PA: Jacquez Brown found not guilty by reason of Self Defense, after 2nd Trial, ten years later

On July 20, 2011, Jacquez Brown testified, Anthony “Tony” Wasilewski sold him his cellphone for $10 and a little bit of marijuana on East College Avenue in York.

At the time, Brown was 15. He said he already had a cellphone, but the battery was dead. And the charger was at his mother’s home.

Next, Brown said, Wasilewski returned 20 minutes later and demanded the cellphone back. But he didn’t have the money or weed.

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She won her client a new trial in 2016. Brown was originally found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to 50 years to life in prison.

Reiner said the physical evidence did not match with the testimony from the prosecution's witnesses. She said the big difference in the second trial was that her client testified in his own defense.

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