Thursday, September 16, 2010
Lincoln County Man Found Not Guilty
WEST VIRGINIA....
A Lincoln County jury decided Wednesday that 59 year old Stephen Willis of Sias, who was charged with fatally shooting his nephew, 35 year old Stephen Linville, and attempting to kill another man is not guilty.
A grand jury indicted Willis in January 2009 after he shot Linville twice in the back with a .38-caliber revolver the year before. Willis also shot Linville's friend, Ronnie Wade, 30, in the chest, but Wade survived and testified in court against Willis. The jury ruled that Willis acted in self-defense. According to Willis' Lawyer, Danny Corey, Willis was choked and hit in the back of the head with a heavy object. Corey said the incident took place after a disagreement about a will.
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