Daily News | A Philly judge threw out all charges in the murder case against former police officer Ryan Pownall
A Philadelphia judge on Tuesday dismissed all charges against former city police officer Ryan Pownall — who had been charged with murder over an on-duty shooting in 2017 — ruling that prosecutors years ago had failed to provide sufficient legal instructions to a grand jury as the panel weighed whether or not to charge Pownall with a crime.
Common Pleas Court Judge Barbara A. McDermott said there were “so many things wrong” with how the District Attorney’s Office instructed grand jurors in the case before they approved a presentment recommending murder charges against Pownall. As a result, McDermott said, “the presentment ... is no good” and she moved for all counts to be dismissed.
McDermott said prosecutors could choose to re-file the case or appeal her ruling. But as Pownall walked out of the courtroom Tuesday afternoon with a host of supporters, his attorneys called the case a “travesty of justice,” saying prosecutors had manipulated a grand jury without regard for the facts or the law.
Pownall had faced charges including third-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 30-year-old David Jones, who had run from officers after being stopped while riding a dirt bike and illegally carrying a firearm in North Philadelphia in 2017.
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