A defense attorney not connected to the Prince Holland murder case talked about what led to the different outcomes of the two accused men.

Investigators said Kentrevious Garard, 27, was the man who fired the shots during a drive-by that killed Holland, 13, in 2022, but a jury found him not guilty on all five counts.

The jury for Marcel Johnson, which was separate from the jury for Garard, was unable to come to a unanimous decision after deliberating for over 10 hours.

In a rare move, Garard’s attorneys put him on the stand. It’s something Gene Nichols of Nichols & Pina Partners said may have made the difference.

“They did a wonderful job of expressing to the jury that their client had nothing to do with this,” Nichols said. “They put their client on the stand, which is sometimes a dang

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