The case against the man accused of firing bullets into former Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier has gone to the jury.
The six-person panel currently is deliberating whether prosecutors sufficiently proved that Tyrone Hartsfield pulled the trigger. Fourteen times.
"He was 26 years old, when he was brutally gunned down," prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda told the jurors, per the Associated Press. "He lost everything that he dreamed and struggled to accomplish.
Mr. Collier will no longer be able to make a living as a football
player."
Hartsfield testified in the trial, a risky move that usually doesn't end well for the defendant in a criminal case.
"The quality of the state's evidence in this case is unbelievable and I would say pathetic," said lawyer Ann Finnell in her closing argument.
Collier had beaten out Khalif Barnes for the starting left tackle position entering the 2008 season. The shooting paralyzed Collier from the waist down. Eventually, one of his legs was amputated.
Jury deliberates in Richard Collier shooting case
Posted by Mike Florio on November 5, 2009 4:32 PM ET
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Sad case. Sounds like the only thing the state has is a 5 hour recording from a friend of the defendant the police got to. Apparently the friend had a rap up in ATL he was trying to get a lighter sentence on. If our prosecutors can't get a conviction then it really will be a sad day in Jacksonville.