Biography
Donnell was a defendant held awaiting trial in the prosecution arising from the April 6, 1968 Oakland shootout.
The Black Panther identified these incarcerated defendants as awaiting trial arising from the April 6, 1968 Oakland shootout. It reported two attempted-murder and two assault counts. Its reference to one-to-fifteen-year exposure on each count is a possible penalty, not a sentence already imposed. The paper alleged political persecution of the Panthers. The Black Panther, February 13, 1971, original PDF page 9. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/06%20no%203%201-20%20feb%2013%201971.pdf#page=9
