Freddie Wright was executed by the State of Alabama for a double murder
According to court documents Freddie Wright would enter a Western Auto Store in Mount Vernon, Alabama where he would murder the owners Warren and Lois Green during the commission of a robbery
Freddie Wright would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Freddie Wright would be executed by way of the electric chair on March 3 2000
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Freddie Wright was executed on March 3 2000
Freddie Wright Case
The evidence presented by the state at trial showed the following: The appellant (Freddie Wright), Percy Craig, Roger McQueen, and Reginal Tinsley, robbed the Western Auto Store in Mount Vernon. During the course of the robbery, the appellant and Tinsley forced Warren and Lois Green, the operators of *114 the store, into a back room and tied them together with an electric extension cord. McQueen removed the money from the cash register at the appellant’s instructions; the appellant took a television set and stereo system from the store; and Tinsley took several wristwatches. After removing Mr. Green’s wristwatch from his arm, the appellant executed the Greens by shooting each of them one time in the head with a .38 caliber pistol. The appellant was the last to leave the store; upon entering the getaway car, he told his accomplices that he had shot the two people in the store; and he produced two spent cartridges, which were thrown from the vehicle. The robbers then drove to another location where they divided their loot. Subsequently a .38 caliber pistol was recovered from the premises where the appellant resided. According to a ballistics expert, it could have been the murder weapon. The appellant had been seen with the pistol prior to the murder.
McQueen and Craig testified for the state, giving details of the planning and execution of the robbery-murders and the division of the spoils. Both admitted participating in the robbery and testified that they intended to plead guilty. Both testified that the appellant(Freddie Wright) , upon entering the automobile, stated that he had shot the Greens. Craig further testified that, after the commission of the crimes, he saw the appellant with Mr. Green’s watch and that the appellant gave the watch to Joe Nathan Beckham, who pawned it. The watch was recovered from a pawnshop and was identified as Mr. Green’s watch. Doris Lacey Lambert testified that, on the day after the robbery-murders, the appellant told her that he and his companions had gone to Mount Vernon and that he had killed two people in a Western Auto Store.
The appellant did not testify. He attempted to establish an alibi defense by the testimony of Carl Harrington to the effect that the appellant was with him at the Ebony Club in Mobile at the time of the robbery-murders.[3]
https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/1991/cr-89-1448-0.html
