MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A defense expert will get an early look at a cell phone that a lawyer contends will prove the innocence of a man accused of wounding five people during a shootout on the night of Joe Cain Day. Defense lawyer Jeff Deen waived Devon Deangelos Jeffery’s right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday in exchange for a court order directing the state to make available the defendant’s cell phone that law enforcement officers seized when they arrested him Feb. 24. A grand jury now will consider whether to indict Jeffery on five counts of first-degree assault.
“We think we have some evidence that will show he was not in the area, which goes to our contention he didn’t do it,” Deen told FOX10 News. “Talked about it with the prosecutors. So we’re gonna follow up some evidence that can be obtained from cell phone information.”
He said he hopes to “convince the judge and the detectives that they have the wrong fellow.”
Prosecutors allege that Jeffery, 21, of Mobile, got into an argument with another man inside a club on Feb. 15. They contend the altercation spilled out into Dauphin Street, which was packed with people after that day’s Mardi Gras parades…