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Gavin Stansbury’s lawyer: ‘A horrible case of mistaken identity’
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:45 am
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:45 am
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“We’re 100 percent sure that he will be acquitted or the charges will be dismissed,” said lawyer Allena Wright. “Gavin was not in the area of Rice at all.”
Stansbury, 21, is accused of appearing on the fourth floor of a Rice University dorm about 2:30 a.m. March 16. Police said he argued with a student, and later poured a beer over his head and punched him in the face.
The two men were separated by other witnesses. The wound above the student’s eye took eight stitches to close, according to court records.
“In our opinion, this is a horrible case of mistaken identity,” Wright said as Stansbury left court. “He’s innocent.”
Rice police, however, said three witnesses, all Rice students, later identified Stansbury out of a photo lineup.
Stansbury later told police he has not been on the Rice campus in years, but he was in Houston that day working as a paid intern at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.
Stansbury said he and his girlfriend went to League City the night of the assault, and went to bed about 1 a.m.
Rodeo officials confirmed that Stansbury was listed as staying at the Hilton Hotel Plaza, about a block from Rice, at the time of the alleged assault.
One of the witnesses said she first met Stansbury while walking back to student housing from an on-campus party late at night. She said he identified himself as an A&M football player who intended to transfer to Rice in the coming semester.
It was after that when he got into an argument with the student he is accused of punching.
Stansbury, who is from Franklin, La., was voted best defensive player by his teammates last year.
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Posted on 5/2/14 at 1:51 pm to Dr RC
That's a good case they have there in my opinion. They have corroborating evidence to back up that he was in other places than Rice. His girlfriend could corroborate the same.
It casts a reasonable doubt on the photo identification.
Who on the football team looks remotely like Stansbury?
It casts a reasonable doubt on the photo identification.
Who on the football team looks remotely like Stansbury?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:08 pm to Warrior Poet
He's innocent, wasn't any where near there. Insert Rice joke here.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:17 pm to Dr RC
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who intended to transfer to Rice in the coming semester.
lol wat
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:25 pm to Dr RC
Randolph Duke will be here any moment to provide the smoking gun.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 3:27 pm to trickydick12
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Insert Rice joke here.
You mean like "What come's out of a Chinaman's arse? Rice, rice, rice!"
Oops... probably unacceptable in 2014.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 3:31 pm to finestfirst79
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Oops... probably unacceptable in 2014.
tAggyArk is a mostly PC Free zone.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 3:37 pm to finestfirst79
Perfectly acceptable, as are the Bonfire heaves.
Posted on 5/3/14 at 8:09 am to finestfirst79
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"What come's out of a Chinaman's arse? Rice, rice, rice!"
That hits half of the Rice population.
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