"Guilty!" That's what a jury of 10 women and two men decided after less than two hours of deliberation in the case of 20 year old Clarence Hemmans Jr. Hemmans was charged with the murder of 26 year old Kevin Arnold who was shot ten times around 7:30 on Mary 27, 2007 near Los Cocos Bar on Armadillo Street. The jury went in for deliberation at 3:55 pm and came out at about 5:45 with a guilty verdict.
The chief witness for the prosecution was Arnold's girlfriend Shana White. She testified that she was by Los Cocos Bar at 7:30 on the night of May 27, 2007 when she saw Hemmans ride up on a bicycle and sprayed him with bullets. White told the court that it was no mistaken identity, because that she has known Hemmans for 12 years. Hemmans - who was represented by attorney Phillip Palacio - testified that he was at home at the time of the shooting. The jury didn't buy it and took less than two hours to come up with their verdict. Hemmans, who was 17 at the time of the murder - will be sentenced on June 1st.
