FORT WORTH, Texas — Attorneys for Aaron Dean, a former Fort Worth police officer who was found guilty of manslaughter in December, has filed a motion for a new trial.
Dean was sentenced to 11 years, 10 months and 12 days for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson in her home in October 2019. The motion filed Tuesday does not provide details on attorney Bob Gill’s argument for a new trial, saying simply, “The Defendant in this case should be granted a new trial in this case because the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence.”
The motion was filed in Tarrant County’s 396th District Court, asking Judge George Gallagher to set a hearing on the issue.
