A Caddo Parish jury found a Shreveport man guilty of various gun and related charges at trial this week.
Terry Miller Sr., 46, was convicted Thursday, February 27, 2025 of aggravated assault with a firearm, illegal use of a weapon during violence or CDS law violation with criminal damage to property, and possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a convicted felon.
The unanimous seven-woman, five-man jury in District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr.’s court returned its guilty verdicts after deliberating approximately one hour.
At trial, the District Attorney’s office called four witnesses to prove that Miller assaulted his former fiance with a firearm in January 2023, then fired the firearm at the ceiling and at the floor near the woman. As the victim tried to leave, Miller followed her outside and shot at her multiple times as she tried to drive away. Miller had previously been convicted of possession with intent to distribute schedule I in December 2016, a felony that prevents him from having a firearm for a decade after completion of his sentence.
Miller will return to Judge Hathaway’s court for sentencing April 15, 2025. Miller faces up to 50 years if he receives the maximum sentences for the three offense and if the terms are to be served consecutively. For the Aggravated Assault with a Firearm conviction he could be sentenced up to 10 years with or without hard labor. For the Illegal Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence/CDS conviction he faces at least 10 years, but no more than 20 years, at hard labor without benefit of parole, suspension of sentence or probation. And for the Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon conviction, he must serve at last five years or up to 20 years at hard labor without benefit of parole, suspension of sentence or probation.
Assistant District Attorneys Ashlin Thomas and Stephen Folk-Cruthirds prosecuted Mill. He was defended by Evan McMichael and Katie Ferguson.
The case was docket No. 393825.
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