Andy Hartmark
Bryant WilkersonFor three weeks, jurors heard testimony in State v. Bryant Wilkerson, as the Maricopa County Attorney's Office attempted to a convince them that a 28-year-old Fountain Hills man was guilty of manslaughter, aggravated assault, and multiple counts of felony endangerment.
It took the jury less than two hours today to find Wilkerson "not guilty" of all those charges. In fact, the jury found Wilkerson guilty of just one charge -- fleeing the
Andy Hartmark
Bryant Wilkerson
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanders had never seen anything like it.Sanders was in court Friday morning to sentence Bryant Wilkerson, a 30-year-old Fountain Hills postal clerk whose cause was championed by both New Times and the NAACP.
Wilkerson was involved in an accident in May 2007 that killed 15-year-old Felicia Edwards. The case drew national attention because the Maricopa County Attorney's Office charged Wilkerson, who is black, w
courtesy of the Maricopa County Sheriff's OfficeIf Andrew Thomas's surrogates want to talk about the Bryant Wilkerson (above) trial, fine by us.Andy Boy, you don't want to go there.That's all we could think about after we read a nasty little attack on our coverage of the Bryant Wilkerson trial at the conservative blog www.sonoranalliance.com -- posted by supporters of Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas.Thomas, of course, has now announced that he's exploring a run for attorney general. An
