A juror in A.J. Armstrong's first trial has mentioned the hot jury - which discovered the 23-year-old to blame of his parents' murder - 'did not understand reasonable doubt.'
A.J. was once convicted Wednesday for the killings of his NFL retiree dad, Antonio Armstrong, and his mother, Dawn Armstrong, who had been slain inside house in 2016.
Prior to Wednesday's to blame verdict, A.J. - who used to be simply 16 at the time of his parents' deaths - had two mistrials during earlier makes an attempt to ship justice.
'I'm involved that the jurors did not understand reasonable doubt,' mentioned Lance Staudacher, a juror from the first trial.
'And it is unfortunate that he has been on trial this repeatedly,' he informed ABC 13. 'Try enough instances and you can to find the proper jury.'
Lance Staudacher (left), a juror in A.J. Armstrong's first trial has mentioned the new jury - which found the 23-year-old responsible of his parents' murder - 'did not understand reasonable doubt'
A.J. (center) was once convicted Wednesday for the killings of his NFL retiree dad, Antonio Armstrong, and his mom, Dawn Armstrong, who had been slain inside home in 2016
A.J.'s wife Kate Ober fled the court docket Wednesday after the sentence was once announced
The guilty verdict comes after seven years of legal battles for the son of the ex-NFL superstar who performed for the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers.
A.J. was first arrested hours after his parents bodies have been found inside their Texas townhouse on July 29, 2016. He was coming into his junior 12 months of high school then.
In March 2017, a Houston pass judgement on certified A.J. - who was once 17 - to be tried as an grownup.
He was once sooner or later released on $200,000 bond a month later and remained loose with an ankle monitor until his trial began in March 2019.
After two months on trial and greater than two days deliberating, a jury failed to achieve a unanimous verdict in the first trial. The pass judgement on in the end declared a mistrial.
Following his first mistrial, A.J. married the Kate Ober, who was once his girlfriend on the time of his 2016 arrest. The couple additionally welcomed a son in that point.
In October 2022, the 22-year-old went again on trial for a second time.
Ultimately, the jury in that trial as soon as once more could no longer succeed in a unanimous conclusion in spite of deliberating for more than two days and a mistrial was declared.
The trial most effective lasted a few weeks.
A.J. used to be first arrested hours after his parents bodies were discovered within their Texas townhouse on July 29, 2016. He was getting into his junior 12 months of highschool then
Armstrong Sr. used to be a former linebacker for the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers within the NFL
Finally, in May 2023, jury variety began for a third time and took more than A hundred and fifty hours as lawyers went thru dozens of attainable jurors.
The trial started in July and wrapped up in August with ultimate arguments being heard from either side on August 15.
After listening to from 31 witnesses over Eleven days, the jury took just 10 hours to search out the now 23-year-old responsible of his parents' murders.
Following the announcement of his responsible verdict, A.J.'s spouse Kate Ober fled the courtroom in tears after he tried to console her.
A.J.'s legal professional, Rick Detoto, said Ober was once 'devastated' as she left after the sentencing.
'His circle of relatives is astounding, and clearly they are devastated presently but they will rally and they will assist A.J. and his wife and his young son,' he informed journalists.
A.J. is being transferred to state custody and will be sent to the Byrd Unit next.
The unit is designated for male inmates condemned to loss of life or given lifestyles sentences ranging from 50 years to more.
He used to be given two life sentences with risk of parole in 40 years.
A.J. was given two lifestyles sentences with chance of parole in Forty years
Following his first mistrial, A.J. married Ober, the lady who was once his girlfriend at the time of his 2016 arrest. The couple also welcomed a son in that point
After his verdict and sentencing had been introduced, A.J. and his legal professionals straight away filed a lawsuit against the Houston Police Department.
The legal professionals declare blood evidence was planted after the first two mistrials.
Two blood spots were discovered this earlier this year on an customer badge that was once caught to Armstrong Jr.'s blouse on the evening of the killings.
It was in allegedly present in an evidence box with other items.
The blood proof, which wasn't introduced in the first two trials, got here up within the third trial.
Officers had initially testified that they noticed no blood on Armstrong's shirt the night time of the arrest or in a while when we was once interviewed.
'They all testified in court docket they noticed no DNA proof. So how is it all of a unexpected, oops, here is the DNA proof,' legal professional Randall Kallinen said Wednesday at a information convention with Armstrong members of the family.
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