Bobby Baker Jr. – black, age 21 (re-sentence after appellate reversal)
Sentenced to death in Houston County, Alabama
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Date of crime: April 5, 1994
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Baker kidnapped and shot his estranged wife, Tracy
Baker, four times while sitting in the back seat of his car.
Prosecutor(s): Doug Valeska
Defense lawyer(s): Gwen DaGian
Sources: AP Alert 1/08/07 – AL 20:13:53
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Date of crime: April 5, 1994
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Baker kidnapped and shot his estranged wife, Tracy
Baker, four times while sitting in the back seat of his car.
Prosecutor(s): Doug Valeska
Defense lawyer(s): Gwen DaGian
Sources: AP Alert 1/08/07 – AL 20:13:53
Roderick Byrd – black, age 22 (See also Brandon Deon Mitchell)
Sentenced to death in Jefferson County, Alabama
By: A judge, after a recommendation of death by a jury.
Date of crime: November 24, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Byrd and Brandon Deon Mitchell entered the Airport Inn in Birmingham intending to commit a robbery. Mitchell went behind the counter, forced the clerk, Kim Olney (age 28) to lay face-down on the floor and then attempted to open the safe. Byrd held a guest, John Aylesworth (age 42) at gunpoint in the lobby. Another guest, Dorothy Smith (age 58), entered the lobby to check in and Mitchell came around the counter and took her hostage at gunpoint. All three victims were shot execution-style in the head. Prosecution argued that evidence showed two separate guns were used and Byrd shot at least one of the victims. Defense said Byrd did not shoot anyone and was surprised when Mitchell shot them all. During the penalty phase, the prosecution argued that Byrd’s IQ was high enough to place him above the cutoff of retardation set by Alabama courts while the defense argued that Byrd’s low IQ should exclude him from the possibility of the death penalty.
Prosecutor(s): Danny Carr, Arnita Brown Foster
Defense lawyer(s): Everett Wess, Emory Anthony Jr.
Sources: Mobile Register 1/19/07 (2007 WLNR 3699643); Birmingham News 6/19/07 (2007 WLNR 11556787), 6/21/07 (2007 WLNR 11773967), 6/22/07 (2007 WLNR 11862656); Press-Register 6/24/07 (2007 WLNR 12717101); AP Alert 8/17/07 – AL 18:42:02
By: A judge, after a recommendation of death by a jury.
Date of crime: November 24, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Byrd and Brandon Deon Mitchell entered the Airport Inn in Birmingham intending to commit a robbery. Mitchell went behind the counter, forced the clerk, Kim Olney (age 28) to lay face-down on the floor and then attempted to open the safe. Byrd held a guest, John Aylesworth (age 42) at gunpoint in the lobby. Another guest, Dorothy Smith (age 58), entered the lobby to check in and Mitchell came around the counter and took her hostage at gunpoint. All three victims were shot execution-style in the head. Prosecution argued that evidence showed two separate guns were used and Byrd shot at least one of the victims. Defense said Byrd did not shoot anyone and was surprised when Mitchell shot them all. During the penalty phase, the prosecution argued that Byrd’s IQ was high enough to place him above the cutoff of retardation set by Alabama courts while the defense argued that Byrd’s low IQ should exclude him from the possibility of the death penalty.
Prosecutor(s): Danny Carr, Arnita Brown Foster
Defense lawyer(s): Everett Wess, Emory Anthony Jr.
Sources: Mobile Register 1/19/07 (2007 WLNR 3699643); Birmingham News 6/19/07 (2007 WLNR 11556787), 6/21/07 (2007 WLNR 11773967), 6/22/07 (2007 WLNR 11862656); Press-Register 6/24/07 (2007 WLNR 12717101); AP Alert 8/17/07 – AL 18:42:02
Esau Jackson – black, age 28
Sentenced to death in Jefferson County, Alabama
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote recommending a death sentence
Date of crime: February 1, 2006
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Pamela Montgomery (age 42) was driving her two children, Shaniece Montgomery (age 22) and Denaris Montgomery (age 18), along with Milton Poole III (age 16) home after picking up some of Poole’s clothes at his apartment when they stopped for a red light. Jackson pulled alongside Pamela’s car and opened fire with an SKS rifle while another man fired from the rear of the vehicle. All four occupants were shot and Pamela and Milton were killed. Before he died, Milton identified Jackson as the shooter. Defense contended that Jackson witnessed the crime from behind Pamela Montgomery’s car, but did not participate in the shooting.
