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Acquitted Store Clerk's Self-Defense Trial | Huntsville News
A 25-year-old store clerk, Quajae Ellis Ware, walked free after a two-day jury trial, acquitted of murder in the fatal shooting of 54-year-old customer Richard Judkins during a July 2024 altercation outside a Murphy USA. Witnesses reported a physical fight that escalated into gunfire, shattering the store’s glass door. Ware took the stand, claiming self-defense, and the jury ultimately sided with him, rejecting murder and manslaughter charges. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The case, presided over by Judge Kandice Pickett and defended by public defenders, ended with a dramatic…
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