"MARTINEZ A Rodeo man was acquitted of murder but convicted of voluntary manslaughter for killing his half-brother in 2022, an act he testified at trial was done in self-defense. Joseph Gladney, 26, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter with an enhancement for personal use of a firearm in the shooting death of 25-year-old Vinson Bragg, as well as a charge of threatening to kill another half-brother who lived in the family home."
"The surviving half-brother was so scared of Gladney's threat that he jumped from a second-story window, breaking both his legs, then crawled on his stomach to safety, prosecutors said. Gladney remains jailed in Contra Costa, and is set to be sentenced in November, court records show. At the end of trial last Thursday, Gladney's lawyer argued that Bragg shot at Gladney, who went to the Rodeo home in a folly attempt to reconcile after their relationship had totally disintegrated."
Joseph Gladney was acquitted of murder but convicted of voluntary manslaughter with a firearm-use enhancement for the June 14, 2022, shooting death of his 25-year-old half-brother, Vinson Bragg. Gladney also was convicted of threatening another half-brother who later jumped from a second-story window to escape, breaking both legs. Gladney testified he acted in self-defense and that Bragg shot at him during a failed attempt to reconcile. The defense said Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as gay. Prosecutors said Gladney went to settle a score with an unregistered AR-15 and argued Bragg would not have risked an Alaska job.
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