Lawyers for former Franklin County Sheriff's Office deputy Jason Meade have asked a judge to delay his sentencing after a jury in May convicted him of reckless homicide in the 2020 shooting death of Casey Goodson Jr.
In a motion filed Thursday, Meade's lawyers — Mark Collins, Kaitlyn Stephens and Steven Nolder — said they believe prosecutors want to try Meade for a third time on a murder charge.
A statement from the lawyers said sentencing cannot lawfully proceed unless the felony murder charge is dismissed if prosecutors elect to pursue the third trial.
"With only five days remaining before the scheduled sentencing date, and with no dismissal of the felony murder charge having occurred, the State's course of action is unmistakable: it has chosen to retry Mr. Meade," the statement said.
Meade is scheduled to be sentenced on June 30. His lawyers are asking the judge to change that to a bond hearing while Meade awaits a third trial date.
On May 7, a jury found Meade guilty of reckless homicide. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge David Young declared a mistrial on a murder charge.
Meade was with a U.S. Marshals task force on a fugitive search when he claimed he saw Goodson, 23, waving a gun inside a car. Meade followed Goodson home. Goodson was shot in the back six times while entering his home in the Northland area.
In a statement, Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9 called for Meade's release on bond.
