The jury in the Lemaricus Davidson double murder trial has recommended the death penalty for the murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom.
That same jury found him guilty on each count against him, in each count choosing the most serious offense, with the exception of the direct rape of Chris Newsom.
The imposition of the death [...]
The very first part of the verdict by a Knox County jury made Lemaricus Davidson eligible for the death penalty.
Davidson has been found guilty on each of the most serious of the subsequent charges, with the exception of the charges accusing him of directly raping Chris Newsom.
Instead, he has been convicted of facilitating the rape [...]
Judge denies motion to dismiss
Lemaricus Davidson’s attorneys believe an attorney’s fainting spell on Friday could have hurt the trial. They asked for a mistrial Saturday morning.
David Eldridge said the district attorney intern’s reaction to gruesome crime scene and autopsy photos only strengthens their argument that the pictures should not have been allowed in the trial.
“We [...]
The defense rested after submitting a previous conviction for Letalvis Davidson also known as Letalvis Cobbins in front of the jury.
At that point, the prosecution quickly went through 4 rebuttal witnesses to prove that Channon Christian and Chris Newsom had money in their bank accounts at the time of their murders.
On Saturday, Ethel Lynn Freeman [...]
Medical examiner testifies
The courtroom was almost filled with court spectators as the group prepared to hear from the prosecution’s key witness.
More than 50 crime scene and autopsy photographs will be plastered on a big screen in Criminal Court Division I for day 5 of the Lemaricus Davidson trial.
Knox County Medical Examiner Dr. Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan is [...]
Jurors hear Lemaricus Davidson?s tearful police interview and as he changes his story several times.
Jurors hear Lemaricus Davidson’s version of the events that took place the weekend Channon Christian and Chris Newsom were killed.
Davidson’s taped interrogation
A taped police interrogation allowed jurors to hear from an accused killer on Thursday. However, they didn’t get to hear the entire story on Lemaricus Davidson.
Davidson was arrested at an abandoned home at 1800 Reynolds Street on January 11, 2007. Shortly after his arrest he talked to Knoxville Police investigator Ryan Flores and [...]
No smoking gun
Knoxville police firearms examiner Patricia Resig told the court she could not conclusively identify the murder weapon used to kill Chris Newsom.
Resig said she studied 3 bullets taken from Newsom’s body during his autopsy.
She said one had been taken from his neck, another from his back and the third was found in Newsom’s [...]
Cell phone records
The state put cell phone representatives from 3 different carriers on the stand. Each one submitted cell phone records.
Cell phone records for Chris Newsom, Channon Christian and Lemaricus Davidson were explained to the jury.
The prosecution is trying to establish that there is no proof that Davidson, Newsom or Christian ever exchanged phone [...]
