Hayes v. State

Clarke, Chief Justice.

Bobby Joe Turner and Alfonzo Hayes were tried together for the *440murder of 15-year-old Cory “Moonbeam” Willis.1 There was testimony at trial that on the evening of the murder a neighborhood drug dealer, Bo, threatened Turner and his family. There was testimony at trial that Bo had fired into Turner’s car in which Hayes was riding as a passenger. According to both defendants, Turner borrowed a rifle to protect himself and returned to the scene with Hayes to effect a citizen’s arrest of the drug dealer. There they encountered the victim, who, according to both defendants,…