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Student suspected in beating of second student found not guilty

February 5, 2015

Shan Gao, one of the defendants of assault charges for an attack on MSU student Yan Li last January, has been found not guilty, his attorney Patrick Crowley said. The jury is still deliberating on the fate of the other defendant, Meng Long Li. 

During witness testimonies, none of the witnesses could remember if Gao was present that night. His defense attorney's primary questioning strategy was simply to ask the witnesses if they remembered him there, usually ending his questioning after they had said no.

"I think that is a proper verdict," Crowley said.

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