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<!-- Meta Tag For Search --><!-- meta name="modDate" content="November 6, 2004 05:39:06 GMT"-->Posted: 10 days ago<SCRIPT> // front-end hack to remove postedTime from Rumors page until a better way can be determined if (document.URL.indexOf("/name/FS/rumors") != -1) document.getElementById("postedTime").style.display = 'none'; </SCRIPT> </TD><TD width=10> </TD><TD align=right><!--this is for sponsorships or brandings--><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><!-- workingCategoryId: 199--></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=bdy cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=770 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=bdy cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=770 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD width=5></TD><TD width=450><!-- search:</noindex> --><!-- esi: /nugget/4000_3110262-->COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of one of two men charged in the September 2003 slaying of the half-sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.
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The jury reported it was 9-3 in favor of acquitting Aaron Michael Hammer, said district attorney's office spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.
Hammer, 25, was accused of shooting at Yetunde Price with a .22-caliber handgun. Prosecutors said the shot that killed Price wasn't from that weapon, but state law allows a murder charge for taking part in a crime in which a person is killed by someone else.
The district attorney's office will announce whether it will seek a retrial Nov. 22, Gibbons said.
Price, 31, was shot in the back of the head while riding through Compton in a vehicle driven by her boyfriend, who was not injured.
Price, a mother of three and a beauty shop owner, was a personal assistant to her sisters, who began their tennis careers in Compton.
Hammer was tried alongside alleged gang member Robert Edward Maxfield, who is accused of firing the shots that killed Price.
There were two juries formed, and the jury trying Maxfield will continue deliberations Monday, Gibbons said. Gibbons said the district attorney's office would not comment on the mistrial until after the other case was decided.
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<!-- Meta Tag For Search --><!-- meta name="modDate" content="November 6, 2004 05:39:06 GMT"-->Posted: 10 days ago<SCRIPT> // front-end hack to remove postedTime from Rumors page until a better way can be determined if (document.URL.indexOf("/name/FS/rumors") != -1) document.getElementById("postedTime").style.display = 'none'; </SCRIPT> </TD><TD width=10> </TD><TD align=right><!--this is for sponsorships or brandings--><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><!-- workingCategoryId: 199--></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=bdy cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=770 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD height=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=bdy cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=770 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD width=5></TD><TD width=450><!-- search:</noindex> --><!-- esi: /nugget/4000_3110262-->COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of one of two men charged in the September 2003 slaying of the half-sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.
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The jury reported it was 9-3 in favor of acquitting Aaron Michael Hammer, said district attorney's office spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.
Hammer, 25, was accused of shooting at Yetunde Price with a .22-caliber handgun. Prosecutors said the shot that killed Price wasn't from that weapon, but state law allows a murder charge for taking part in a crime in which a person is killed by someone else.
The district attorney's office will announce whether it will seek a retrial Nov. 22, Gibbons said.
Price, 31, was shot in the back of the head while riding through Compton in a vehicle driven by her boyfriend, who was not injured.
Price, a mother of three and a beauty shop owner, was a personal assistant to her sisters, who began their tennis careers in Compton.
Hammer was tried alongside alleged gang member Robert Edward Maxfield, who is accused of firing the shots that killed Price.
There were two juries formed, and the jury trying Maxfield will continue deliberations Monday, Gibbons said. Gibbons said the district attorney's office would not comment on the mistrial until after the other case was decided.
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