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Tapes of Wallace, Shaw introduced as evidence in trialBy ANTON RIECHER Regional Editor COOPER — Attorneys for the prosecution in the capital murder trial of Billy Ray Wallace rested their case Tuesday following the introduction into evidence of two taped conversations between Wallace and convicted murderer Jessie Shaw.Wallace is charged with arranging the 1979 murderof his wife, Janyth Kay Wallace, with Shaw. Shaw is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to Mrs. Shaw’s murder in 1980.Defense attorneys opened their case with testimony from the Wallace’s two oldest daughters regarding irrational behavior exhibited by their mother toward her husband and children.Shaw refused to answerprosecution questions Monday other than to state that he sought a $700 loan from Wallace in July 1979, Defense Attorney Jim Chapman bad no further questions for Shaw Tuesday morning.The two tape recordings played for the jury included a conversation between Wallace and Shaw several hours before Mrs. Wallace’s body was discovered inDecember 1979 in which Shaw agreed to carry a hidden recording device.While audible to the jury on headsets, the recordings were not easily heard beyond the immediate area of the bench in the noisy Delta County district courtroom.Sulphur Springs Police Chief Clarence Jones and district attorney's investigator John Sandstestified that the voices on the tapes were those of Shaw and Wallace.The prosecution also called prison inmate Phillip R. Baker, who testified that Wallace had admitted arranging the death of his wife during conversations between them in prison.Wallace pleaded guilty to a charge of murder following the discovery of his wife’s body in December1979. That conviction was later overturned and a new trial ordered by an appeals court.Under cross-examination by defense attorney JimSANTA’S MM;•be* A D«ch*r 5Vj‘*r Circular Saw,..Rag, 141.41 talaPAMIS LUMMft AND■ UILDINO ClHTERLoop 2(6 A Pina Mill Nd Jis-omVollers, Baker testified that he was serving a 25-year sentence for a 1977 aggravated robbery and had previous convictions in Georgia for possession ofmarijuana and auto theft.After the state rested its case at 1:34 p.m., Vollers delivered an openingSee WALLACE, Pg. 14AMARY JO’S OUTLET104 E. Duke- Hugo, Oklahoma9to 5SPECIAL: 3 Piece Pantsuits s35Sizes 8 Vo 20 - 14Vj to 24WVISA /MASrCRCH ARG£LAVAWAY
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Paris News
Paris, Texas, US
Wed, Dec 02, 1981
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