Sentencing phase for death penalty trial of Nassau County deputy killer resumes

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Jurors are hearing evidence in Patrick McDowell’s case to decide whether he lives or dies. McDowell pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Joshua Moyers.

during a 2021 traffic stop expressed their grief to the jury that will decide if the man who pleaded guilty to killing him will live or die.

Moyers’s fiancé, Ivy Carter, described what she called the best day of her life. It was the day Moyers proposed to her and reserved a beach on an island during their vacation to surprise her. Her words were read by a victim advocate with the State Attorney's Office. She wrote that she felt like everything has been taken from her and her whole life has been turned upside down.

The courtroom was silent as jurors were shown video of McDowell crawling out of the concession area during his surrender and being attacked by Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office K-9 Huk as law enforcement officers surrounded him.Defense attorneys argued in the cross-examination of multiple law enforcement witnesses called by the prosecution that McDowell was told to crawl before being attacked by Huk for one minute and 10 seconds. Huk’s handler, JSO Sgt.

Defense attorneys pushed back, arguing that in Plaugher’s report, he stated he gave loud verbal commands for McDowell to crawl on his stomach and that’s what McDowell did.

 

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