Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Supreme Court will not hear former Southwest City police officer's appeal

The Missouri Supreme Court today announced it will not hear former Southwest City police officer Brian Massa's appeal of his involuntary manslaughter conviction.

Massa was found guilty by a Barry County jury, which heard the case on a change of venue from McDonald County, in 2011. That verdict was upheld in July by the Missouri Southern District Court of Appeals.

Massa shot Bobby Stacy, 26, Gravette, Ark., to death March 28, 2010, during a traffic stop. Massa was arrested after a Missouri Highway Patrol investigation revealed that the evidence did not match Massa's version of how the shooting occurred.

He is serving a three-year prison sentence.

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