People v. Basemore

Some time between 11:30 and midnight on May 27, 1969, two men were admitted to the home occupied by Lnln M. Sailor and Audrey Posey. A few minutes later the women were assassinated by means of repeated revolver shots to the head.

Walter Caddell and defendant-appellant Robert Basemore were bound over on a charge of second-degree murder. After a jury trial Caddell was acquitted and Basemore was convicted.

The people’s case was based on the testimony of five teen-age boys between the ages of 15 and 17 who were sitting on the porch of the house adjacent to the Posey house when the two assassins…