BATON ROUGE — A mistrial was declared in the case of Michael Robinson, a man accused of fatally shooting Dexter Cormier, 35, and five others outside a Baton Rouge after-hours nightclub along Greenwell Springs Road in October 2024.
On Friday, after deliberating for several hours, a mistrial was declared for the second-degree murder charge Robinson was facing for the alleged shooting. However, the jury did find Robinson guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The trial, which began more than a week ago, saw several delays when a judge ruled that the state prosecutor could not use surveillance footage of the shooting as evidence; defense lawyers argued it was given to them too late. That matter ultimately went to the state Supreme Court, which overturned the ruling on Thursday, allowing the evidence to be shown…