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Lawyer says Gainesville man didn’t shoot at officers
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Attorney Jean Sperling gives his opening statement to jury members Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Hall County Superior Court. Sperling's client Marcos Garcia-Tovar is facing two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. - photo by Scott Rogers
A Gainesville man accused of firing a gun at a Gainesville police officer is guilty of some crimes but not the more serious charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, his lawyer said Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Hall County Superior Court.The officer’s vehicle was not hit and “no bullets were ever found,” said Jean Sperling in his opening statement to jurors.