The attorney, John Petruzzi, briefly lost consciousness but did not suffer serious injuries
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- Jaquarius Lewis punched his defense attorney after receiving a 50-year sentence for a 2024 murder
- The attorney, John Petruzzi, briefly lost consciousness but did not suffer serious injuries
- Lewis now faces an additional charge of injuring a person at least 65 years of age
A Texas man has been accused of punching his defense attorney shortly after he was handed down a 50-year prison sentence for murder.
The alleged incident happened March 28 in a Harris County courtroom, where 27-year-old Jaquarius Lewis learned his fate for fatally shooting a man in 2024, according to court records viewed by PEOPLE.
Attorney John Petruzzi claimed that after the judge sentenced his client to the maximum of 50 years, Lewis punched him, but he didn’t realize how serious it was until he was later told what had happened, according to FOX 26 Houston…