Court date set for Jason Meade's second trial in Casey Goodson Jr. shooting death
A former Franklin County Sheriff's deputy will go back on trial in late October to face charges of murder and reckless homicide in the December 2020 shooting death of a Black man entering his grandmother's home.
Michael Jason Meade, 48, is now scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 31. Meade shot and killed 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. on Dec. 4, 2020, as Goodson walked into his grandmother's home on the city's Northeast Side.
October's trial marks the second time Meade will face a jury in the case after the first was unable to reach a unanimous verdict at a trial held in February.
Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge David Young held a status conference Monday in the case in his chambers. Meade was not present nor were members of Goodson's family.
The conference on Monday resulted in a confirmation of the Oct. 31 trial date as the start of the jury selection process. A hearing will be scheduled for July for any motions that might need filed or addressed before the second trial.
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Meade was working as a deputy with the Franklin County Sheriff's office and a member of the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Task Force (SOFAST). After an unsuccessful attempt to locate a suspect in an unrelated case, Meade said he saw Goodson driving on Karl Road, waving a gun out the windshield of a car.
Meade turned his unmarked pickup around and followed Goodson. Meade testified at his first trial that he gave verbal commands to Goodson, who was wearing earbuds that had music playing on them at an undetermined volume, according to testimony at trial, as Goodson walked around to the side of a home on Estates Place.
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Meade testified that he pulled the trigger of his rifle, which was set to automatic fire, one time, firing six bullets in rapid succession. Five of the shots struck Goodson in the back and the other struck him in the side, according to an autopsy by the Franklin County Coroner's office.
A gun was found near Goodson but the positioning, underneath his body, was debated at trial as to whether it indicated Goodson was holding the gun or had it in a holster in his waistband.
Meade remains free on bond while the case remains pending. He resigned from his role a sheriff's deputy in 2021.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ex-deputy Jason Meade's new trial date set in Casey Goodson murder case