Prosecutor(s): Mike Anderton
Defense lawyer(s): Matt Theus, Robert Sanford
Sources: AP Alert 3/17/07 – AL 18:05:00; Birmingham News 1/31/07 (2007 WLNR 1933610), 2/01/07 (2007 WLNR 2036949), 2/03/07 (2007 WLNR 2273836), 3/17/07 (2007 WLNR 5376156)
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote recommending a death sentence
Date of crime: February 1, 2006
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Pamela Montgomery (age 42) was driving her two children, Shaniece Montgomery (age 22) and Denaris Montgomery (age 18), along with Milton Poole III (age 16) home after picking up some of Poole’s clothes at his apartment when they stopped for a red light. Jackson pulled alongside Pamela’s car and opened fire with an SKS rifle while another man fired from the rear of the vehicle. All four occupants were shot and Pamela and Milton were killed. Before he died, Milton identified Jackson as the shooter. Defense contended that Jackson witnessed the crime from behind Pamela Montgomery’s car, but did not participate in the shooting.
Prosecutor(s): Mike Anderton
Defense lawyer(s): Matt Theus, Robert Sanford
Sources: AP Alert 3/17/07 – AL 18:05:00; Birmingham News 1/31/07 (2007 WLNR 1933610), 2/01/07 (2007 WLNR 2036949), 2/03/07 (2007 WLNR 2273836), 3/17/07 (2007 WLNR 5376156)
Christopher Thomas Johnson – white, age 33
Sentenced to death in Escambia County, Alabama
By: A judge, after a jury recommended the death penalty at Johnson’s request.
Date of crime: February 20, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Johnson laid on top of his 6 month old son, Elias Ocean Johnson, jammed his fingers down the baby’s throat and beat him to death because he was crying. Johnson himself testified he didn’t want the crying baby to wake his wife. Additionally, he wanted out of his marriage and killing the baby was the best way to hurt his wife and avoid having to pay child support.
Prosecutor(s): Steve Billy
Defense lawyer(s): Johnson fired his court-appointed attorneys at the close of the guilt phase at the end of 2006. Wade Hartley was appointed to give Johnson legal advice as needed while he represented himself during the penalty phase of the trial.
Sources: Birmingham News 2/22/07 (2007 WLNR 3701191), 2/23/07 (2007 WLNR 3619508)
By: A judge, after a jury recommended the death penalty at Johnson’s request.
Date of crime: February 20, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Johnson laid on top of his 6 month old son, Elias Ocean Johnson, jammed his fingers down the baby’s throat and beat him to death because he was crying. Johnson himself testified he didn’t want the crying baby to wake his wife. Additionally, he wanted out of his marriage and killing the baby was the best way to hurt his wife and avoid having to pay child support.
Prosecutor(s): Steve Billy
Defense lawyer(s): Johnson fired his court-appointed attorneys at the close of the guilt phase at the end of 2006. Wade Hartley was appointed to give Johnson legal advice as needed while he represented himself during the penalty phase of the trial.
Sources: Birmingham News 2/22/07 (2007 WLNR 3701191), 2/23/07 (2007 WLNR 3619508)
Randy Lamont Lewis – black, age 20
Sentenced to death in Jefferson County, Alabama
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote recommending the death penalty.
Date of crime: March 28, 2006
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Lewis shot Taurus Frost in the back of the head inside Frost’s girlfriend’s car, which he then stole at gunpoint. He then forced the girlfriend, Vontricesa Davis into another car with two men while Lewis followed in her car with Davis’ son and niece screaming in the back seat. Davis tried to escape and Lewis drove onto the median and ran her over with her own car before speeding through the nearby intersection. Lewis left the children locked in Davis’ car behind a vacant house, with Frost’s body inside. Defense said there was no physical evidence to link Lewis to the crime – not even fingerprints in the car. At the penalty phase, the Defense presented mitigating evidence concerning Lewis’ lack of any significant criminal record and noted that he was only a teenager when the crime occurred.
