State of Florida vs. Marlowe Jones (Pasco County)
May 05, 2022OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!
Count 1: Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer Count 2: Resisting an Officer without violence During the height of the George Floyd protests for Black Lives in 2020, my firm represented more than 20 ... peaceful protesters in Orlando/Orange County with every single case being dismissed. Late in 2021, I received a phone call about a similar case from those protests over in Pasco County, FL. My client was charged with Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer and Resisting an Officer without violence. This took place in New Port Richey, FL, and involved the New Port Rickey Police Department. The case garnered some media attention and appeared to us to be baseless on its face. My client never made any physical contact with the law enforcement officer. More than 60 people plus officers were around that night and NOBODY other than the one single officer alleged it happen. NOBODY else saw it. It wasn’t on video even though there were several videos from that night. Nobody else saw it because it didn’t happen. The State tried to say that during the height of the protests for Black Lives that this could have happened and the person would not have been arrested right there on the spot. My client, Marlowe Jones, asked that I share this outcome with you all today! “As to Count 1, Battery on a law enforcement officer, we the jury find the Defendant NOT GUILTY.” “As to Count 2, Resisting an officer without violence, we the jury find the Defendant NOT GUILTY.” It is not often that clients are so principled in their innocence that they turn down an offer of “pretrial diversion” to show the world their innocence. Today, after a two-day trial and nearly two hours of deliberation the jury of his peers did just that. Congratulations Marlowe! You are an incredible asset to your community and a shining example of somebody who stands up for what is right even when their very freedom is at stake. Thank you so much for trusting me with this process! https://www.tampabay.com/news/pasco/2022/05/06/pasco-jury-acquits-black-lives-matter-protestor-of-battery-on-police-officer/
