The attorney for a man now serving a life sentence for a murder in Arnold says the jury made an error in his trial.
The Trib reports that the attorney for 33-year-old Mario Gatti claims the jury did not take his self-defense claim into consideration in his trial. He was found guilty of the 2020 shooting that killed Michael Coover, Jr., Prosecutors said Gatti stormed into an Arnold home and fired two shots at an unarmed Coover as he stood in a kitchen. Gatti contended he only intended to speak with Coover to discuss previous violent threats that stemmed from a $300 drug debt. Gatti testified he fired his weapon in self-defense after Coover splashed him with cooking oil and feared he was about to be hit with a kitchen implement.
The judge said he will review the arguments and rule on the appeal later this year.
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