A co-defendant called to the stand during a resentencing trial last week shook up the courtroom when he tried to change his testimony from a previous trial.Two of the men convicted of the crimes are being resentenced because a jury didn’t unanimously recommend the death penalty.
“We were on drugs during this whole thing, I was on Xanax, he filled in the blanks, I was guided into this testimony. I was 18 doing what my attorney told me to do,” Nixon said. Attorney Gene Nichols, not affiliated with the case, says the judge was trying to keep control of the courtroom after Nixon’s curveball.
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