Shonelle Jackson was sentenced to death by the State of Alabama for a murder committed during a robbery
According to court documents Shonelle Jackson and three other accomplices would pull in front of another car in order to rob it. A gunfight broke out and the driver of the blocked car would be killed.
Shonelle Jackson would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Shonelle Jackson has completely denied being at the murder scene and knowing the three other accomplices. Also the jury unanimously voted for life yet the judge sentenced him to death
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Shonelle Jackson Case
The events which led to Moore’s homicide started April 24, 1997, and were unrelated to Moore. On that evening, ‘Cocomo’ slapped Jackson at a nightclub. The next day, April 25, Jackson determined to look for Cocomo and the tendencies of the evidence are that Jackson intended to do Cocomo physical injury, should he be found.
“Jackson did not have a car. He approached Antonio Barnes about stealing a car for him. Barnes readily agreed, and Barnes and Jackson solicited ‘Wendel’ to drive them to Brookview Apartments, where Jackson and Barnes stole Ms. Flowers’ car. Barnes actually broke into the car and Jackson stood lookout.
“Jackson, Barnes, Eric Williams, and Christopher Rudolph then commenced the search for Cocomo. Jackson was armed with a .380 caliber semiautomatic pistol; Barnes was armed with a .357 magnum handgun; Rudolph was armed with a 9 millimeter pistol; and Williams was armed with a shotgun. The search for Cocomo was futile; however, near the Smiley Court housing neighborhood, they saw Moore driving his car. Williams told the group that he was familiar with the car and the driver, and that the car had good music. Jackson then announced that ‘they’ were going to rob the people in Moore’s car. They stalked Moore until the opportunity presented itself to cut off Moore’s car. Jackson passed Moore’s car and cut in front of it to stop Moore. The cars collided and Jackson and Williams jumped out as Moore and the passenger in the car, Gerard Burdette, were getting out. At this point, Jackson and Williams fired their weapons. Before firing, however, Jackson said to Moore, ‘No need to run, m_f_.’ Jackson shot Moore, and Moore ran 100 to 150 yards, at which point he collapsed and died. Jackson drove to where Moore lay, and Jackson’s purpose was to rifle through Moore’s pockets. Barnes and Williams got into Moore’s car and left the scene. They hid the car, and Williams took the stereo from the car. The next day, Jackson wanted to strip the car, and he, Barnes and ‘Fido’ went to where the car was hidden; however, a Mr. Porterfield interrupted them and they left without stripping the car. On this same day, Williams told Jackson that Moore was dead, to which Jackson replied, ‘I don’t give a f_, he didn’t stay where we stayed at.’
“Jackson turned himself in to the Montgomery Police Department after learning that he was wanted for questioning. He gave three conflicting statements to detectives. In the first statement he denied any knowledge of the event. He later said that he was with Deon driving around looking for Cocomo in a stolen car but had no involvement in the murder. In the final statement he admitted that he was at the scene and armed with a .380 pistol; however, he denied shooting Moore.”
Joe Saloom, the State’s firearm expert, testified that the bullet recovered from the victim’s body was consistent with a bullet fired from a .380–caliber gun. Saloom also testified that the bullet could have also been fired from a 9mm gun.
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