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Third Trial Begins For Billings Murder Suspect Stallworth
July 19, 2011
The third trial is underway for one of the suspects in the Billings murders.
Opening statements were heard Monday afternoon with three witnesses taking the stand in the case of Donnie Stallworth of Brewton. Stallworth is facing two counts of first degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths of the Beulah couple in July 2009 — one of seven people charged in the double murder.
The former Air Force staff sergeant’s first trial ended when the judge declared a mistrial after a jury could not decide his fate during nine hours of deliberations. His second trial came to an end in late April when the jury announced they were deadlocked after two days of deliberations.
Stallworth was accused of being in the home at time of the murders, armed with a gun. The accusations came from two co-defendants, 16-year old Rakeem Florence and 21-year old Fredrick Thorton. Both pleaded not contest to a lessor second degree murder charge in exchange for their testimony.
This time, the case is being prosecuted by both Assistant State Attorney John Molchan and State Attorney Bill Eddins.
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2 Responses to “Third Trial Begins For Billings Murder Suspect Stallworth”
wow think about it if they killed two 9 year olds they would be like death penalty when they walked in the room but with an adult they take care of it like this treat every case the same people!!!
And the White house wants to put on trail in the US the people that are trying to kill us. Our system should work. But when money and book deals come into play you can have another OJ trial like the Antoney fiasco. Lord help us out of this. You have a person on video and tied into the killing and he has a hung jury.