A Denton County jury sentenced Alec Adamson to four years in prison on Monday for the shooting death of 19-year-old David Pleasant in Little Elm in 2023.
Originally on trial for first-degree murder, the 19-year-old Adamson was convicted of lesser-included aggravated assault.
A lesser-included offense means the jury found Adamson guilty of a crime, but not of murder as he was charged going into trial. Juries might consider lesser-included offenses if they feel the evidence did not fully support the offense as charged, but did not support a not-guilty verdict either…