Prosecutor(s): Mike Anderton
Defense lawyer(s): Erskine Mathis, Linda Hall
Sources: Birmingham News 5/17/07 (2007 WLNR 9391299), 5/18/07 (2007 WLNR 9459255), 6/30/07 (2007 WLNR 12548036)
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote recommending the death penalty.
Date of crime: March 28, 2006
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Lewis shot Taurus Frost in the back of the head inside Frost’s girlfriend’s car, which he then stole at gunpoint. He then forced the girlfriend, Vontricesa Davis into another car with two men while Lewis followed in her car with Davis’ son and niece screaming in the back seat. Davis tried to escape and Lewis drove onto the median and ran her over with her own car before speeding through the nearby intersection. Lewis left the children locked in Davis’ car behind a vacant house, with Frost’s body inside. Defense said there was no physical evidence to link Lewis to the crime – not even fingerprints in the car. At the penalty phase, the Defense presented mitigating evidence concerning Lewis’ lack of any significant criminal record and noted that he was only a teenager when the crime occurred.
Prosecutor(s): Mike Anderton
Defense lawyer(s): Erskine Mathis, Linda Hall
Sources: Birmingham News 5/17/07 (2007 WLNR 9391299), 5/18/07 (2007 WLNR 9459255), 6/30/07 (2007 WLNR 12548036)
Brent Martin – white, age 31
Sentenced to death in Marion County, Alabama
By: A judge, after an 11-1 jury vote recommending a death sentence.
Date of crime: June 24, 2004
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Mills and his common-law wife, JoAnn Mills went to the home of Floyd Hill (age 87) and Vera Hill (age 72) for the purpose of robbing them. Prosecution said that Mills brutally executed the Hills with a machete, tire tool and ball-peen hammer and then took several items from their home. When the Mills were stopped in their car outside their home the morning after the Hills were found in their home, the prosecution alleged that JoAnn Mills consented to a search of their home, vehicle, and the trunk of their vehicle. Defense argued that the incriminating evidence had been obtained by a warrant-less search in violation of the Mills’ constitutional rights.
Prosecutor(s): Buster Landreau
Defense lawyer(s): Frank Patterson
Sources: Press-Register 9/14/07 (2007 WLNR 18195502); Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 9/12/07 (2007 WLNR 17778938); AP Alert 8/07/07 – AL 18:41:10
By: A judge, after an 11-1 jury vote recommending a death sentence.
Date of crime: June 24, 2004
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Mills and his common-law wife, JoAnn Mills went to the home of Floyd Hill (age 87) and Vera Hill (age 72) for the purpose of robbing them. Prosecution said that Mills brutally executed the Hills with a machete, tire tool and ball-peen hammer and then took several items from their home. When the Mills were stopped in their car outside their home the morning after the Hills were found in their home, the prosecution alleged that JoAnn Mills consented to a search of their home, vehicle, and the trunk of their vehicle. Defense argued that the incriminating evidence had been obtained by a warrant-less search in violation of the Mills’ constitutional rights.
Prosecutor(s): Buster Landreau
Defense lawyer(s): Frank Patterson
Sources: Press-Register 9/14/07 (2007 WLNR 18195502); Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 9/12/07 (2007 WLNR 17778938); AP Alert 8/07/07 – AL 18:41:10
Jamie Ray Mills – black, age 33
Sentenced to death in Russell County, Alabama
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote recommending the death penalty.
Date of crime: September 8, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Martin fatally shot Johnnie Randolph III (age 21) and Darryl Maurice Carrillo (age 18). Martin kidnapped them and three others, Alicia Dixon, Amari Dixon, and Nakayla Randolph in an alleged attempt to lure his estranged wife to him. Prosecution said Martin drove the hostages around Russell County before killing Carillo and Randolph that evening. After the shootings, Alicia Dixon escaped and contacted police. Martin attempted to take the two remaining hostages to a relative’s home and was arrested when he tried to flee from police.
Prosecutor(s): Jack Bostick
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Sources: Times Daily 12/30/07; Mills v. State 2008 WL 2554011
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote recommending the death penalty.
