Prosecutor to Seek Appeal in Perk Plaza Shootings Case

It’s been almost two weeks since an appeals court reversed the guilty verdict against the alleged gunman in the 2009 Perk Plaza shootings.

As news of the reversal circulated through the halls of Mansfield Correctional Institution, Joaquin Hicks was greeted with high-fives and back-slaps from other inmates, according to his aunt, Denise Taylor. They assumed his freedom would arrive within days.

But Hicks is still waiting, and he could be waiting quite a while longer.

This article appears in Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2011.