The issue of self-defense was a central issue of the trial of Raul Valle, but played no part in deliberations in the case, according to the foreman of the jury that acquitted the 20-year-old of murder ...

Valle was acquitted of murder and intentional first-degree manslaughter, but the jury was deadlocked on lesser charges in the stabbings that killed 17-year-old Jimmy McGrath and injured three other ...