Date of crime: September 8, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Martin fatally shot Johnnie Randolph III (age 21) and Darryl Maurice Carrillo (age 18). Martin kidnapped them and three others, Alicia Dixon, Amari Dixon, and Nakayla Randolph in an alleged attempt to lure his estranged wife to him. Prosecution said Martin drove the hostages around Russell County before killing Carillo and Randolph that evening. After the shootings, Alicia Dixon escaped and contacted police. Martin attempted to take the two remaining hostages to a relative’s home and was arrested when he tried to flee from police.
Prosecutor(s): Jack Bostick
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Sources: Times Daily 12/30/07; Mills v. State 2008 WL 2554011
Brandon Deon Mitchell – black, age 24 (See also Roderick Byrd)
Sentenced to death in Jefferson County, Alabama
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote for life without parole.
Date of crime: November 24, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Mitchell and Roderick Byrd entered the Airport Inn in Birmingham intending to commit a robbery, where Mitchell had once worked. Mitchell went behind the counter and forced the clerk, Kim Olney (age 28), to lay face-down on the floor. He then attempted to open the safe. Byrd held a guest, John Aylesworth (age 42) at gunpoint in the lobby. Another guest, Dorothy Smith (age 58), entered the lobby to check in and Mitchell came around the counter and took her hostage. All three victims were shot execution-style in the head. Prosecution argued that Mitchell shot Olney and Smith while Byrd shot Aylesworth.
Prosecutor(s):
Defense lawyer(s): Ron Thrasher, Eric Hamilton
Sources: Birmingham News 5/03/08 (2008 WLNR 8453275), 6/19/07 (2007 WLNR 11556787), 6/21/07 (2007 WLNR 11773967), 6/22/07 (2007 WLNR 11862656); Mobile Register 1/19/07 (2007 WLNR 3699643); AP Alert 8/17/07 – AL 18:42:02
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote for life without parole.
Date of crime: November 24, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Mitchell and Roderick Byrd entered the Airport Inn in Birmingham intending to commit a robbery, where Mitchell had once worked. Mitchell went behind the counter and forced the clerk, Kim Olney (age 28), to lay face-down on the floor. He then attempted to open the safe. Byrd held a guest, John Aylesworth (age 42) at gunpoint in the lobby. Another guest, Dorothy Smith (age 58), entered the lobby to check in and Mitchell came around the counter and took her hostage. All three victims were shot execution-style in the head. Prosecution argued that Mitchell shot Olney and Smith while Byrd shot Aylesworth.
Prosecutor(s):
Defense lawyer(s): Ron Thrasher, Eric Hamilton
Sources: Birmingham News 5/03/08 (2008 WLNR 8453275), 6/19/07 (2007 WLNR 11556787), 6/21/07 (2007 WLNR 11773967), 6/22/07 (2007 WLNR 11862656); Mobile Register 1/19/07 (2007 WLNR 3699643); AP Alert 8/17/07 – AL 18:42:02
Bobby Phillips – white, age 39
Sentenced to death in Covington County, Alabama
By: A judge, following a jury’s recommendation of death.
Date of crime: November, 2002
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Phillips killed Paul LeMaster outside his home after stealing his truck and wallet. Phillips and another man, Oscar Ray Doster, had escaped from the Covington County Jail shortly before the killing occurred. Prosecution alleged that Phillips was the shooter.
Prosecutor(s): Greg Gambril
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Sources: AP Alert 9/05/06 – AL 11:05:49, 5/17/07 – AL 15:56:58
By: A judge, following a jury’s recommendation of death.
Date of crime: November, 2002
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Phillips killed Paul LeMaster outside his home after stealing his truck and wallet. Phillips and another man, Oscar Ray Doster, had escaped from the Covington County Jail shortly before the killing occurred. Prosecution alleged that Phillips was the shooter.
Prosecutor(s): Greg Gambril
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Sources: AP Alert 9/05/06 – AL 11:05:49, 5/17/07 – AL 15:56:58
Michael Reynolds – white, age 31
Sentenced to death in Etowah County, Alabama
By: A judge, following a unanimous recommendation of death by a jury.
