DMN reporter Scott Goldstein reports the following on the Crime Blog:
Prominent Dallas real estate professional could learn his fate today on a misdemeanor assault charge in connection with a 2009 Irving polo mallet swing that knocked a man unconscious and gave him a concussion.
Authorities say Vaughn Erwin Miller, 50, struck Jorge Cernadas, 29, in the head on purpose during a match at the Las Colinas Equestrian Center. Miller?s defense attorney says it was an accident in an inherently dangerous sport.
This case is interesting in part because Miller is the president of the retail division of Henry S. Miller Brokerage LLC and the great-grandson of Henry S. Miller Sr. But it?s also important because as defense attorney J. Michael Price II argued on Tuesday, it?s rather unusual that someone would be in criminal trouble for an act committed between the lines of a sporting event.
?We?re talking about prosecuting acts on a playing field,? Price said in a Dallas County courtroom Tuesday. ?It was in the field of play within one second.?
Miller faces a Class A misdemeanor charge of assault in the incident. If convicted by a six-person jury, he could face up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
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