Heart of Dixie · Death in Dixie
The Shed in Guin
Ex parte Mills (Jamie Ray Mills) (2010)
Charge: Capital murder - elderly couple beaten during a robbery at their homeCourt: Supreme Court of Alabama (trial: Marion County Circuit Court)Docket: Death in Dixie
Should a jury believe the co-defendant wife's account that he committed the killings?
The facts
On June 24, 2004, a man and his common-law wife went to the home of an 87-year-old man and his 72-year-old wife in Guin, Marion County, Alabama, intending to rob them. The couple were attacked in a storage shed with a machete, a tire tool and a hammer. The husband died of head and neck injuries; his wife died months later from her head wounds. At trial the man testified he was not involved, while his common-law wife testified that he carried out the attacks as she watched. There was evidence both had used methamphetamine beforehand.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: Ex parte Mills (Jamie Ray Mills), Ex parte Mills, No. 1080350 (Ala. Sept. 3, 2010), aff'g Mills v. State, No. CR-06-2246 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008)
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