On December 17, 1986, the defendant struck an off-duty police detective on the side of the face and then placed him in a chokehold while grabbing at a watch and ring on the detective's left hand. The detective announced that he was a police officer and, when defendant tightened his hold around the detective's neck, discharged his off-duty revolver four times over his left shoulder, striking defendant several times.
Acquittal of defendant on the robbery charge, which...
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