Date of crime: May 25, 2003
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Reynolds was convicted in the stabbing deaths of Chuck Martin (age 38), his wife Melinda Martin (age 31), and their daughter Savanah Martin (age 8), at their home. Prosecution alleged Reynolds and his former girlfriend, Marcie West, went out to the family’s home to commit robbery. Reynolds stabbed all three victims and even stabbed West when she tried to stop him from stabbing Melinda Martin. Defense claimed Reynolds went out to the home to help West cover up the murders after she had witnessed the crime.
Prosecutor(s):
Defense lawyer(s): Charles Hart
Sources: AP Alert 10/20/07 – AL 17:43:16, 10/23/07 – AL 19:05:07, 12/07/07 – AL 22:39:17
By: A judge, following a unanimous recommendation of death by a jury.
Date of crime: May 25, 2003
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Reynolds was convicted in the stabbing deaths of Chuck Martin (age 38), his wife Melinda Martin (age 31), and their daughter Savanah Martin (age 8), at their home. Prosecution alleged Reynolds and his former girlfriend, Marcie West, went out to the family’s home to commit robbery. Reynolds stabbed all three victims and even stabbed West when she tried to stop him from stabbing Melinda Martin. Defense claimed Reynolds went out to the home to help West cover up the murders after she had witnessed the crime.
Prosecutor(s):
Defense lawyer(s): Charles Hart
Sources: AP Alert 10/20/07 – AL 17:43:16, 10/23/07 – AL 19:05:07, 12/07/07 – AL 22:39:17
David Dewayne Riley – white, age 21
Sentenced to death in Lauderdale County, Alabama
By: A judge, after the unanimous recommendation of death by a jury.
Date of crime: January 10, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: During a robbery at a liquor store, Riley shot the clerk, Scott Michael Kirtley (age 38) three times, execution style, resulting in his death. Defense alleged that Riley was high on crack cocaine during the robbery, which he was committing in order to pay off a drug debt. Riley testified that he never had any intention of hurting anyone, and he did not remember what happened after the first shot went off. Prosecution alleged that Riley was lying when he said he did not realize what he was doing during the robbery because he was cognizant enough to remember to remove two of the three surveillance tapes from the store.
Prosecutor(s): Chris Connolly
Defense lawyer(s): Steve Aldridge
Sources: AP Alert 1/25/07 – AL 16:00:58 & AL 22:09:55, 1/26/07 – AL 03:12:29, 3/21/07 – AL 17:16:40; Press-Register 1/26/07 (2007 WLNR 4652369)
By: A judge, after the unanimous recommendation of death by a jury.
Date of crime: January 10, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: During a robbery at a liquor store, Riley shot the clerk, Scott Michael Kirtley (age 38) three times, execution style, resulting in his death. Defense alleged that Riley was high on crack cocaine during the robbery, which he was committing in order to pay off a drug debt. Riley testified that he never had any intention of hurting anyone, and he did not remember what happened after the first shot went off. Prosecution alleged that Riley was lying when he said he did not realize what he was doing during the robbery because he was cognizant enough to remember to remove two of the three surveillance tapes from the store.
Prosecutor(s): Chris Connolly
Defense lawyer(s): Steve Aldridge
Sources: AP Alert 1/25/07 – AL 16:00:58 & AL 22:09:55, 1/26/07 – AL 03:12:29, 3/21/07 – AL 17:16:40; Press-Register 1/26/07 (2007 WLNR 4652369)
Anthony Lee Stanley – white, age 39
Sentenced to death in Colbert County, Alabama
By: A judge, rejecting a jury’s recommendation of life without parole.
Date of crime: July 18, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Stanley and his wife, Shelly, lured Henry Early Smith (age 52) into the apartment they shared under the guise of paying him for some painkillers Shelly had purchased from him the previous day. In reality, the couple was desperate for drugs and concocted the plan in order to rob Smith. Smith was beat with a baseball bat and stabbed more than thirty times with steak knives.
Prosecutor(s):
Defense lawyer(s): B.T. Gardner Jr., Bill Marthaler
Sources: AP Alert 4/17/07 – AL 02:38:09, 6/20/07 – AL 16:21:56 & AL 14:59:07
By: A judge, rejecting a jury’s recommendation of life without parole.
