Dallas man guilty in retrial of Shreveport woman's attempted rape, robbery

Texas man's retrial for armed robbery, attempted rape ends with guilty verdict

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A Dallas man previously convicted of armed robbery and attempted rape was found guilty during a retrial, this time by a unanimous jury. Joseph Martin Bryant, 50, of Dallas, was convicted in 2017 by a non-unanimous jury for the crime committed in late August 2024. In 2020, while his appeal was ongoing, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Ramos v. Louisiana ruling that criminal cases required a unanimous jury verdict. B…

Dallas man guilty in retrial of Shreveport woman's attempted rape, robbery

SHREVEPORT, La. -- More than a decade after a Dallas man robbed a Shreveport woman and threatened to rape her, a unanimous Caddo Parish jury found him guilty as charged in a retrial that concluded Thursday.