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Billy Joe Shaver found Not Guilty

<h3>Billy Joe Shaver&comma; a country music singer&sol;songwriter found not guilty of shooting a man in Texas&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><strong>Billy Joe Shaver<&sol;strong> was accused of shooting of a man outside a bar in Lorena&comma; Texas in 2007&period; Shaver&comma; testifying in his own defense&comma; said he feared for his life when he shot Billy Coker in the upper lip with a 22-caliber pistol&period; Shaver went on to say that Coker showed a knife inside the bar and asked him to go outside&period; &&num;8220&semi;I wanted to scare him &&num;8230&semi; wanted to beat him to the punch&period; I feared he was going to kill me&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Shaver said&period; A jury reached a verdict of not guilty after two hours of deliberation in the case involving Shaver and Coker&period;Country Music Photo Gallery<&sol;p>

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