Meade’s Third Trial Looms | Dayton News

Dayton News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 16, 2026 · 1m

Six years after Casey Goodson Jr.’s tragic death, former sheriff’s deputy Jason Meade may face a third trial — this time over the murder charge that stymied juries twice before. Meade’s lawyers are pushing to throw out the murder charge entirely, arguing there’s insufficient evidence for a unanimous verdict. The shooting, which left Goodson fatally wounded, occurred without body camera footage, and Meade claims Goodson was pointing a gun at him. With Meade unexpectedly absent from court last week — his lawyers met privately with Judge Lynch — and with the case now under new judicial…