officer Ed Davies inside a Feltonville bodega in August 2013.
The judge says jurors were having side conversations among themselves ahead of jury deliberations, causing a mistrial.
Last month, a judge declared a mistrial after the prosecution introduced a gun as evidence that turned out to be the wrong one. Torres was convicted in connection with the shooting in the first trial but a superior court threw the case out because of evidence used in the trial that was taken from Torres' home.
Judge declares 2nd mistrial in 2013 shooting of @PhillyPolice Officer Edward Davies after judge says jury had side conversations, deliberated before actual deliberations; Mistrials come after Eric Torres conviction was overturned
— Chantee Lans (@ChanteeLans) October 31, 2019
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Davies was set to testify but that never happened.
The officer was in a coma for weeks following the shooting.
This was Torres' third trial. The fourth trial has been scheduled for March 2020.
Davies declined to speak about the latest mistrial.