TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A former Marine serving a 17-year sentence for a 2015 Florida road rage incident might get a chance to argue PTSD led to his actions after an appeals court ordered a hearing on the claim Friday.
Dwayne King, 42, accepted a plea deal in the case rather than face the possibility of a life sentence if he went to trial. He had several several charges stemming from a conflict with another driver on Interstate 10 just west of Jacksonville.
He was accused of beating and shooting at the other driver after one car bumped another on the highway.
King appealed his conviction claiming his lawyer never told him before he pleaded guilty that he could argue post-traumatic stress disorder triggered his actions.
The First District Court of Appeal is sending the case back to the trial court for a hearing on King’s claim.
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