Garland man gets 30 years for Oak Lawn anti-gay attack

A Garland man was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for his role in what prosecutors called an anti-gay attack last year in Oak Lawn.
Jonathan Gunter had faced up to life in prison after being convicted of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
On Tuesday, the victim, Jimmy Lee Dean, 43, testified that he was knocked unconscious during the attack in July 2008 and remembers little of what happened. Gunter, 32, and another man, Bobby Singleton, were both accused in the attack. Singleton is awaiting trial.
Today, Dean said that the jury’s verdict “works out OK.” See Garland man gets 30 years for Oak Lawn anti-gay attack
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Testimony wraps up in Oak Lawn anti-gay beating trial

A Dallas man attacked in what prosecutors say was an antigay beating testified Tuesday that he was knocked unconscious and remembers very little of what happened. Jonathan Gunter of Garland is accused of aggravated robbery in connection with the attack, and another man is awaiting trial. Gunter, 32, and the other man, Bobby Singleton – also from Garland – accosted Jimmy Lee Dean and uttered gay epithets on a street in Oak Lawn in July 2008, according to testimony. More.