Nettles v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of two counts of Murder, for which he received sentences of sixty (60) years on each charge, the sentences to run consecutively.

The facts supporting the verdict of the jury are as follows: The victims in this case were Brenda Freeman and her five-year-old son, Michael Tyrone Carmichael. They lived with Syrona Lynn Haines. Pri- or to the killings, appellant and Haines had been having a relationship, and appellant had spent a number of nights at the apartment. Haines testified she last saw the victims alive when she left the…