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TO TROY REEVESBy LONNIE D. STUART Judge Jones turned the ease hit him with a shotgun. He saidAssociated Press Writer *n jury a^er a lengthy they were returning home fromfinal summation by prosecuting the Tennessee mountain cabin WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (AP) attorney W. L. Rose. where a triple shooting had— A calm, unemotional Troy Rose based his plea for the taken place earlier.Reeves stood in Whitley Circuit death penalty on a pathologist’s He later led officers to theCourt Thursday and heard him- report w’hich said Johnson was spot where Johnson’s body layself sentenced to 21 years in shot four times and the bullets covered by a coat in a shallow prison for voluntary man- apparently entered his body grave.slaughter. from four different directions. Victims of the triple shootingThe jury deliberated only 40 Rose also noted that Reeves were Dewey Partin, 21, Frakes,minutes before returning the waited six days before report- Kv.; Claude Dixon. 23, Pearlverdict against the 20-year*old \ng the shooting. Village, Ky.; and Larry Thack-Bell County youth. It was read The shooting took place on a er. 23, LaFollette, Tenn. Reevesby Judge Pleas Jones. wooded hillside a short distance also has been indicted in Clai-Summation from the Reeves home. Reeves borne County. Tennessee onReeves was convicted on sa*d *n a statement that he shot charges stemming from the charges of shooting James Lee Johnson when the youth tried to three deaths.Johnson, 20, of Frakes, Ky., last December. He also faces charges in four other slayings, including that of Bell County Atty. William S. Tribell.The fifth death occurred nearthe Reeves home as Trihell, 34, led a group of officers in a search for Reeves.Tribell was found dead of .22 caliber rifle wounds after he became separated from the group of officers. Reeves surrendered to authorities shortly after the shooting, and while in the county jail, directed officers to Johnson's body.Only four witnesses testified for the prosecution. No witnesses were called hv the defense attorney, Lowell Lundy.Brief ArgumentLundy based his brief finalargument on the statement by Reeves, which he said showed Johnson was shot in self defense.Judge Jones said the youth will be delivered to LaGrange Reformatory for processing before being sent to a state penitentiary. He said action to move Reeves to Bell County or to Tennessee would be at the discretion of law enforcement of. ficials in the two counties involved.Judge Jones said the defense probably will appeal the conviction.Pension Reform
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Corbin Daily Tribune
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Fri, Sep 26, 1969
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