Date of crime: July 18, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Stanley and his wife, Shelly, lured Henry Early Smith (age 52) into the apartment they shared under the guise of paying him for some painkillers Shelly had purchased from him the previous day. In reality, the couple was desperate for drugs and concocted the plan in order to rob Smith. Smith was beat with a baseball bat and stabbed more than thirty times with steak knives.
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Defense lawyer(s): B.T. Gardner Jr., Bill Marthaler
Sources: AP Alert 4/17/07 – AL 02:38:09, 6/20/07 – AL 16:21:56 & AL 14:59:07
Kim VanPelt – white, age 43
Sentenced to death in Colbert County, Alabama
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote for death.
Date of crime: November, 2004
Prosecution’s case/defense response: VanPelt was convicted of killing his wife, Sandra VanPelt (age 40) whom he met through an internet chat room. An autopsy revealed that Sandra had died of suffocation. Prosecution alleged VanPelt killed his wife to collect a $300,000 life insurance policy which was taken out on her days after they were married.
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Sources: AP Alert 12/13/06 – MI 01:41:49, 3/07/07 – MI 19:00:55 & AL 18:47:00
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote for death.
Date of crime: November, 2004
Prosecution’s case/defense response: VanPelt was convicted of killing his wife, Sandra VanPelt (age 40) whom he met through an internet chat room. An autopsy revealed that Sandra had died of suffocation. Prosecution alleged VanPelt killed his wife to collect a $300,000 life insurance policy which was taken out on her days after they were married.
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Sources: AP Alert 12/13/06 – MI 01:41:49, 3/07/07 – MI 19:00:55 & AL 18:47:00
Jodey Wayne Waldrop – white, age 28
Sentenced to death in Franklin County, Alabama
By: A judge, after an 11-1 jury vote for death.
Date of crime: September 25, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Waldrop was convicted of killing his 3-week old son, Jodey Jo “Chance” Waldrop. The baby was found unconscious and not breathing inside the family’s home and died at the hospital three days later. Prosecution alleged that based on the autopsy, the baby died from being shaken or slammed against something. Defense alleged that he accidently dropped the baby while lighting a cigarette. Waldrop gave four different accounts of what happened.
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Sources: AP Alert 10/01/07 – AL 21:07:24, 10/02/07 (2007 WLNR 9779588); Press-
Register 10/02/07 – AL 10:00:54
By: A judge, after an 11-1 jury vote for death.
Date of crime: September 25, 2005
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Waldrop was convicted of killing his 3-week old son, Jodey Jo “Chance” Waldrop. The baby was found unconscious and not breathing inside the family’s home and died at the hospital three days later. Prosecution alleged that based on the autopsy, the baby died from being shaken or slammed against something. Defense alleged that he accidently dropped the baby while lighting a cigarette. Waldrop gave four different accounts of what happened.
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Sources: AP Alert 10/01/07 – AL 21:07:24, 10/02/07 (2007 WLNR 9779588); Press-
Register 10/02/07 – AL 10:00:54
David Phillip Wilson – white, age 20
Sentenced to death in Houston County, Alabama
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote for a death sentence.
Date of crime: April, 2004
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Wilson killed Dewey Walker (age 64) during a robbery at his home. Authorities said Walker was beaten with an aluminum baseball bat and then strangled. Prosecution said Walker was attacked in an attempt by Wilson and three others (Matthew Marsh, Catherine Corley and Michael Ray Jackson) to get his customized van and rob him of rare coins believed to be hidden in a wall.
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Sources: AP Alert 12/06/07 – AL 16:34:17, 1/09/08 – AL 13:25:02
By: A judge, after a 10-2 jury vote for a death sentence.
Date of crime: April, 2004
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Wilson killed Dewey Walker (age 64) during a robbery at his home. Authorities said Walker was beaten with an aluminum baseball bat and then strangled. Prosecution said Walker was attacked in an attempt by Wilson and three others (Matthew Marsh, Catherine Corley and Michael Ray Jackson) to get his customized van and rob him of rare coins believed to be hidden in a wall.
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Sources: AP Alert 12/06/07 – AL 16:34:17, 1/09/08 – AL 13:25:02