Dismissed – Attempted Murder Shooting

Attempted Murder

On June 12, 2024, Union City Police Officers received calls of a shooting in the area of Kennedy Boulevard. Upon responding, officers found the victim on the ground with a gun shot wound to his upper leg. Police began canvassing the area and were able to recover numerous videos that strung together the events before, during and after the shooting. The cops investigation to our client, E.A., and his two codefendants being charged with Attempted Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. In summary, E.A., and his two codefendants were alleged to have gotten in an argument with the victim at the local basketball court which then turned physical. After the physical alteration, E.A. and the codefendants were alleged to have gone home to retrieve a handgun and then track down the victim. E.A. was further alleged to have found the victim and directed a codefendant to shoot him. To make matters worse, the second codefendant, turned State’s witness and cooperated against our client E.A. and his brother. After a lengthy courtroom battle, William A. Proetta, Esq. was able to convince the State to dismiss the Attempted Murder charges against our client E.A. In the end, E.A. ultimately pled guilty to a third degree conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and received a time served sentence with probation.

State v. E.A.